Introverted architecture
Herzog & de Meuron, Tate Modern London, 2000 – photo by Margherita Spiluttini While the idea that architecture shows its essence through its façade, its outer appearance, cannot be denied, neither can it represent an exclusive assumption, an a prio …
l‘architettura invisibile
Invisible architecture The aim of architecture is to construct spaces that are suitable for people to go about their lives. Through the physical consistency of structures, the architect, in actual fact, designs and creates the internal space. Architect …
momenti del razionalismo critico in Franco Albini
museo del tesoro di San Lorenzo photo by Pietro Savorelli I will here attempt to analyse how many signs of introversion were manifest in the mature phase of Albini in the early Fifties, in relation to one of many themes associated with the still archai …
bell-lloc winery
To construct a winery for private production and consumption in a singular setting, the beginnings of a vale, at the foot of a mountain, in a protected space, these are the engine of the project. photo by Eugeni Pons In this environment constructions o …
bell-lloc winery
To construct a winery for private production and consumption in a singular setting, the beginnings of a vale, at the foot of a mountain, in a protected space, these are the engine of the project. photo by Eugeni Pons In this environment constructions o …
Vendée’s historical museum
The will to dissimulate the 6000 square meters of this program in the country side landscape was written in the brief of the competition Plan01 won in September 2002. The client had clearly expressed his wish that the building’s impact on the landscape …
Madinat al Zahra museum
A visit to the Madinat al Zahra archaeological site and the allotment reserved for the museum and offices arouses contradictory emotions. On the one hand, nostalgia for a remote, undiscovered past impregnates the landscape stretching towards the Cordob …
Ewha womans university
The new campus centre of the University of Ewha will be completed in May 2008 and will accommodate 20000 students. It includes spaces for study and sport, offices, a cinema and car parks. The idea of this underground university was born out of the desi …
concert hall
Architecture is like music…Building in a new neighbourhood is a risk – a risk that has often proved fatal in recent decades. When it is impossible to use a built environment to evaluate urban potential, it is necessary to turn the question around: what …
deusto university library
The university complex of Deusto has always played a very important role in the configuration of the left bank of the Dando river, as witness of the civic vocation the institution has always manifested towards the city of Bilbao. Not only have numerous …