Author: andreabalestrero
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BROKEN MIRROR
Inspired by Kurt Lewin’s book “The Landscape of War” and driven by the multiplication of armed conflicts that has occurred in recent years, “Broken Mirror” is an exploration on how contemporary media coverage of wars affects our perception of space and objects from an architectural and artistic perspective. The film focuses on various characters experiencing…
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A LA RAIZ DE LA FORMA
Proposal for “MONUMENTO A TODAS LAS SITUACIONES” open call organized by LIGA Espacio para Arquitectura, CDMX, 2024. Algo inestable, in todo momento al borde del colapso, que nunca alcanza una forma ideal… parece una perfecta descripción de la metrópolis que vivimos. Siendo arquitectos, cómo podemos enfrentar los temas que el “Monumento a todas las situaciones”…
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VOLCANO
Exhibition space for monograma.io in the metaverse with Angela Mantilla visit Volcano
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PICTORIAL SETS
Imaginary architectures to display life. 2021 – 2024 In medieval paintings space is treated as a stage for the representation of human actions. Architecture as a device to communicate the atmosphere and psychology of the actions that are taking place. Perspective, far from realistic, as a compositional tool to simultaneously order space and time. In…
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NOCHE SUSPENSA
Art for Toto Nava’s album “Noche Suspensa”
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DYNAMIC NFTS
Async.art, 2021 “Three Kings” Three different architectures are the characters of this story. Each of them with its own personality. We will discover them observing how they transform and relate to the context and their neighbors. None of their states are totally coherent or definitive but allow us to imagine in(de)finite transformations… Can these…
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AI ARCHITECTS
Portraits of famous architects made by AI based on the style of their hand drawings. 2021. NFTs available on Objkt.com
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WHISPERING GALLERY PAVILION
What to do in public space during the pandemics… Whatever the answer, we continue to believe in architecture as an instrument capable of activating public space through the transformation of its form.The proposed project reflects the uncertainty of these times through the construction of a “fragment”, a small walled garden, an ambiguous space devoid of…
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APARTMENT BY THE SEA
Renovation of an apartment Giussaniarch, Viareggio (IT), 2018-20 PH. A. Martiradonna
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FESTIVAL PERIFERICO
Proposal for “Maquinas Imaginantes” open call organized by LIGA Espacio para Arquitectura, CDMX, 2019. (With Ofelia Burgos Soria / The Italian/Mexican Society) El Anillo Periférico de la Ciudad de México es una infraestructura urbana compleja y controvertida que refleja el carácter y la personalidad de ésta ciudad. Una infraestructura “Frankenstein” hecha de pedazos diferentes entre…
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URBAN STUMPS
Ballpoint pen drawings 35×25 cm each Contribution to Arianna Carossa’s exhibition “Due stelle Rotte” Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Mexico City, Sept./Oct. 2018
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LAW FIRM
Renovation of an apartament Giussaniarch, Milan, 2017-18 PH. A. Martiradonna
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PLATAFORMA 2.0
Competition entry for Pabellón Mextropoli 2018 competition, Mexico City A temporary/permanent public space for communities affected by natural disasters
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VIA MASSENA
Giussaniarch, refurbishment of an apartment in a building by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Milan, 2017
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METODO SALGARI
“The Salgari Method” is a nomadic art event developed since July 2013 (by Andrea Balestrero, Nina Fiocco, Ulises Matamoros, Rogelio Sánchez) that aims to map the real world in a “fantastic” way through a community based process. Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) was an Italian writer who – without traveling outside his nation- wrote numerous novels…
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LIFE
Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City, October 2015 Contribution for the Book “Fundamental Acts” curated by Matteo Ghidoni/Salottobuono for the exhibition: “Archivo Italia”. The book is a collective reinterpretation of the series of short movies “Five Fundamental Acts” by Superstudio The second law of thermodynamics tells us that in an isolated system the entropy, or…
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LUCHA LIBRE ARCHIVE
The Italian/Mexican Society (Ofelia Burgos Soria – Andrea Balestrero) Ongoing research about the influence of the “Lucha libre” (Mexican Wrestling) on contemporary art, fashion and design Mexican Pavilion, Salone del Mobile, Milano 2015
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EL ECO
Competition entry for a temporary pavilion at Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, 2015 Selected for the final phase with Rodrigo Novelo and Estefany Soria
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OFFICES AND DATA PROCESSING CENTER BUILDING
Giussaniarch, Milan, 2009/14 The building, which houses offices and a data processing center, aims to complete the building curtain of a block situated at the intersection of three urban axes. Its minimum volumetric articulation sets a moment of “silence” and abstraction against the linguistic overlapping of the context. The project focuses on the theme of…
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APPUNTI PER LA CITTÀ DEL POCO FUTURO
(Notes for Short Future City) A12, Exhibition, Pinksummer Gallery, Genoa (IT), 2013. Western society is aging. In Europe, Italy is aging more than other nations. The decline in the birth rate, together with the economic crisis of this historical moment, drastically reduces the prospects and the ability to orient oneself towards the future. But it…
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STRAIGHT TO THE HEART OF A HOME
Renovation of an apartment Giussaniarch, Milan, 2010-11
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DEEP GARDEN
A12, Temporary pavilion, Enel Contemporanea, Venice, 2008 On the occasion of 11th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. The installation, homage to the city of Venice, takes on the force of nature and opposes it, offering an isolated place in which to enjoy the silence and submerge oneself in a surreal space. In…
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LAB
A12, Temporary pavillion, Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands, 2004 Finalist honourable mention for Gold Medal for Italian Architecture 2006, category Culture and Leisure LAB is the first open air exhibition in the sculpture-park of the Kröller-Müller Museum.The metaphor of the labyrinth, as a possible interpretative device to represent the contemporary urban condition, was the initial…
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La Zona / The Zone
A12, Temporary pavillion, 50° Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice, Italy 2003 La Zona is a temporary pavilion for the namesake exibition (Curated by Massimiliano Gioni) of italian artists during the 50th International Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. Installed inside the Giardini, in an open area, it configures an ephemeral public space and gallery, designed…
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THE NATURE IN THE CITY
PhD thesis in Architectural Design, Politecnico di Torino, 2003 The research consider the role of the “green” in the design of the contemporary city, by combining the theoretical reflection with an accurate morphological reading of green spaces in the urban area of Turin. The research opposes the relevance of some recent design explorations on a range of typical…
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N33° 51′ E 130° 47’
A12 – Research, installation project and artist book, CCA – Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, january 2002. How to draw a map of Kitakyushu from scratch and which could be the tools and strategies to use? These two questions define the project aimed at drawing the map of an unknown territory, in that case…
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PAROLE
A12 with Udo Noll, Peter Scupelli visit parole parole is a dynamic dictionary of the contemporary city, or at least this was the intention when it was launched in June 2000 in occasion of the 7th International Exhibition of Architecture at the Biennale in Venice, Italy. Since then parole has become a vast, loose, heterogeneous…