Category: City/Landscape/Public Space
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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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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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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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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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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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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…