Category: Research
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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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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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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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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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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…