28 November-10 February/Antony Gormley Model/White Cube Bermondsey/London


22 Novembre 20 Dicembre/FRP2 Normal Generic Landscape/Corso Italia 13/Milano


Dopo Barcellona, Napoli, Roma, Torino, le foto urbane del duo FRP2 arrivano a Milano nel contesto del primo UP4A Unconventional Place for Art.

"Per vedere se fosse possibile. Per vedere delle opere in posti non deputati all’arte. Per scoprire spazi che non abbiamo mai visto e che forse non esistono. Perchè abbiamo trovato chi ha sostenuto questo sogno e lo ringraziamo: i professionisti del network immobiliare La Casa Agency. Per una scommessa con degli amici casualmente critici e galleristi. Per dimostrare che produrre arte e comunicazione low cost è possibile. Per rispondere a chi parla sempre di crisi. Per promuovere l’arte giovane. Perché crediamo che sia indispensabile. Alla fine perché era divertente farlo."

Dal 22 novembre al 20 dicembre 2012
Corso Italia, 13. Ingresso da Via Rugabella
Ingresso libero ogni giorno dalle 12 alle 20
Sponsored by: La Casa Agency 


28 November / Steven Holl Lecture / The Cooper Union / New York




Steven Holl
Introduced and moderated by Sanford Kwinter
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street

Steven Holl Architects is an architecture and urban design office working globally as one office from two locations: New York City and Beijing. With each project, the firm explores new ways of integrating an organizing idea with the programmatic and functional essence of a building, “always using the unique character of a program and a site as the starting point for an architectural idea.” Major works include Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 2009 Linked Hybrid mixed-use complex in Beijing, China.
Holl’s architecture and writing has undergone a shift in emphasis, from his earlier concern with typology to his current interest in phenomenology. Along with Juhani Pallasmaa and Alberto Perez-Gomez, Holl wrote essays for the Japanese architectural journal A+U under the title “Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture.” The publication was reissued as a book in 2006.
Most recent projects include the Daeyang Gallery and House in Seoul and The Columbia University Campbell Sports Center in New York City. Currently in construction are the new Glasgow School of Art, the Nanjing Sifang Museum of Art, and the Beirut Marina.
Steven Holl was the recipient of the 2012 AIA Gold Medal. His firm has been honored with many awards, publications, and exhibitions for excellence in design, most recently, their Cité de l’Océan et du Surf Museum (pictured in the slideshow above) won the Emirates Glass Leaf Award, the Annual Design Review, and the American Architecture Award. In 2001, Holl was named America’s Best Architect by Time.
Sanford Kwinter is a writer, theorist, and professor of architectural theory and criticism at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and codirector of the Master’s in Design Studies Program.
Tickets are free for League members; $15 for non-members. Members may reserve a ticket by e-mailing: rsvp@archleague.org


More Info:
http://cooper.edu/ 

28 Novembre / Conferenza "City Portraits: Mexico City" / Iuav /Venezia


City Portraits: Mexico City

a cura di Caterina Pregazzi

28 novembre 2012 ore 9.30
Iuav, Badoer, aula Tafuri
San Polo 2468, Venezia
La conferenza verrà trasmessa in live streaming

Programma:

9.30 saluti
Alberto Ferlenga

introduzione
Caterina Pregazzi

Metropolis mutante
Francisco Pardo

Projects for Mexico City
Jorge Ambrosi

Paesaggi stratificati: i luoghi della memoria consapevole
Juan Carlos Dall’Asta

Luis Barragan a Città del Messico: una nuova sintassi del disegno urbano
Ilaria Valente

Jardines del Pedregal: identità ed invenzione
Giulia Mela

Metropolis and informal life
Jose Castillo

Informalidad y espacios del consumo
Caterina Pregazzi

ore 13 lunch
ore 18 cocktail


INFO:

27 November/In Two Days Tomorrow will be Yesterday Lecture Wolf Prix/AA School of Architecture/London

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"In Two Days Tomorrow will be Yesterday":  Wolf Prix Lecture tomorrow at AA School of architecture in London. 

This lecture is not a ticketed event, but entry to the Lecture Hall will be on a first-come-first-served basis only. Once the Lecture Hall is full, any remaining audience members will be redirected to the New Soft Room, where the lecture will be available to view on video relay. The event will also be streamed live at http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/live/ and available to view later online.
 

Wolf Prix cofounded Coop Himmelb(l)au in 1968. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Association of London, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. After teaching abroad he responded to a call as professor of the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 1993 where he served as Vice-Rector, Head of Studio Prix and Dean of the Institute for Architecture. Among other decorations Wolf D. Prix received several academic awards including the “Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education” for his commitment to teaching and training, the “RIBA Jencks Award: Visions Built” for major contributions to the theory and practice of architecture as well as the Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art for his outstanding creative achievements.
The architectural designs of Wolf D. Prix, Design Principal and CEO of Coop Himmelb(l)au, have been highly acclaimed and featured in many publications, museums and collections worldwide. Among the recent projects are the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France; the House of Music in Aalborg, Denmark; the European Central Bank’s new headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; the Busan Cinema Centre in Busan, South Korea and the Dalian International Conference Centre in Dalian, China.




Time: 18:00:00
Venue: Lecture Hall

Image © Clemens Fabry

More info:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=2022


26 Nov - 2 Dec / Sofia Architecture Week / Sofia






SOFIA ARCHITECTURE WEEK
 
Sofia Architecture Week (November 26  - December 2) is an international festival for architecture, which this year celebrates its 5th anniversary.  Launched in September 2008 as a two-day conference, the event expanded into a week-long meeting and idea exchange platform for architecture, interior design, landscape and urban environment. Through stimulating a broad professional and public debate the festival aims at initiating sustainable social and architectural practices. The diverse and intense program features presentations, exhibitions, discussions, workshops, screenings and urban interventions as well as architectural workshops for the youngest.
Every year Sofia Architecture Week focuses on a specific topic – in 2012 that is the interaction between culture and architecture in the context of Sofia’s application for a European Capital of Culture in 2019. Participants and public will be all welcomed to follow study and model the interaction between cultural spaces and their creators, users, managers, public and artistic content.
Organizers of the festival are EDNO in partnership with America for Bulgaria Foundation and Sofia Municipality. The curator will be Fang Zhenning.
Guests of the festival have been: NL Architects, Mansilla Tunon, feld72, Rudy Ricciotti, JDS Architects, Ivan Kucina, Atelier Kempe Thill, ECDM, Raumlabor, 3+1 architects, Anne Lacaton, А 69, Frédéric Borel, Randic-Turato, Emre Arolat Architects, Dominique Lyon, Robert Thiemann (FRAME and MARK magazines), OFIS arhitekti, KWK Promes.

Download the program here

An intalian article by Valentina Silvestrini on Sofia Architecture Week here

Manifesto:
We all create! Whether intuitively or on purpose we design urban everydayness. We change urban spaces by our very existence. The urge to have fun, to create, to change, to communicate or just to contemplate captivates and sways the mind. At this very moment the city transforms itself into something so much more than a décor of buildings and streets – a flexible space filled with ideas, impressions and longings. A space in which we are all artists.
Bulgarian cities compete to be European Capital of Culture in 2019 and this gives ground for a critical view upon the cultural infrastructure in both Bulgaria and Europe, with a look towards the avant-garde in the field today – Asia. Halls and museums, galleries and clubs, schools and community centers, squares and parks – whether existing or potential they all need creative ideas to transform them into up-to-date and inspiring spaces. Meanwhile artists, organizations and audience seek spaces to realize their ideas.

More Info:


20 Novembre-2 Gennaio/Un designer per le imprese 2012/Triennale/Milano


Dal 20 Novembre al 5 gennaio alla Triennale di Milano la mostra "Un designer per le imprese 2012".

Un Designer per le Imprese è il titolo dell’omonimo progetto realizzato da Material ConneXion Italia in collaborazione con la Camera di Commercio di Milano, la Provincia di Milano, la Camera di Commercio di Como e la Camera di Commercio di Monza e Brianza.
25 aziende, 6 scuole di design, 150 studenti, 100 progetti, 30 vincitori e 30 prototipi realizzati sono i numeri della mostra, risultato finale di un progetto a sostegno dell’innovazione e della creatività delle PMI milanesi.

More info:
http://www.triennale.it/it/mostre/incorso/2203-un-designer-per-le-imprese-2012

22-25 November/MADE12/Corn Exchange/Brighton

MADE12 takes place between the 22nd and 25th November in the Corn Exchange, part of the Dome Complex by the Royal Pavilion.
We will again be welcoming 120 of Britain's most innovative and original makers to show and sell their work directly to the public.

The fair will showcase over 100 contemporary designer / makers across all media, selling their work direct to the public.  

From: 23rd - 25th November, 2012
Open: 11.00 – 17.00
Venue: Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1UD
Entrance £6, under 14s free.


More info:
http://www.brighton-made.co.uk/

24 November/"Common Ground" Finissage/Teatro delle Tese/Venice

The 13th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by David Chipperfield and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, will close with success on Sunday November 25th. The Finissage of the Exhibition will take place on Saturday November 24th.
The closing press conference will be held at 11:30 am at the ASAC Library at the Giardini with the President Paolo Baratta and the Director David Chipperfield.
The “Grande Meeting di chiusura” will be a series of round table discussions reviewing the intentions of the Exhibition and the reactions to Common Ground and will take place at the Teatro alle Tese, Arsenale. The meetings, established in the context of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition Common Ground, are an occasion to explore the themes of the exhibition Common Ground along with the curator, architects, scholars and critics; they are addressed to the public of the Biennale Architettura that is made up, besides professionals, by architecture lovers, students and visitors of all ages, backgrounds and origins.
Several will be the themes for discussion during the morning Meeting,among these, Making Visible the Collective Value, which will see the participation of Theatrum Mundi / The Global Street and We Are Here Venice (these two new urban forums seek to understand what brings life to a city, particularly in its public places and ask how these might be better arranged, organised and designed. Architects and town planners are mixed with activists, community groups, scientists and artists to reimagine the resources of Venice for the 21st Century). In the afternoon, Common Ground will be declined in four different sessions with the following titles: Common Ground by, Politics and Society, Media and Society and Common Ground and Education. The meeting will be moderated by the President of la Biennale di Venezia Paolo Baratta and by the Curator David Chipperfield with the contribution of some participants of the 13th Exhibition including Rafael Moneo, Luis Férnandez-Galiano, Wouter Vanstiphout and Reiner de Graaf together with Alice Rawsthorn (design critic of the International Herald Tribune), Andres Lepik (Curator), Bernhard Schulz (art and architectural critic), Matthew Slotover (English publisher and entrepreneur, co-publisher of Frieze magazine and co-director of Frieze Art Fair), Brett Steele (director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and AA Publications), and Oliver Wainwright (The Guardian's architecture and design critic).
The meetings will be followed by three of the 77 Universities participating in the project Biennale Sessions of la Biennale di Venezia: Università degli Studi di Firenze - Facoltà di Architettura (Italy), Venice International University (Italy), and Università degli Studi di Trento - Facoltà di Ingegneria (Italy).
 More info:
http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/news/17-11.html 

20 November/Lecture Paul Williams "Structure or Straightjacket: Creative spaces for CSM"/AA School of Architecture/London


Stanton Williams’ design for the new University of the Arts London campus for Central Saint Martins at King’s Cross unites the college’s activities under one roof for the first time. It provides CSM with a substantial new building, connected at its southern end to the Grade II listed Granary Building, a rugged survivor of the area’s industrial past. The result is a state-of-the-art facility that not only functions as a practical solution to the college’s needs but also aims to stimulate creativity, dialogue and student collaboration.

The lecture will reflect on the design considerations that led to the creation of this stage for transformation – a framework of flexible spaces that can change over time to invoke new interactions and interventions.

Paul Williams formed the partnership Stanton Williams with Alan Stanton in 1985. As founding directors they have been responsible for the creative direction of the practice since its inception. In November 2011, Stanton Williams were judged to have made the most significant contribution to British architecture over the past year and were presented with the BD Architect of the Year Award 2011 along with the title of Education Architect of the Year. Williams is actively involved with the concept and design development of many of the studio projects, including the UAL campus for Central Saint Martin’s at King’s Cross, Issey Miyake Shops and the Eton Manor site for the London Olympics. In 2005, he was awarded the title of Royal Designer (RDI) for sustained excellence in design throughout his career.



Time: Venue:
18:00:00
Lecture Hall 
More info:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=1967 

20-25 November/DA!FEST/Centre/St.Petersburg


The International film festival and award in the field of product design and architecture «DA!Fest» is a review competition of a presentation (documentary, fiction, animation, mixed-media, etc.) videos dedicated to a product design and architecture worldwide projects.
The festival takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia since 2011, annually in autumn.

Members list of the international non-competition video program DA!Fest 2012:
Fraser Ross (Scotland), Humans Since 1982 (Sweden), Innostand (Lithuania), Tyler F. Wallace (USA), Ligita Brege (Latvia), Stanislav Roudavski (Australia), Boca do Lobo (Portugal), ArtAbsinth (Ukraine).
The films will be shown on November 23 at «Make It» Centre, St.Petersburg, Russia.

The founder of the Festival is:
- «BSCA» Creative Agency, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The partners and co-founders of the Festival are:
- «REC 75″ Non-Commercial Partnership, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- «O’Studio» LLC., St. Petersburg, Russia.
- AllAdvertising.Ru
If you have any questions, please mail us: info@dafest(dot)com 

More info:
http://dafest.ru/eng/

8-11 November-7 December/Murcia Open Design/Murcia

 The last day to attend the Murcia Open Design event is tomorrow but the permanent exhibition at Museo Molinos del Rio-Caballerizas is from the 8th of November to the 7th of December. Let's go!

 More information on:

http://www.mmod.es 

 

 

The program for today and tomorrow(in spanish):

 

SABADO 10 NOV.


TARDE //

TALLERES MURCIANOS // 

 MOLINOS DEL RIO - CABALLERIZAS // SALA AUDITORIO // 

 

19.00H COLECTIVO MUJERES CON PAJARITA// CHARLA – TALLER// 

SALA AUDITORIO, MOLINOS DEL RIO - CABALLERIZAS // 

 

DOMINGO 11 NOV. 

TARDE //  

17.00H DOCUMENTAL DE DISEÑO GRÁFICO // "ART & COPY" // GRÁFICA Y PUBLICIDAD //  

GANADOR DEL EMMY AL MEJOR DOCUMENTAL EN 2011, ART & COPY MUESTRA EL TRABAJO Y LA SABIDURÍA DE LOS CREATIVOS PUBLICITARIOS MÁS INFLUYENTES DE NUESTRO TIEMPO.  

CAFE FICCIONES // 

19.00H DOCUMENTAL DE DISEÑO GRÁFICO // "HELVÉTICA" // GRÁFICA Y TIPOGRAFÍA //  

LA PELÍCULA DOCUMENTAL HELVETICA, DIRIGIDA POR GARY HUSTWIT, ES UNA PELÍCULA SÓLO APTA PARA PERSONAS INTERESADAS EN LAS TIPOGRAFÍAS O EN EL DISEÑO GRÁFICO. ESTÁ RODADA CON MOTIVO DEL 50º ANIVERSARIO DE LA APARICIÓN DE LA NEUE HAAS GROTESKE - REBAUTIZADA COMO HELVETICA POR LA EMPRESA TIPOGRÁFICA LINOTYPE PARA PODER VENDERLA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS.  

CAFE FICCIONES //

9 nov / coCreationcamp / Circolo dei lettori / Torino


coCreationcamp è una serie di incontri internazionali in cui si combinano discussioni motivanti, sessioni di generazione di idee e workshop pratici. coCreationcamp è una rete di condivisione che coinvolge investitori pubblici e privati nonché persone creative ed esperti dell’innovazione, provenienti dal mondo del design, dal mondo accademico e dei think-tanks / do-tanks. 
La visione combinata di questi diversi attori consentirà di creare il prototipo di soluzioni innovative per espandere la gamma di pratiche incentrate sull’uomo. La combinazione di metodologie di innovazione e di un’attitudine iterativa aprirà lo scenario dell’innovazione attraverso lo scambio di best practice co-creative.

Il coCreationcamp di Torino é organizzato da Wallonie-Bruxelles Design/Mode (WBDM), Architempo e la Camera di Commercio di Torino, in collaborazione con Wallonie-Bruxelles International e Bold srl, nel quadro del progetto europeo EDEN EcoDesign Network (finanziato da Cross-border Cooperation Program Interreg-Alcotra), all’occasione del salone del design autoprodotto Operae.
Venerdì 9 novembre:
  • 09:30 Apertura e introduzione di Alok Nandi
  • 09:45 Approccio co-creativo: Mark Vanderbeeken, François Jégou
  • 10:30 Casi di co-creazione e relativi strumenti: Alain Berteau, Marcia Caines, Fabrizio Valpreda, Federico Capeci
  • 12:30 Pausa pranzo e networking
  • 14:00 Workshop sulla co-creazione
  • 16:00 Rinfresco e networking
  • 16:20 Risultati: la co-creazione nell’autoproduzione / eco-design
  • 17:00 Chiusura “powered by PechaKucha”


More Info:
http://www.cocreationcamp.com/cocreation/ 

30 October-5 November/Tokyo Design week/Meiji-Jingu Gaien/Tokyo





TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2012 will take place under the symbolical slogan of
「HELLO DESIGN!」 and trying to attract a broad range of visitors from children to adults, people who do not have opportunities to experience design and art in daily life.
In addition, we will be broadcasting event information on our 'TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK.tv' TV program on BS NTV and posting the latest event news on our official website, twitter and Facebook page.

More info:
Time: 11:00−21:00 (18:00 on the last day)
Venue: Meiji-Jingu Gaien (Central Venue), and other metropolitan areas (satellite locations)
Attendance : 100,000 visitors (estimate)
http://www.tdwa.com/

29th August-25th November/13th International Architecture Exhibition:Common Ground/Arsenale and Giardini/Venice



Last 25 days to attend the13th International Architecture Exhibition:Common Ground!

Look up some pictures for you at 
http://thenewarchintown.blogspot.co.uk/p/architettura.html 


  Common Ground consists of a single exhibition through the Central Pavilion at the Giardini and the Arsenale: David Chipperfield presents an Exhibition showcasing 69 projects by architects, photographers, artists, critics and scholars. Many of them responded to his invitation with original proposals and installations expressly created for this Biennale, involving in their projects other colleagues with whom they share a Common Ground. There are a total of 119 participants.

The Exhibition is complemented by
55 National Participations organized, as usual, in the Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale and in the city of Venice. Four nations participate for the first time: Angola, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, and Peru.
The Italian Pavilion at the Arsenale is organized by the Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities together with PaBAAC – the General Direction for the Landscape, Fine Arts, Architecture and Contemporary Art, and is curated by Luca Zevi.
Official Collateral Events of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition are presented by international subjects and institutions that present their exhibitions and initiatives in various locations around the city.


Directed by David Chipperfield

More info:
http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/

30 ott / Inaugurazione "Shape your life" / MAXXI / Roma



SHAPE YOUR LIFE! Progetto Alcantara® - MAXXI

Opening 30 ottobre dalle 19:00
Apertura al  pubblico: 31 ottobre 2012 - 18 novembre 2012

Otto giovani designer internazionali per creare “habitat attrezzati”, oggetti e spazi in Alcantara per sentirsi a proprio agio “a casa fuori casa”. Partendo dalla considerazione di uno stile di vita che si fa sempre più nomadico e dinamico, la sfida proposta dalla mostra è proprio quella di interpretare i nuovi scenari dell’abitare (con)temporaneo, quel “fuori casa” dove si trascorre oramai la maggior parte del tempo.

26-28 October/Made London/One Marylebone/London


MADE LONDON is organised by the team behind MADE12 - Brighton's Design and Craft Fair, Brighton Art Fair and the Palace Art Fair. We aim to present an enjoyable event showcasing the very best and most original makers in this country and beyond exhibiting the highest quality contemporary craft and design.
The show will take place at One Marylebone, using all 3 floors of this beautiful converted Sir John Soane Church in central London. Directly opposite Great Portland Street tube station and next door to Regents Park. There will be a cafe serving drinks and light meals in the double height crypt.
MADE - Brighton's Design and Craft Fair is now one of the most respected and popular craft events in the country as well as a major annual event in the arts calendar of the South East.
Over 6000 visitors attend MADE-BRIGHTON each year. Many of them enjoy talking to and buying directly from the artists and makers themselves, learning more about their artwork, techniques and interests.


Talks at MADE LONDON
The talks are free to attend to visitors at the fair and take place in the Crypt space between 3.00 and 4.00PM each Day 

Friday 26th October
Aimed at Designer/Makers and those thinking of setting up in business as a Designer/Maker.
- Patricia Van Den Akker - Director of The Design Trust. Top tips for buying, selling and collecting contemporary crafts.
- Sheena Sheikh - From ‘Briffa’ specialists in Intellectual Property. Unravelling the bigger picture when a creative brings a product to market. Discussing various registered rights, commercial and legal tools to provide a platform for protecting, preventing, tackling and negotiating with those who copy.
 
Saturday 27th October
Ceramic themed.
- Dr Tanya Harrod - Author of “The Last Sane Man: Michael Cardew, Modern Pots, Colonialism and the Counterculture”. Michael Cardew and the philosophy of making.
- Jonathan Garratt - “One goes mad in Dorset! "- Potter Jonathan Garratt romps through his work using claymaking and woodfiring for convincing contemporary designs.
 
Sunday 28th October
Jewellery themed.
- Georgina Black - Manager of Lesley Craze Gallery, Clerkenwell. - Originally a sole trader at Covent Carden and Camden Passage the Lesley Craze Gallery has over 27 years involvement at the top end of the contemporary craft and jewellery industry.
- Dialogue Collective - “A Dialogue by Dialogue” - Articulating jewellery: the workings of the Dialogue Collective


Opening Times 
Friday 26th October 12am - 5.00pm 
Saturday 27th October 10am - 6.00pm

More info:
http://www.madelondon.org/tickets

 

 


3th May-12 August/Bauhaus: Art as Life/Barbican Art Gallery/London





The biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years presents the modern world’s most famous art school. From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus’ utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War. Bauhaus: Art as Life explores the diverse artistic production that made up its turbulent fourteen-year history and delves into the subjects at the heart of the school: art, culture, life, politics and society, and the changing technology of the age.

Bauhaus: Art as Life will feature a rich array of painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre and installation. Exemplar works from such Bauhaus Masters as Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Hannes Meyer, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Gunta Stölzl, will be presented alongside works by lesser-known Bauhaus artists and students.

The Bauhaus: Art as Life public programme also brings to London a host of workshops, talks, films and performances as well as a major Creative Learning initiative for the Bauhaus exhibition, the Art School Lab, an intensive two-week summer school held at the Barbican and led by leading practitioners from all artistic backgrounds.

Bauhaus: Art as Life is an extremely popular exhibition and as a result you may be asked to wait for entry during busy periods.

More info:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=12409

15 Giugno / Opening YAP MAXXI 2012 – Young Architects Program / MAXXI / Roma


YAP MAXXI 2012 – Young Architects Program 
venerdì 15 giugno, ore 20.00 

YAP MAXXI 2012 (che riflette la mission del MAXXI di promozione e sostegno della giovane architettura), è alla seconda edizione italiana ed è organizzato dal MAXXI Architettura in partnership con il MoMA/MoMA PS1di New York e, per la prima volta, con l’associazione Constructo di Santiago del Cile.
YAP MAXXI 2012 prevede una installazione nella piazza del museo per accogliere i visitatori e per ospitare eventi estivi live e una grande mostra che racconta la storia di YAP, a partire dalla prima edizione al MoMA PS1 nel 1998.

L’installazione, realizzata dallo studio romano/newyorkese Urban Movement Design, vincitore dell’edizione 2012, si intitola  UNIRE/UNITE e, oltre a sottolineare il ruolo della piazza come spazio pubblico e vissuto della città, vuole stimolare l’interazione del corpo umano con l’architettura del museo, incrementando il benessere fisico.
In occasione dell’inaugurazione, lo spazio YAP ospiterà una performance di YOGA e un DJ SET.

13 Giugno - 26 Agosto / Mostra Gillo Dorfles. Kitsch - oggi il kitsch / La Triennale / Milano

Gillo Dorfles. Kitsch
oggi il kitsch
a cura di Gillo Dorfles
con Aldo Colonetti, Franco Origoni, Luigi Sansone e Anna Steiner
13 giugno – 26 agosto 2012


La Triennale di Milano presenta la mostra Gillo Dorfles. Kitsch-oggi il kitsch curata da Gillo Dorfles, insieme con Aldo Colonetti, Franco Origoni, Luigi Sansone e Anna Steiner.
Nel libro del 1968 “Il Kitsch. Antologia del cattivo gusto” Dorfles ha per primo contribuito a definire a livello internazionale il concetto di kitsch.  Il testo di Dorfles è una vera pietra miliare per la comprensione e l’evoluzione del “cattivo gusto” dell’arte moderna. La mostra presenta sia opere di autori che usano citazioni kitsch sia autori che sono deliberatamente kitsch.  Tutte le opere presenti in mostra forniscono una vasta rappresentazione delle personali interpretazioni del concetto di kitsch di ciascun artista.
Afferma Gillo Dorfles: "Se non esiste la dimensione culturale, ogni forma d’arte è destinata a cadere nella trappola di un kitsch più o meno consapevole. La vera arte non è mai “maliziosa”; il kitsch lo è, e questa è la sua essenza. È necessario conoscerlo, anche frequentarlo e, perché no, qualche volta utilizzarlo, senza farsi mai prendere la mano. Perché il cattivo gusto è sempre in agguato”.

Ingresso: 8/6,50/5,50

7-8-9 June/Design District/ Taets Zaandam/Amsterdam

Tomorrow is the last day to visit Design District  in Amsterdam!

100% Design becomes Design District!
100% Design, known as the trade event for interior design, continues as Design District.
Besides this new name, the concept and organization of the event remains the same!

New location a stone’s throw from Amsterdam!
The 10th edition of the event for interior design in the Netherlands takes place on a beautiful new location: Taets, Zaandam. The buildings are on the Taets Hembrug site. This is a former munitions factory, where munitions were made ​​and tested secretly until 2003 . Of the 60 monuments in the area there are 2 monumental buildings restored and used as an event location. A great renovated factory in the area of 6,000 square meters offers a perfect accommodation for Design District 2012!

The location is a stone’s throw from Amsterdam and easily reached by car. There are over 1,000 parking spaces next to the venue. A visit to the Design District in this exciting new location is absolutely worth it!

more info:
http://www.designdistrict.nl/?lang=en

16 Giugno/Itinerari di architettura Milanese/Milano


Ultimi posti per prenotare gli itinerari di architettura milanese del 16 Giugno!

Gli Itinerari di architettura milanese organizzati con continuità dal 2003 dall’Ordine degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori della Provincia di Milano costituiscono nel loro insieme un'attività particolarmente riferita alla promozione della conoscenza dell’architettura moderna milanese. Un più approfondito rapporto con le forme dell’architettura e della città può infatti svilupparsi attraverso il progressivo affinamento di capacità di osservazione che uno sguardo disciplinare può promuovere, non solo presso gli architetti, ma più in generale nei confronti della società, al fine di evidenziare il valore fondamentalmente collettivo dell'architettura. 

Ritratti dal professionismo milanese
Sabato 16 giugno 2012

Piero Bottoni
A cura di Giancarlo Consonni e Graziella Tonon
Valenza urbanistica dei progetti architettonici e valenza architettonica dei progetti urbanistici sono due costanti nel lavoro di Piero Bottoni. Quando poi si dedica al disegno urbano, come nel QT8, Bottoni anticipa i tempi immettendo, con il Monte Stella l'invenzione del paesaggio nel progetto di città. Un'altra costante è l'attenzione all'armatura relazionale della città: gli spazi aperti pubblici. Ogni suo organismo architettonico sa dialogare con la strada, confermandola e insieme mostrandone possibili evoluzioni. Facendo del tema della "strada vitale" il cardine del suo lavoro di architetto e di urbanista, egli supera così talune semplificazioni razionaliste anticipando le proposte che Jane Jacobs esporrà nel 1961 in The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

Giovanni Muzio
A cura di Annegret Burg
Giovanni Muzio (1893-1982) è stato un importante protagonista dell'architettura e dell'urbanistica Milanese. Negli anni Venti partecipa al "Novecento Milanese" sia nel gruppo artistico intorno a Margherita Sarfatti, sia in quello architettonico. Fonda con Giuseppe de Finetti, Gio Ponti e altri il "Club degli Architetti Urbanisti", che studia lo sviluppo della città e dell'architettura cercando una mediazione tra modernità e tradizione. La sua prima opera, la Ca' Brütta, diventa il manifesto del movimento e le opere che seguono dimostrano le tappe del percorso architettonico del gruppo: dalla negazione di decorazioni accademiche, attraverso un gusto raffinato e metafisico, fino alle strutture moderne con facciate di klinker come interpretazione contemporanea della cultura lombarda del mattone. Con una enorme produttività architettonica, le sue realizzazioni danno una notevole impronta alla città di Milano tra gli anni Venti e Quaranta.

Piero Portaluppi
A cura di Stefano Poli
Piero Portaluppi (1888-1967) architetto, docente e poi preside della Facoltà di Architettura del Politecnico di Milano, fumettista brillante e raffinato disegnatore, ha legato indissolubilmente la sua attività a Milano, dove ha costruito numerose e inconfondibili architetture che testimoniano un gusto personale e al contempo aperto a molteplici influenze. Attraversando le stagioni dell'architettura italiana ed europea dagli anni Venti sino agli anni Sessanta, gli edifici milanesi scelti per l'itinerario rappresentano un saggio delle qualità stilistiche e costruttive che Portaluppi, grazie a un'aggiornata cultura figurativa e disciplinare aperta alle novità come legata alla tradizione, ha saputo intrecciare a personalissime calligrafie linguistiche, leggere e ironiche, sostenute da una curiosità vigile e tuttavia inscindibili da un senso pragmatico della professione.

Figini e Pollini
A cura di Giacomo Polin
Lo studio milanese di Luigi Figini e Gino Pollini ha iniziato la sua attività dalla fine degli anni Venti, attraversando un cinquantennio di storia dell'architettura italiana. La loro attività si è svolta prevalentemente tra Milano e Ivrea, dove per Adriano Olivetti hanno costruito numerosi edifici. A Milano hanno lasciato tracce continue e durature del loro lavoro: una collezione di edifici diversi per destinazione, ubicazione e dimensione uniti però dalla stessa volontà di metodo, in equilibrio tra ortodossia del Movimento Moderno e sensibilità storicista. Riconsiderare oggi le opere milanesi di Figini e Pollini ha un duplice significato: retrospettivo, di analisi delle condizioni storiche in cui si trovavano a operare tra fascismo, ricostruzione, e boom economico, e un altro più funzionale al nostro presente, di attenzione alla necessità del carattere "artigianale", empirico e ogni volta diversamente declinato, del progetto urbano.

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