The house of education
International magazine of architecture and project design may/june 2021
In the last thirty years and in particular with the turn of the millennium, our daily lives have been completely upturned by the digital revolution that has changed our lifestyles, our habits, the 
On 28 April, for the cycle "Paradigma. Il tavolo dell'architetto", the ground floor loggia of the Museo Novecento in Florence will host the opening of GENDER GAP, curated by Laura Andreini, a gallery featuring the projects and maquettes of 20 international female architects: Carmen Andriani, Sandy Attia, Cristina Celestino, Izaskun Chinchilla,
International magazine of architecture and project design november/december 2020
Women‘s voices, the voices of contemporary architecture
This issue of Area is focused entirely on women in architecture. The editorial decision was much debated as there were some obvious objections: doesn’t that ghettoize women as a
Arch. Marco Casamonti participated in the event, scheduled for 15 January 2021, "Lucca 2021, urban regeneration as a cultural renewal project". This is at a time when the public administration wants to take a leading role in tackling the social, environmental and economic challenges that arise, with an approach that is open
Albania's National Stadium has been chosen to host the first final of the new UEFA Europa Conference League 2022 competition. The UEFA Europa Conference League will be a continental football competition organised by UEFA, starting from the 2021-2022 season. It will be the third UEFA competition for prestigious clubs, after
In 2020 area celebrates its 30th anniversary with two initiatives, a special issue of area 172+ that will tell the story of its 30 years in the world of architecture and a digital event that will take place on December 1st on the topic of Communicating architecture, with the participation of important
The arch. Laura Andreini has been invited as a speaker at the seminar cycle "Architettura.Affresco italiano" organized by the research unit "TEDEA. Teorie dell’architettura" of IUAV- University of Venice. Each meeting is conceived as a space in which two authors of contemporary Italian architecture are invited to
The arch. Marco Casamonti has been chosen as ambassador of Italian Design in Vietnam in the important event Italian Design Day 2020 - IDD, organized from 2017 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with the support of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism.
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at the Folies architecturales du 21e siècle competition - promoted by the city of Montpellier.
The special mention was conferred yesterday 15 March at MIPIM. Archea Associati's proposal brings together the components that characterise the Ovalie district: the tree, the tower and the door.
Ten years on, Cantina Antinori's project has won first place in the World's Best Vineyards 2022, the prestigious ranking of the most impressive wineries from around the world. The jury that decides the winner is made up of more than 500 wine connoisseurs, sommeliers and travel and tourism experts, who submit
At the Pistoia Nursery Campus, on 15 June 2024, architect Marco Casamonti gave a lectio magistralis as part of the programme, spread over three days, involving various world-famous architectural realities. The objective of this event, open to all, is to create a network of connections between the world of work and
At the Palazzo Bo in Padua, on 7 June, Marco Casamonti was a guest speaker at the conference "The life of man, the future of the planet: one health, the landscape and the '15-minute city'" and participated in the session with the review "How cities change after covid" and "
On the occasion of "Creatività per il domani", a project promoted by LABA - Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (Free Academy of Fine Arts in Florence), Casamonti took part in the series of meetings aimed at students, teachers, and professionals from the world of culture and the
Industrial reuse
There is an expression definition that has become familiar in our everyday language, “industrial archeology”, which refers literally to the study of ancient structures originally used as factories. The subject of antiquity and the study to which the term “archeology” refers etymologically does not appear always
Temporary architecture, freedom architecture
I do not remember exactly what year was it, yet I remember that during one of our informal talks, Pierluigi Nicolin, long standing executive editor of the renowned Lotus International magazine, brought my attention to what, in his opinion, was the most important architectural
If architecture is art and is viewed and thus experienced, as such, then when is it designed as the place in which art itself resides, whether a museum or an art gallery, the delicate problem arises of the relationship between container and content, between being and trespassing. On the
Within the art of the project, every project is an interior or, more exactly, the drawing of a place that is always inside another, up to the end of the universe of which we know what it encloses, while we have no way of knowing what is outside it.
Miracle in Milan
A child follows a funeral procession into a city suspended between poverty and modernity, mud and marble, grief and hope. It’s the dramatic, moving opening scene of the movie “Miracle in Milan“ one of the most celebrated examples of Italian neorealist cinema. Through
International magazine of architecture and project design november/dicember 2021
Cultural identity and design
The first time I went to Vietnam after a few days spent observing the colonial architecture of Ho Chi Minh city and its new buildings, the result of a not very electrifying “
International magazine of architecture and project design september 2021
Living design
In recent decades we have been protagonists of a complete renewal of society; every social scheme built after World War II has been totally transformed as a result of complex factors that also include the concept
The topic of transparency in architecture is not necessarily tied to the material, so the use of glass, however useful to brighten a habitable enclosure, is a necessary condition but not sufficient to dematerialize the structural component of the building. The essential factor, however, is rather a precise approach
Regardless of its size and characteristics, the kitchen defines the domesticity of any habitable space, making it effectively a “home”.
Effectively, if the bedroom and bath are the primary elements of any privacy, all the way to the extreme defined by the hotel suite, it is the
At this point, it seems quite obvious that we can no longer tolerate any question or misinformation about the environmental issue, and it is equally clear that the soil is one of our few non-reproducible resources. We can no longer doubt that there is a real need, on the
Architecture, as a discipline and as completed work, is constantly forced to deal with the construction technology, an essential tool for the production of the habitable spaces the architect imagines so perfectly in thought. Sometimes, technical processes and new materials have even been able to liberate that imagination or
When I try to explain in a readily understandable way what I mean by the difference between a unilateral gesture and the value of an architectural project or design, I resort to a simple but, I think, effective parallel. A single column stands for nothing other than itself, and
Alfonso Femia signs the tenth appointment of the review Il table dell'architetto, the series of temporary exhibitions created in collaboration with the magazine AREA which features famous architects, collectives and architectural firms on the international contemporary scene. From 29 April to 5 October 2022, the internal loggia of the Museo Novecento will
On 28 April, for the cycle "Paradigma. Il tavolo dell'architetto", the ground floor loggia of the Museo Novecento in Florence will host the opening of GENDER GAP, curated by Laura Andreini, a gallery featuring the projects and maquettes of 20 international female architects: Carmen Andriani, Sandy Attia, Cristina Celestino, Izaskun Chinchilla,
We are pleased to announce that the video “Water is Another Matter”, about the project of the Ex-Magazzino Vini - Eataly Store in Trieste, was awarded the Bronze Medal at the Sound and Vision International Film & Technology Festival in New York. The short film, that narrates the relationship
From 20 April 2018, the Museo Novecento will periodically host "Paradigma - The architect's table", a series of meetings featuring famous architects, collectives and architectural studios from the contemporary panorama designed by Sergio Risaliti and curated by Laura Andreini.
During the most dramatic period of the health emergency that hit
The event curated by architect Laura Andreini is part of the cycle of conferences "Paradigma. Il tavolo dell'architetto", the periodic project organized in collaboration with the Museo Novecento of Florence, a series of events that celebrates famous architects of the international contemporary scene. In this seventh event, scheduled from
International magazine of architecture and project design may / june 2017
Public Nature
It is certainly not the first time that Area deals with landscapes. Although it tackles topics that refer to projects barely describable through the narrow field of observation of the photographic image, incapable of defining or
Between 20 October- 19 December 2013, Archea is exhibiting at the Biennial of Architecture and Contemporary Art in Shanghai, a show organized in a former industrial district of Shanghai, once for manufacturing ceramics.
The event strives to be an opportunity to keep up to date and dialogue on recent developments in
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