Laura Andreini participated in "2050 Archifest – abitare il mondo altrimenti", in Colle val d'Elsa, during the closing day "Genealogy as destiny. Illuminare il pensiero di Giovanni Michelucci per un riflesso di luce sulla contemporaneità.", coordinated by Domenico Faraco (Peluffo& Partners) during the day dedicated to Architect Giovanni Michelucci to 
International magazine of architecture and project design september / october 2020
Emotional materails
With the conviction that it is difficult for an architectural magazine to illustrate the efforts and research that lead to the realisation of an idea, Area, with this issue, would like to bring to
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
International magazine of architecture and project design july/august 2020
The project between water and land
For some years we have been engaged as a studio in the design of spaces and places located on the border between the mainland and the water and, whether rivers,
Laura Andreini took part in the webinar organized by the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, in connection with the arch. Nazila Khaghani from the University of Tehran to talk about architecture and the figure of the architect in relation to the profession and the new needs
The arch. Marco Casamonti participated in the webinar organized by Faraone Campus “IMPIANTI SPORTIVI: IL MODELLO INGLESE. Progettare lo spettacolo in sicurezza” to talk about sports facilities with interesting insights on the project of the National Stadium of Albania in Tirana.
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International magazine of architecture and project design may/june 2020
After lockdown we will start moving around again... but how?
The recent unexpected and mandatory lockdown has taught us, in addition to the inadequacy of many of the domestic spaces in which we live, the extreme
The roofing prototype for the Cittadella del Carnevale di Viareggio is a collective work, called CO.MO.VA, started in 2018 and carried out with several partners from the fields of architecture, engineering and design. The overall objective of the project was the creation of a modular prototype concept for
International magazine of architecture and project design january/february 2020
Chicago, the phoenix of America
Architecture in Chicago is undergoing a continuous process of catharsis and metamorphosis linked to the fate of a city that has its literary parallel in the image of the Phoenix. A city undoubtedly
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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