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2016

Fall 2016, final reviews. Dean Mark Mistur and Gian Piero Frassinelli.

An impressive panel of jurors for the graduate architecture studio.

Dean Mark Mistur, Gian Piero Frassinelli (Superstudio) and Gianfranco Bombaci (2a+p/a), together with KSU-F faculty Marco Brizzi and Giovanni Damiani, participated in the final reviews for the graduate architecture studio led by Paola Giaconia. The 6 students (Alex Petruso, Ashley Kerwood, Cara Welch, David Sidick, Jacob Sas, Stephen Scabora) were challenged to redefine a piece…

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Savage Architecture exhibition and symposium.

Savage Architecture exhibition and symposium.

On Tuesday November 29, 2016 the project Savage Architecture -an exhibition first hosted at Architectural Association in London and a book published by Black Square, both curated by Davide Sacconi- will be presented in a symposium at Kent State University in Florence. The project recounts the research at the intersection between architecture and anthropology developed…

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Fall 2016, graphic design competition.

Graphic design competition winners announced.

We are happy to announce the winners in the competition to conceive the graphic design for the Architecture and Fashion end-of-semester exhibition at Kent State University, Florence Center! The proposal by Architecture student Alex Petruso and Fashion students Emily Osburn and Michelle Park -titled Weaving Disciplines– was chosen by the jury, comprised of all the…

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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

Complexity and Contradiction symposium at the MAXXI in Rome.

The graduate students, together with prof. Marco Brizzi and prof. Paola Giaconia, spent a day in Rome celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seminal book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, “probably the most important writing on the making of architecture since Le Corbusier’s  Vers une Architecture in 1923” as Vincent Scully put it. The book…

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Fall 2016, lecture by Léa-Catherine Szacka.

Lecture by Léa-Catherine Szacka.

Architectural historian Léa-Catherine Szacka, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Form, Theory and History, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), will be at Palazzo Vettori on Tuesday November 8, 2016 lecturing on “Exhibiting The Postmodern: The 1980 Venice Architecture Biennal”, as part of the “Theories of Architecture” course directed by Marco Brizzi. Szacka holds a…

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Fall 2016, lecture by Léa-Catherine Szacka.

Léa-Catherine Szacka, architectural historian, to lecture at Kent State University Florence CAED.

Architectural historian Léa-Catherine Szacka, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Form, Theory and History, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), will be at Palazzo Vettori on Tuesday November 8, 2016 lecturing on “Exhibiting The Postmodern: The 1980 Venice Architecture Biennal”, as part of the “Theories of Architecture” course. Szacka holds a PhD in…

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Fall 2016. Students at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Visit to the Venice Architecture Biennale: Reporting from the Front.

On a sunny October weekend, the students had the opportunity to visit the Venice Architecture Biennale, one of the most significant architecture events worldwide. Titled “Reporting from the Front” and curated by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, this year’s Biennale presents “architecture in action” as an instrument of social and political life. In the words of the curator:…

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Fall 2016, lecture by Manuel Orazi.

Lecture by Manuel Orazi.

Architect and critic Manuel Orazi, professor of “History of Architecture and the City” at University in Cesena and in Ferrara, will be at Palazzo Vettori on Tuesday October 18, 2016 lecturing on “Yona Friedman. The Dilution of Architecture”, as part of the “Theories of Architecture” course directed by Marco Brizzi. Fall 2016, lecture by Manuel…

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