Kent State University, Florence Program | College of Architecture & Environmental Design
Erika Gaggia, co-founder with Gianmatteo Romegialli of act_romegialli, will lecture on Tuesday 15 February at 5 pm at Kent State University Florence CAED. Her lecture, titled “do here do elsewhere / do there and not elsewhere”, will be introduced by prof. Federico Grazzini. act_romegialli, founded in 1996 by Gianmatteo Romegialli and Erika Gaggia, deals with architecture,…
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Alessandra Rampazzo, co-director with Marcello Galiotto of AMAA, will lecture on Tuesday 8 February at 5 pm at Kent State University Florence CAED. Her lecture, titled “WHAT’S ALREADY THERE? Designing in-between old and new”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia. AMAA was founded in 2012 by Marcello Galiotto and Alessandra Rampazzo, after their professional…
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Christina Seilern, principal of London-based Studio Seilern Architects, will lecture on Tuesday 12 November at 7 pm at Palazzo Vettori. Her lecture, titled “Light as a Building Material”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia. Christina Seilern established London-based creative practice Studio Seilern Architects in 2006. Applying her unique style across a range of building…
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Ila Bêka, founding partner at Beka & Lemoine, will lecture on Tuesday 22 October at 7 pm at Palazzo Vettori, His lecture, titled “The Experience of Space”, will be introduced by prof. Marco Brizzi. Video-artists, producers and publishers, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine are two of the foremost architectural artists working today. They have been working…
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The week after midterm reviews (October 14 – 17, 2019), students enrolled in the Architecture and in the Interior Design programs at Kent State University in Florence will attend the fifth edition of the LOOK AT ME NOW! workshops. Instructors are Nicolò Galeazzi, architect and photographer, and Stefano Di Corato, video author, who are especially…
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Jeannette Kuo, co-founding partner of Zurich-based Karamuk Kuo Architects and Assistant Professor-in-Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, will lecture on Tuesday 1 October at 7 pm at Palazzo Vettori. Her lecture, titled “Possible Futures”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia. Jeannette Kuo’s research and work focus on the intersection of structures,…
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Alberto Iacovoni, founding partner at ma0 (www.ma0.it), an inter-disciplinary design practice based in Rome, Italy, will lecture on Tuesday 24 September at 2:30 pm at Palazzo Vettori. His lecture, titled “Open Forms. Architectures for the Public Realm”, will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia, Kent State University Florence CAED coordinator. Alberto Iacovoni, architect, is a…
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Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, founding partners at Neri&Hu (www.neriandhu.com), an inter-disciplinary design practice based in Shanghai, China with an additional office in London, will lecture on Tuesday April 16 at Palazzo Vettori. Their lecture will be introduced by prof. Paola Giaconia. Founded in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, Neri&Hu works internationally…
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Bernard Khoury of DW5 / Bernard Khoury, based in Beirut, Lebanon, will be at Palazzo Vettori presenting recent works by his office on Tuesday April 9 at 7 pm. His lecture, titled “Toxic Grounds”, will be introduced by prof. Marco Brizzi. Bernard Khoury studied architecture at the Rhode Island school of Design (BFA 1990 / B.Arch…
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The workshop “Between Tower and River”, that will run from Monday 1 to Friday 5 April 2019, continues the long-time collaboration between Kent State University Florence, College of Architecture & Environmental Design and DIDA, Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze. Previous experiences have seen students engaged in architecture workshops and studios focused on…
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