Kent State University, Florence Program | College of Architecture & Environmental Design
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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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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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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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.. Born in Macerata, Manuel Orazi studied at IUAV University…
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Maurice Nio, principal and founder of Dutch architecture studio Nio Architecten, met our grad students today in Prato, at the opening of the Pecci Center for contemporary art that he designed. Here they are with Maurice Maurice Nio as he describes them his project for the extension of the Pecci Center. Maurice Nio (1959) graduated…
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Gian Piero Frassinelli, member of Radical architecture group Superstudio, and Gianfranco Bombaci, founding partner at 2a+p/a studio in Rome, will participate in the midterm reviews for the grad architecture studio taught by professor Paola Giaconia. Superstudio was a group of avant-garde architects, composed of Adolfo Natalini, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Roberto Magris, Gian Piero Frassinelli…
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Kent State University Florence – CAED grad students visited the Netherlands with prof. Giovanni Damiani, their instructor in their “European Cities” course. On that occasion, they were guests at Mecanoo’s office in Delft, where they could learn first hand about their current projects. Fall 2016, European Cities field trip to the Netherlands. Fall 2016, European…
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Architect and critic Gabriele Mastrigli, professor of “Theory and Design” at University of Camerino, will be at Palazzo Vettori on Tuesday October 4, 2016 lecturing on “S,M,L,XL. Architecture of a Book”, as part of the “Theories of Architecture” course.. Gabriele Mastrigli is an architect and critic based in Rome. He teaches “Theory and Design” at…
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Kent State University Florence – CAED grad students explored the Tor Bella Monaca neighborhood in Rome with prof. Alessandro Coppola, their instructor in the “History of Public Realm” course. Though still affected by deprivation and neglect, the neighborhood represents the widespread desire for renewal that is slowly attempting at changing the current situation, also through processes of…
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Alessandra Cianchetta, principal at AWP with offices in Paris and in Basel, will be at Palazzo Vettori on Tuesday September 20, 2016 presenting recent works by her office. Paola Giaconia will introduce her lecture. Alessandra Cianchetta is an architect and urban designer (RIBA) and a founding Partner at AWP Paris and AWP-HHF- Basel. AWP Paris…
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