by movenice | 31, Mar 2016 |
‘Intelligence. Natural, artificial. Collectives.’ is the title of the 19th Architecture Biennale taking place in 2025. After the exclusive vernissage hustle and bustle, it will open its doors to the general public from 10 May to 23 November. The curator is the Italian architect, urban planner and architectural theorist Carlo Ratti, who has become known for his urban visions of the future characterised by digitalisation. The focus will be on architecture and urban spaces that are able to respond dynamically to the needs of people and the environment. He himself coined the term ‘senseable city’. The Biennale of recent years have shown that an exhibition of this kind is no longer about representing the latest national achievements, but is rather understood as an experimental space. We can assume that the curator follows this attitude, as Ratti says in his appeal: ‘To confront a burning world, architecture must utilise all the intelligence that surrounds...
by movenice | 31, Mar 2016 |
Venice and its Lagoon This tour focuses on the special context of Venice: the lagoon. How has the city developed here since its beginnings? What does it mean to live in a lagoon? How does Venice try to deal with the problem of high water? A two-hour boat trip to the northern opening of the lagoon, where the MOSE high water barriers were built, provides answers to these questions. Departure from the old harbour basin of the Arsenal – arrival on Giudecca island. Tere you will get an insight into daily Venetian life and visit the Junghans district, where residential buildings were built by Cino Zuchhi and Boris Podrecca, among others. The residential complexes by Gino Valle and Pietro Mainardis, Iginio Cappai and Valeriano Pastor deal intensively with the special features of their location and transpose typical Venetian building elements into our...
by movenice | 31, Mar 2016 |
Venice has developed into a mecca for international architects in the last few decades; the elite of contemporary architecture gather to celebrate the most prestigious architecture exhibition of our time at the biennale in the shadows of st. mark’s place, the rialto bridge and the doge’s palace; it is all the more amazing that there is no current guide which covers the modern architecture of the largest open-air-museum in the world. this architectural guide is a ticket to a journey of discovery off the beaten tourist path through venice after 1950; the boat trips and walks in the guide lead to new residential complexes and converted harbour sheds, to works by carlo scarpa, tadao ando and david chipperfield; this very practical travel guide also examines controversial new projects like the flood control barriers or spectacular conversions like that of the fondaco dei tedeschi by rem koolhaas. in addition to never realised designs by frank lloyd wright, le corbusier and louis kahn, the authors present all the biennale pavilions from the last six decades....
by samdesign | 15, Mar 2016 |
Carlo Scarpa and Tadao Ando This half-day tour, focusing on the works of Carlo Scarpa and Tadao Ando, leads through the heart of the city, showing you before historical background well known works of two famous autodidacts. These are primarily conversions and renovations, which deal with the historical context and form a special dialectic between old and new. The tour starts with the Querini Stampalia Foundation rebuilt in the 1950s by Carlo Scarpa. Besides the new entrance bridge, the exhibition and conference room he created the garden, a green oasis in the stone labyrinth of Venice. Next stop is the Olivetti shop which Scarpa designed for the once leading typewriters and calculators manufacturer directly at St. Mark’s Square. The Saving Bank Venice, an architectural document of the 1970s was a controversial attempt to bring modern architecture to the city centre. For the Teatrino Grassi Japanese architect Tadao Ando created artfully curved walls. His well-known trademark is in the Punta della Dogana, once customs warehouse now Museum, which marks the end of the...
