Working in Venice means working in a context that is geographically, hydrographically and historically strongly defined. A city where it is nearly impossible to intervene without positioning oneselves with respect to its cultural context, its history, its building traditions. A city where the introduction of modernity not only has a long history of resistance, but is also a necessity for its survival. Hence, Venice is a good place to reflect upon issues at stake in current architectural practice world wide, in particular the many problematic aspects of globalization in architecture and urban planning. Venice is a good context to think about what remains of the the power of the project within an architectural production of ‘a world without q...
Venice is a very special city, the dream and the nightmare of every architect. The dream, because i...
19th-century maps of Venice are still one of the most detailed evidence of the long process of urban...
Very few cities in the world are as stubborn as Venice: with a “hedgehog” approach, the city was bui...
From the myth of Arcadia through to the twenty-first century, ideas about sustainability – how we im...
This paper investigates the composition of heterogeneous fragments, excerpts from the inventory of c...
Venice and its lagoon are a place where the imaginary and the legends of man and water are thriving....
The island of Venice, with more than thirty churches closed, is now a case of national interest. The...
The city is a ‘system of connection’: a set of relationships between building typology and urban mor...
The speech on tourism and the urban structures deals with real, imaginary and symbolic themes. Start...
Venice is a less obvious place than it seems. However, its multiple identities, including the one of...
Venice is well-known, its identity is so familiar to be considered obvious, summarized as if it were...
From the myth of Arcadia through to the twenty-first century, ideas about sustainability – how we im...
In Venice and in the whole Venetian Region, tourism has become one of the first economic powers over...
This study will illustrate and explore the conservation policies and procedures adopted by the autho...
The X. Edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale (2006) showcased in the then newly inaugurated It...
Venice is a very special city, the dream and the nightmare of every architect. The dream, because i...
19th-century maps of Venice are still one of the most detailed evidence of the long process of urban...
Very few cities in the world are as stubborn as Venice: with a “hedgehog” approach, the city was bui...
From the myth of Arcadia through to the twenty-first century, ideas about sustainability – how we im...
This paper investigates the composition of heterogeneous fragments, excerpts from the inventory of c...
Venice and its lagoon are a place where the imaginary and the legends of man and water are thriving....
The island of Venice, with more than thirty churches closed, is now a case of national interest. The...
The city is a ‘system of connection’: a set of relationships between building typology and urban mor...
The speech on tourism and the urban structures deals with real, imaginary and symbolic themes. Start...
Venice is a less obvious place than it seems. However, its multiple identities, including the one of...
Venice is well-known, its identity is so familiar to be considered obvious, summarized as if it were...
From the myth of Arcadia through to the twenty-first century, ideas about sustainability – how we im...
In Venice and in the whole Venetian Region, tourism has become one of the first economic powers over...
This study will illustrate and explore the conservation policies and procedures adopted by the autho...
The X. Edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale (2006) showcased in the then newly inaugurated It...
Venice is a very special city, the dream and the nightmare of every architect. The dream, because i...
19th-century maps of Venice are still one of the most detailed evidence of the long process of urban...
Very few cities in the world are as stubborn as Venice: with a “hedgehog” approach, the city was bui...