For our first lecture of the semester, guest speaker Pippo Ciorra delivers a beautiful talk regarding the work of architect Ludovico Quaroni and his influence on post-war Italian architecture. Among the topics discussed were:
The Italian struggle between modernism and classicism. An issue of language and identity.
Building as city, city as building. The flexibility of scale in design.
Bigness, or the idea that one architectural gesture can affect or change a landscape.
Monumentality as the ultimate architectural desire.
Looking forward to more talks!
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"THERE IS A VERY SMALL DISTANCE BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS."
twiggy. miniskirt. archigram. kubrick. zola. superstudio.
...all interested in the mechanism of future, but still humanist!
after all, the supercity is a machine, not a dream....
-mia+ariane
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