Laboratory abstract

The Workshop offers the opportunity to activate a transversal observation lens, between the natural and artificial dimension of contemporary and future reality, to generate a NEW TAXONOMY of contemporary design. The balance or unbalance between NATURE & ARTIFICE becomes an interpretative key to identify the prefigurative actions of the spatial design, in an ethical and sustainable vision. The condition of the continuous need for transformation, adaptation and metamorphosis of contemporary living and environmental systems arises as a central question.

A desert island_Matteo Ghidoni2021-10-18T18:10:08+00:00

Project Description

A desert island_Matteo Ghidoni

Course: Interdisciplinary Workshop_Nature&Artifice

Academic Year: 2020/2021

Professors: Giovanna Piccinno, Elisa Cattaneo, Emanuele Coccia

Tutors: Alice Zingales, Erze Dinarama, Daniele Mazzinghi

Partners: Andrea Branzi, Bruno Zamborlin, Lorenzo Palmeri, Matteo Ghidoni_Salottobuono, Quiet Ensemble, Francesco Micheli, Campari Italia, Vincenzo Napolano e Stavros Katsanevas

Students: Andrea Atzeni, Carlotta del Prato, Preethisakana Mathiesekar, George Narcis Patru, Stavros Sgouros

Message in a bottle This message is intended for those who dream of islands, no matter if in anguish or joy. It is for those who dream of separating, of being already separated, away from the continents. It is for those who dream of being alone and lost, for those who want to start from scratch, for those who want to re-create, to start over. Designing an island is a paradoxical task: the encounter with the natural data expresses an element of passivity that seems to be alien to the very idea of design, and usually pertains to the grammar of the discovery. Both experiences, the architectural and the exploratory ones, bring with them a form of relationship with the “new”, but in two different ways: if in the design, novelty is a product, in the discovery it is – at least in part – undergone.

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