From the very first time I passed under the red-black capital ‘A’ above the entrance of the School of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, I began confronting the question every architect or student of architecture asks: What is Architecture? Image 1: Main entrance of the School of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, IT. Architect: Vittoriano Vigano’ (project/realization: 1970 –…
This video-clip is a survey on Perception and Geometry and illustrates the process of constructing an architectural form, using as case study the preliminary concepts behind my project for the Växjö Tennis Hall. The three-dimensional model presented—its lines and surfaces defining an architectural text akin to a texture, what I call archi-texture or archi-textures (see the related article)—may be seen…
Introductory video clip of the talk – ‘From Space to Place: A Necessary Paradigm Shift in Architecture…’ – that I presented to the ‘5th Global Conference, Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues’, on Friday, the 5th of September 2014, at Mansfield College, Oxford (UK). Image and Video credits Featured Image (source) by Егор Камелев on unsplash.com Video footage (source) –…