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The Architecture of Pica Ciamarra Associati - From Urban Fragments to Ecological Systems (Hardcover)
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The Architecture of Pica Ciamarra Associati - From Urban Fragments to Ecological Systems (Hardcover)
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Since 1970, based in an isolated building situated on the peninsula
of Posillipo, Pica Ciamarra Associati (www.pcaint.eu) has acted as
a laboratory of architectural and urban design which has gradually
incorporated new members and new energies over the time: using a
multidisciplinary approach, the roots of the architectural practice
lie in the intensive theoretical and practical work begun in the
early 1960s by Massimo Pica Ciamarra. Since then the practice has
been marked by a continuous relationship with Le Carre Bleu Feuille
internationale darchitecture and leading members of the cultural
milieu of Team 10: this has led to constant attention to everything
that lies beyond form, to the relation ship with contexts that also
include non-spatial contexts, and to high levels of integration and
dialectical discussion. According to Pica Ciamarra Associati, a
design transcends the approaches of a single sector, providing
simultaneous solutions to contradictory requirements, combining
utopia and practicality. The poetics of the fragment: it mediates
between architecture and the urban dimension; some designs also
have the aim of becoming absorbed within a context as 'informed
fragments'. This monograph is the result of an intensive period of
work and consists of two interacting parts. It stems from research
into the archive of the studio Pica Ciamarra and conversation with
the members of the architectural practice. Organised
diachronically, the book tells the long story, unfolding over a
period of over fifty years of a team of Neapolitan architects and
designers, who have maintained the lively spirit of the practice
which is still geared towards the future. The textual and
iconographic account tells a story and offers an interpretation
that highlight the vibrant atmosphere of the studio, based on a
consistency of thought and action, and fuelled by an interest in
many different forms of knowledge. The contextualisation of the
events related to the studio, as they unfolded over time, is
wide-ranging, coherent and connotative. Antonietta Iolanda Lima,
professor of history of architecture at the University of Palermo,
has always tried, through theory, teaching and design, to
disseminate the importance of history which can embracing
innovation and tradition to an equal degree, forming a new
architectural language. According to her view of architecture,
history and design are closely connected, a 'single entity' as is
reflected by her career. Since the 1980s, her academic work has
gained increasing importance, a way of avoiding narrow sectoral
approaches in the training of future architects, offering a
holistic stance of the history of architecture and an architecture
that contributes to shaping critical thought and a thriving
cultural life.
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