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Gender Gap, curated by Laura Andreini, documents an exhibition of
projects and maquettes by 20 international female architects.
Created in conjunction with "The Architect's Table", a series of
events held at the Museo Novecento in Florence in 2021, the
architects featured here address the personal challenges they have
encountered in the course of their careers in a field where men are
still the predominant players, and offer their observations on
women in architecture in the 21st century. In separate chapters,
the show highlights work by Carmen Andriani, Sandy Attia, Cristina
Celestino, Izaskun Chinchilla, Maria Claudia Clemente, Isotta
Cortesi, Elizabeth Diller, Lina Ghothmeh, Carla Juacaba, Fuesanta
Nieto, Simona Ottieri, Carme Pigem, Guendalina Salimei, Marella
Santangelo, Maria Alessandra Segantini, Benedetta Tagliabue, Monica
Tricario, Patricia Viel, Paola Vigano and Laura Andreini, curator
of the exhibition and catalogue.
This publication is the second edition of this contemporary guide
to the architecture of Hamburg, Germany's second largest city and
one of its most fascinating destinations.The guide's introduction
featuring three critical treatises outlines the historic and
urbanistic profile of the city. The selection of 74 projects,
organised in 5 itineraries, provides a full-immersion in
architecture, allowing the reader to dwell on the functional,
typological and compositive aspects of the buildings, which are
rendered even more legible by images and technical drawings that
supplement the descriptions. This volume also contains useful
information and advice, making it easier and quicker for readers to
get around the city and truly capture the essence of the place even
in a short visit. This is more than simply an architecture guide:
it is also and above all an invitation to travel.
The selection, preparation and application of materials in
architecture represent key decisions in the design process, today
as in the past. This book features projects by Archea Associati, a
firm of architects and designers founded in Florence in 1988, that
demonstrate how materials can be used in innovative ways, while
still honouring their traditional characteristics. Glass,
terracotta, concrete and wood are just a few of the elements they
work with. Examples of ancient and contemporary materials are
featured throughout this well-illustrated volume. A gallery of
photographic images accompanied by drawings and descriptive texts
illustrate each building, alternating between details and general
views, from the basic elements to the complete work as a whole.
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Florence is aimed at showing how one of the Italian cities most
strongly linked with its past, the quintessential symbol of the
Renaissance period, conceals a myriad of innovative architecture.
Florence is not a static city. It has often been guilty of long
delays and a certain lack of courage in assimilating new
approaches, but its way of introducing contemporary architecture
into a consolidated context, is unique. Changes with great impact
began in Florence at the end of the 19th century with the urban
planning transformations designed by Giuseppe Poggi. The strongly
defined limits of the historic centre became blurred with the
demolition of the fortifications and the city was opened up to
permit expansion. In the 1930s, the Rationalist design of the Santa
Maria Novella Station introduced a new form of architectural
expression into the historic centre and outskirts of the city. This
is the building that begins the itinerary proposed in this guide; a
chronological, but also a physical beginning: a starting point for
visitors to begin their architectural excursion.
The Green Energy Laboratory (GEL) is a research centre for low
environmental impact building technologies on the the Minhang
Campus of Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. Created in
collaboration between the university and the Italian Ministry for
Environment, Land and Sea Protection, it was designed and built by
the Florentine architectural firm Archea Associati in 2012. This
book features critical essays, technical drawings, photos of the
construction site and the completed project, and illustrates the
harmony of this structure through its perfect blend of tradition,
architectural ingenuity, and sustainability. The GEL building is
based around a central courtyard with a retractable roof. The top,
or third floor, is recessed in relation to the main block, with a
steeply sloped roof to house solar panels. The outer shell of the
building's double skin is composed of terracotta elements designed
to form pictograms common in the Chinese language. This landmark
project represents a symbol of intercultural cooperation between
Italy and China. Text in English and Italian.
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