Former Psychiatric Hospital of Genoa: Active Regeneration
Asylums are conceived between the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of psychiatric research. They are the evolution of the so-called sanatorium, that is the structure in which social…
The Urban Void in Generation Z
As history progresses, the cultural identities available to human beings have multiplied, changed, acquired strength and awareness, increased their capacity for expression and have been contaminated by new factors: gender,…
Holy See Pavilion: contemporary Vatican
Now in its 16th year, the Venice Architecture Biennale boasts a new entry in the list of exhibition pavilions. The Vatican, which only in recent years has begun to attend…
Blueprint: interview with Franco Purini
Franco Purini was interviewed as part of a comparison between three architects who took part in the Blueprint competition, organized by the Municipality of Genoa. Franco Purini: architect and theorist…
Blueprint: interview with Daniele Zerbi
Daniele Zerbi from Fuzz Atelier was interviewed as part of a comparison between three architects who took part in the Blueprint competition, organized by the Genoa City Council. "Fuzz Atelier"…
Blueprint: interview with Paolo Brescia
In the context of a comparison between three architects who participated in the Blueprint competition, organized by the City of Genova, Paolo Brescia of OBR Studio was interviewed. Paolo Brescia…
Ponte Parodi: an urban void
Ponte Parodi is an urban wound in the heart of the city of Genoa, it bleeds and does not heal. Located in the center of the "Porto Antico", the ancient…
Blueprint: unfinished Superb
Many are the ideas for the "Ex-Fiera del Mare" of Genoa, less the projects realized. Today this part of the city, which until a few decades ago was a source…
Paolo Zermani: warning on the idea of architecture
Today the figure of the architect lives a strange sort of bewilderment, where ethical and moral principles have been lost. The unanimous and disintegrated-repressed acceptance of any object passed off…
CityLife: story of an urban paradox
CityLife is the new urban redevelopment project that occupies the historic “Fiera Campionaria” district of Milan, following the transfer of the fairgrounds to the new “Fiera Milano” hub in Rho-Pero.…
Fondazione Prada: the branded non-space
In the last decades Milan is living an exponential development that is bringing to a mutation of its skyline. Starting from the fast development of Porta Garibaldi up to the…