Identity and urban contexts
The cities: reading and re-reading them, thinking about them, looking at them during their transformations, trying to understand how resilient they can be. Cities are constantly in the scientific and…
Morandi Bridge: a broken city
Much has already been written about the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, the management of the situation by the Administration, the responsibilities and the culprits, the plans and…
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…
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…