BIENNALE
SESSIONS – mostra 8>10 luglio
2014
DETAILS. ARCHITECTURE SEEN IN SECTION
The master degree course Architecture
and Innovation, from the “Dipartimento di Progettazione e pianificazione in
ambienti complessi”
is joining the Biennale_Sessions
with a project developed by the research unit The Art of Building. The project, open to all Iuav
students, has been organized in the form of a seminar, with the aim of
investigating the architectural language from the point of view of the
constructive detail.
Biennale Architettura
2014, Sala delle Armi, Arsenale
Exhibition and seminars
8>10 July 2014
DETAILS. Architecture seen in section
a workshop organized by Umberto Trame (DPPAC) and
Marco Pogacnik (DACC), Universitā
Iuav di Venezia
a project by
Marco Pogacnik, Research Unit Arte del costruire
– Art of Building, Universitā Iuav di Venezia
team
Andrea Ambroso, Iuav
Venezia
Marco Capitanio, Zurich
Alberto Franchini, Iuav
Venezia
Orsina Simona Pierini, DAStU, Politecnico Milano
Luka Skansi, Iuav Venezia
Claudia Tessarolo, Iuav
Venezia
with the
collaboration of the Iuav students
Elisa Tedeschi, Elena Rampin,
Rodrigo Qyshka, Claudio Vianello,
Veronica Zanusso, Fabio Pizzo,
Francesca Martinelli, Sara Bortolato,
Cristian Visintin, Elena Rampin, Francesca Camerin, Tobia Badoer
graphic design Luka Skansi
exhibition set-up Andrea Ambroso
catalogue-Giornale Iuav edited by Alberto Franchini
video Stefano Zara, Valeria Cusinato
> detail template – kengo kuma and associates
> the exhibition space 1 2 3 4 5
The master degree course Architecture
and Innovation, of the Dipartimento di Progettazione e pianificazione in
ambienti complessi
participates to the Biennale_Sessions
with a project developed within the research unit The Art of Building. The project, open to all Iuav
students, has been organized in the form of a seminar, investigating the
architectural language from the perspective of construction details.
Rem Koolhaas’ Venice Biennale, titled
“Fundamentals”, deals with the basic components of
architectural language (i.e. door,
window, ramp, etc.). Our research, rather than investigating the taxonomy of Fundamentals, focuses on their syntax.
We suggest to investigate the syntax of the
“architectonic sentence”: the joint where the faįade relates to the
roof, the window to the wall or the wall to the ceiling
The connection point of architectural
elements and structural parts is always of special significance to the
architect's work as well as to the observer's eye. The structural soundness of
a building and the effectiveness of its expressive articulation depend on this
point of connection.
The exhibition presents 200
construction details of post World War II buildings of special architectural
relevance drawn by Iiuav students. A detail section can synthetically express
the constructive and architectural quality of a building: its exterior
cladding, skeleton and palette of materials, whether
it is a load-bearing wall or a simple infill. The students were asked to work
in scale 1:10 redrawing construction details and preparing a series of thematic
panels presenting an overview of contemporary architecture.
The exhibition includes also original material from many architecture
and engineering offices. The designers were asked to make a statement about
their notion of details and the role they play in their daily practice. Among
the offices that accepted to participate there are: Burkhalter-Sumi,
Barkow-Leibinger, Kahlfeldt
Architekten, Werner Sobek, Artec Wien, Hermann Czech, Boris Podrecca,
Dominique Perrault, Miller & Maranta, Conzett Bronzini Gartmann, Pascal Flammer,
Peter Maerkli, Carlos Ferrater
OAB, Studio Valle, C+S Architects, Tezuka Architects,
Kengo Kuma, Emilio Tuņķn, Cino Zucchi
Architetti, Bevk Perovic arhitekti, Shim +
Sutcliffe, Park associati, Peripheriques
Architects, Laps Architecture, Gigon/Guyer Architekten, Walt+Galmarini, Hild und K Architekten, Kahlfeldt Architekten, Labics, Elasticospa, Staufer+Hasler,
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados.
Discussants to the seminar, 9th July 2014, 3 pm:
Prof. Arch. Pierre Alain Croset, Turin
Polytechnic
Arch. Francesco Pagliari, “The Plan”
Ing. Olindo de
Luca, Chief Operating Office Permasteelisa
All offices involved with the research are invited to join the tree-day
event at the Biennale.
Mediapartner: “The Plan” architecture
magazine, editor Nicola Leonardi