The Formwork
02.

Details: the Exhibition

The aim of this research project is to demonstrate how insightful a section can be, in order to represent the complexity of the architectural artifact, since it allows the simultaneous perception of materiality and form of building envelope and interior spaces. From this point of view, the section acquires an iconic character.
Our research project about the detail emphasises the relationship between the different fundamentals in architecture and tackles the issue of tectonic syntax that regulates the architectural composition.

Contents

Contemporary architects

—   Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer: space in matter

—   Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners

—   ARTEC Architekten – Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl – The contour of the space

—   Barkow Leibinger – Detail + Façade: Surface Affect

—   Bevk Perović arhitekti – The detail and the project

—   Boris Podrecca – Boris Podrecca Architekten – An Urban Building on Flower Market

—   Bruno Fioretti Marquez – Lost in translation?

—   Burkhalter-Sumi – Timber cladding: facade / loggia

—   Burkhalter – Sumi – Timber construction: facade/roof

—   Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini C+S Architects – God’s homes

—   Cino Zucchi – CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti – DJ architecture

—   Conzett Bronzini Gartmann – Bridges sections. Concept versus image

—   Dick van Gameren, Mecanoo Architecten – Concrete Detail

—   Dominique Perrault Architecture – Vanishing architecture, the aesthetic of disappearance

—   Elasticospa +3 – The reason for detail

—   Emilio Tuñón Arquitectos – Start & Oscillation

—   Estudio Carme Pinós

—   Giulio Barazzetta + SBG architects – Detailed cross section as the main architectural design device toward construction

—   Grafton Architects – Making walls

—   HC Architects – The balance between architecture and construction

—   Hermann Czech – The Notion of “Detail”

—   Hild und K Architekten – Covers

—   Juan Herreros – Sections on the present time

—   Juan Navarro Baldeweg – Un objeto es una sección

—   Kengo Kuma & Associates – Exterior Wall with Thickness

—   Kokaistudios Architects

—   Labics – Detail and Architecture

—   LAN – The imperceptibility of technical resolution

—   Laps Architecture – Patterns, Nature, Architecture: Complexity through Simplicity

—   Linazasoro & Sanchez Arquitectura – The facade

—   Ludloff + Ludloff architects – A merciless corrective

—   Massimo Fortis, Orsina Simona Pierini, Politecnico di Milano – Restoration and conversion of the Marchiondi Spagliardi reformatory, by Vittoriano Viganò

—   Miller & Maranta – Architectural concrete in detail

—   OAB – Office of Architecture in Barcelona – Light and Materiality

—   OBR – Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi – Commons. Architecture as a cooperative evolutionary process.

—   Park Associati – Details – signs of comunication

—   Pascal Flammer – To Maria and Polke

—   PERIPHERIQUES Jumeau+Marin+Trottin – “Power of ten”

—   Peter Märkli Architekt – Translation of base and capital

—   Petra und Paul Kahlfeldt Architekten – The column reveals the essence of architecture

—   Riegler Riewe – Details of conditioned importance

—   s a m architects – Construction typology

—   Shim-Sutcliffe – Architects Walls of Light

—   Staufer & Hasler Architekten

—   Stoffel Schneider Architekten

—   Studio Valle Architetti Associati – The detail as synthesis

—   Takaharu + Yui Tezuka – Architects Beyond Architecture

—   Toyo Ito – Architecture, Structure, Material

—   Ultra-High Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) – Structure and Ornament

—   Walt + Galmarini – Structural art

—   Werner Sobek – The reason for detail

—   Wiel Arets Architects – The detail and the legislation

—   Witherford Watson Mann – Inhabited Depth

Elements & issues

Masters

Exhibitions archive

Oct. 2017, Lugano @SUPSI

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Exhibition location:
SUPSI. Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design
Campus Trevano, Via Trevano
CH-6952 Canobbio

Opening lecture:
Opening 20 October 2017, 16:30 h
with a lecture by
Marco Pogacnik (DACC, Università Iuav di Venezia)

Participating offices:
Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam/Maastricht/Zürich
ARTEC Architekten – Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl Wien
Barkow Leibinger Berlin
Giulio Barazzetta + SBG Architetti Milano
Bevk Perovic arhitekti Ljubljana
Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten Berlin
Burkhalter Sumi Architekten Zürich
C+S Architects Venezia
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners Milano
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann Chur
Hermann Czech Wien
Elasticospa+3 Chieri/Budoia
Pascal Flammer Balsthal
Massimo Fortis e Simona Pierini Milano
Gigon-Guyer Architekten Zürich
Grafton Architects Dublin
HC Shanghai
Estudio Herreros Madrid
Hild und K Architekten München
Kahlfeldt Architekten Berlin
Kokaistudios Shanghai
Kengo Kuma and Associates Tokyo
Labics Roma
LAN Paris
Laps Architecture Paris
Linazasoro & Sánchez Arquitectura Madrid
Ludloff+Ludloff Architekten Berlin
Peter Märkli Zürich
Dick van Gameren, Mecanoo Delft
Miller & Maranta Basel
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados Madrid
OAB Barcelona
OBR Milano/Genova/London/Mumbai
Park Associati Milano
Dominique Perrault Architecture Paris
Périphériques – Marin+Trottin+Jumeau Paris
Estudio Carme Pinós Barcelona
Boris Podrecca Architekten Wien
Riegler Riewe Architekten Graz
SAM Architekten Zürich
Brigitte Shim + Howard Sutcliffe Toronto
Werner Sobek Stuttgart
Staufer+Hasler Frauenfeld
Stoffel Schneider Architekten Zürich/Weinfelden
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects Tokyo
Emilio Tuñón Architects Madrid
Studio Valle architetti associati Udine
Walt + Galmarini Zürich
Witherford Watson Mann Architects London
CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti Milano

Design Exhibition SUPSI Lugabo: Dario Galimberti (SUPSI)
Assistants: Sara Bortolato, Alberto Franchini (Università Iuav di Venezia)
and Gaia Pasqualini (SUPSI)
Scientific Curators: Orsina Simona Pierini (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano), Marco Pogacnik (DACC, Università Iuav di Venezia)
A project by: Marco Pogacnik (DACC, Università Iuav di Venezia)

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Didascalia
Didascalia
Claudio Vianello, Sara Bortolato (The Formwork) con Gaia, Nina e Valentina (SUPSI Lugano)
Claudio Vianello, Sara Bortolato (The Formwork) con Gaia, Nina e Valentina (SUPSI Lugano)
Prof. Dario Galimberti (SUPSI Lugano)
Prof. Dario Galimberti (SUPSI Lugano)
Prof. Marco Pogacnik (IUAV Venezia)
Prof. Marco Pogacnik (IUAV Venezia)

Feb. 2017, Luzern

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Exhibition location:
Hochschule Luzern – Technik & Architektur
Campus Horw
Technikumstrasse 21
6048 Horw (Luzern)
T +41 413493311

Opening lecture:
Thursday, March 2, 2017
6.00 PM:
Marcel Pola (Studio Märkli, Zürich)
Prof. Marco Pogacnik (Università IUAV di Venezia)

Participating offices:
Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam/Maastricht/Zürich
ARTEC Architekten – Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl Wien
Barkow Leibinger Berlin
Giulio Barazzetta + SBG Architetti Milano
Bevk Perovic arhitekti Ljubljana
Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten Berlin
Burkhalter Sumi Architekten Zürich
C+S Architects Venezia
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners Milano
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann Chur
Hermann Czech Wien
Elasticospa+3 Chieri/Budoia
Pascal Flammer Balsthal
Massimo Fortis e Simona Pierini Milano
Gigon-Guyer Architekten Zürich
Grafton Architects Dublin
HC Shanghai
Estudio Herreros Madrid
Hild und K Architekten München
Kahlfeldt Architekten Berlin
Kokaistudios Shanghai
Kengo Kuma and Associates Tokyo
Labics Roma
LAN Paris
Laps Architecture Paris
Linazasoro & Sánchez Arquitectura Madrid
Ludloff+Ludloff Architekten Berlin
Peter Märkli Zürich
Dick van Gameren, Mecanoo Delft
Miller & Maranta Basel
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados Madrid
OAB Barcelona
OBR Milano/Genova/London/Mumbai
Park Associati Milano
Dominique Perrault Architecture Paris
Périphériques – Marin+Trottin+Jumeau Paris
Estudio Carme Pinós Barcelona
Boris Podrecca Architekten Wien
Riegler Riewe Architekten Graz
SAM Architekten Zürich
Brigitte Shim + Howard Sutcliffe Toronto
Werner Sobek Stuttgart
Staufer+Hasler Frauenfeld
Stoffel Schneider Architekten Zürich/Weinfelden
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects Tokyo
Emilio Tuñón Architects Madrid
Studio Valle architetti associati Udine
Walt + Galmarini Zürich
Witherford Watson Mann Architects London
CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti Milano

Design Exhibition Hochschule Luzern: Heike Biechteler, Luc Kummer
Assistants: Cristiano Bertan, Sara Bortolato, Alberto Franchini, Claudio Vianello (Università Iuav di Venezia) – Mauro Sullam (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano) – Hikari Masuyama (TU Weimar) – Gregorio Taccola
Scientific Curators: Orsina Simona Pierini (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano), Marco Pogacnik (DACC, Università Iuav di Venezia)
A project by: Marco Pogacnik (DACC, Università Iuav di Venezia)

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Opening conference: prof. Johannes Käferstein HSLU; arch. Marcel Pola HSLU
Opening conference: prof. Johannes Käferstein HSLU; arch. Marcel Pola HSLU
Prof. Alberto Alessi HSLU; prof. Simona Orsina Pierini PoliMI, prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV Prof. Alberto Alessi HSLU; prof. Simona Orsina Pierini PoliMI, prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV
Prof. Alberto Alessi HSLU; prof. Simona Orsina Pierini PoliMI, prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV Prof. Alberto Alessi HSLU; prof. Simona Orsina Pierini PoliMI, prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV
Mauro Sullam PoliMI, Claudio Vianello IUAV; Sara Bortolato IUAV; prof. Alberto Alessi HSLU
Mauro Sullam PoliMI, Claudio Vianello IUAV; Sara Bortolato IUAV; prof. Alberto Alessi HSLU
Sara Bortolato IUAV; Hikari Masuyama Bauhaus-Weimar
Sara Bortolato IUAV; Hikari Masuyama Bauhaus-Weimar
Prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV; prof. Marianne Burkhardt (AA Mendrisio); arch. Marcel Pola HSLU Prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV; prof. Marianne Burkhardt (AA Mendrisio); arch. Marcel Pola HSLU
Prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV; prof. Marianne Burkhardt (AA Mendrisio); arch. Marcel Pola HSLU Prof. Marco Pogacnik IUAV; prof. Marianne Burkhardt (AA Mendrisio); arch. Marcel Pola HSLU
Prof. Johannes Käferstein HSLU; prof. Simona Orsina Pierini PoliMI; arch. Marcel Pola HSLU
Prof. Johannes Käferstein HSLU; prof. Simona Orsina Pierini PoliMI; arch. Marcel Pola HSLU

May 2016, Liechtenstein

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Exhibition location:
Universität Liechtenstein
Fürst-Franz-Josef-Strasse
9490 Vaduz – Liechtenstein

Opening lecture:
Thursday, April 28, 2016
6.00 PM: Prof. Marco Pogacnik (Università IUAV di Venezia)

Participating offices:
Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam/Maastricht/Zürich
ARTEC Architekten – Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl Wien
Barkow Leibinger Berlin
Giulio Barazzetta + SBG Architetti Milano
Bevk Perovic arhitekti Ljubljana
Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten Berlin
Burkhalter Sumi Architekten Zürich
C+S Architects Venezia
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners Milano
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann Chur
Hermann Czech Wien
Elasticospa+3 Chieri/Budoia
Pascal Flammer Balsthal
Massimo Fortis e Simona Pierini Milano
Gigon-Guyer Architekten Zürich
Grafton Architects Dublin
HC Shanghai
Estudio Herreros Madrid
Hild und K Architekten München
Kahlfeldt Architekten Berlin
Kokaistudios Shanghai
Kengo Kuma and Associates Tokyo
Labics Roma
LAN Paris
Laps Architecture Paris
Linazasoro & Sánchez Arquitectura Madrid
Ludloff+Ludloff Architekten Berlin
Peter Märkli Zürich
Dick van Gameren, Mecanoo Delft
Miller & Maranta Basel
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados Madrid
OAB Barcelona
OBR Milano/Genova/London/Mumbai
Park Associati Milano
Dominique Perrault Architecture Paris
Périphériques – Marin+Trottin+Jumeau Paris
Estudio Carme Pinós Barcelona
Boris Podrecca Architekten Wien
Riegler Riewe Architekten Graz
SAM Architekten Zürich
Brigitte Shim + Howard Sutcliffe Toronto
Werner Sobek Stuttgart
Staufer+Hasler Frauenfeld
Stoffel Schneider Architekten Zürich/Weinfelden
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects Tokyo
Emilio Tuñón Architects Madrid
Studio Valle architetti associati Udine
Walt + Galmarini Zürich
Witherford Watson Mann Architects London
CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti Milano

Design exhibition Universitat Liechtenstein: Alberto Alessi (Universität Liechtenstein)
Assistant: Alberto Franchini (Università Iuav di Venezia)
Scientific curators: Orsina Simona Pierini (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano), Marco Pogacnik (Università Iuav di Venezia)
A project by: Marco Pogacnik, DACC, Università Iuav di Venezia – Research Unit “arte del costruire”

Drawing credits: Giancarlo De Carlo, ENEL Children’s holidy camp, Riccione (RN), 1961-63. From Archivio Progetti-Iuav, De Carlo-pro/016/24

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Prof. Marco Pogacnik (The Formwork) with Juerg Conzett (Chur)
Prof. Marco Pogacnik (The Formwork) with Juerg Conzett (Chur)
Architect Christian Sumi (Zürich), with Claudio Vianello (The Formwork) and Alberto Franchini (The Formwork)
Architect Christian Sumi (Zürich), with Claudio Vianello (The Formwork) and Alberto Franchini (The Formwork)

Nov. 2015, Paris @ENSA

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Exhibition location:
Grande Galerie,
École d’architecture de Paris-Belleville
60 Boulevard de la Villette
75019 Paris (M° Belleville)

Opening lecture:
Thursday, November 5, 2015
7.00 PM: Frank Barkow (Barkow Leibinger, Berlin-New York)
8:30 PM: Prof. Orsina Simona Pierini, Politecnico di Milano

Participating offices:
Wiel Arets Architects Amsterdam/Maastricht/Zürich
ARTEC Architekten – Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl Wien
Barkow Leibinger Berlin
Giulio Barazzetta + SBG Architetti Milano
Bevk Perovic arhitekti Ljubljana
Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten Berlin
Burkhalter Sumi Architekten Zürich
C+S Architects Venezia
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners Milano
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann Chur
Hermann Czech Wien
Elasticospa+3 Chieri/Budoia
Pascal Flammer Balsthal
Massimo Fortis e Simona Pierini Milano
Gigon-Guyer Architekten Zürich
Grafton Architects Dublin
HC Shanghai
Estudio Herreros Madrid
Hild und K Architekten München
Kahlfeldt Architekten Berlin
Kokaistudios Shanghai
Kengo Kuma and Associates Tokyo
Labics Roma
LAN Paris
Laps Architecture Paris
Linazasoro & Sánchez Arquitectura Madrid
Ludloff+Ludloff Architekten Berlin
Peter Märkli Zürich
Dick van Gameren, Mecanoo Delft
Miller & Maranta Basel
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados Madrid
OAB Barcelona
OBR Milano/Genova/London/Mumbai
Park Associati Milano
Dominique Perrault Architecture Paris
Périphériques – Marin+Trottin+Jumeau Paris
Estudio Carme Pinós Barcelona
Boris Podrecca Architekten Wien
Riegler Riewe Architekten Graz
SAM Architekten Zürich
Brigitte Shim + Howard Sutcliffe Toronto
Werner Sobek Stuttgart
Staufer+Hasler Frauenfeld
Stoffel Schneider Architekten Zürich/Weinfelden
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects Tokyo
Emilio Tuñón Architects Madrid
Studio Valle architetti associati Udine
Walt + Galmarini Zürich
Witherford Watson Mann Architects London
CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti Milano

Design Exhibition Paris-Belleville:
Alberto Franchini, Università IUAV di Venezia
Nicolas Moucheront, ENSA Paris-Belleville
With:
Luca Casarano, Università IUAV di Venezia
Davide Favaron
Mauro Sullam, Politecnico di Milano

A project by:
Marco Pogacnik, DACC, Università IUAV di Venezia
Research Unit “artedelcostruire”

Scientific curators:
Marco Pogacnik, Università IUAV di Venezia
Orsina Simona Pierini, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

Research Team:
Marco Pogacnik, Università IUAV di Venezia
Orsina Simona Pierini, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Ambroso, Università IUAV di Venezia
Alberto Franchini, Università IUAV di Venezia
Mauro Sullam, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

Graphic design:
Mauro Sullam

Video:
Stefano Zara, Valeria Cusinato

Contributors:
Daniel Battistella Pieve di Cadore
Francesca Castanò IDeAS II, Università degli Studi di Napoli
Sofia Colabella co-founder of Gridshell.it, Università degli Studi di Napoli
Edoarda De Ponti Studio Gardella
Marianna Nigra Politecnico di Torino
Victor Olmos ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Alberto Pugnale University of Melbourne
Manuel Santin e Fabio Minello Permasteelisa Group
Annalisa Viati AAM Mendrisio
Marco Capitanio Zürich/Tokyo
Luka Skansi University of Rijeka
Guy Lambert IPRAUS, ENSA Paris-Belleville
Raphaël Fabbri ENSA Paris-Belleville

Student Research Assistants:
(IUAV and Politecnico di Milano)
Tobia Badoer, Nicolas Baglioni, Alice Bernacci, Sara
Bortolato, Francesca Camerin, Filippo Del Monte,
Eleonora Fiorin, Giulia Grava, Francesca Martinelli,
Luca Mazzucchelli, Lorenzo Micucci, Rodrigo Qyshka,
Elena Rampin, Elisa Tedeschi, Claudio Vianello, Cristian
Visintin, Teodora Yordanova, Melissa Zanella, Veronica
Zanusso

Sponsored by:
burkhalter sumi architekten Zürich

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Francçoise Fromonot
Francçoise Fromonot
Frank Barkow
Frank Barkow
Orsina Simona Pierini
Orsina Simona Pierini
Vernissage
Vernissage

Feb. 2015, Milano @Politecnico

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Exhibition location:
Politecnico di Milano
Scuola di Architettura e Società
Via Ampère, 2 – 20133 Milano
Spazio mostre Guido Nardi

Participating Offices:
Wiel Arets Architects, Amsterdam/Maastricht/Zürich
ARTEC Architekten – Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl, Wien
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin
Giulio Barazzetta + SBG Architetti, Milano
Bevk Perovic arhitekti, Ljubljana
Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten, Berlin
Burkhalter Sumi Architekten, Zürich
C+S Architects, Venezia
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners, Milano
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann, Chur
Hermann Czech, Wien
Elasticospa+3, Chieri/Budoia
Pascal Flammer, Balsthal
Massimo Fortis e Simona Pierini, Milano
Gigon-Guyer Architekten, Zürich
Grafton Architects, Dublin
HC, Shanghai
Estudio Herreros, Madrid
Hild und K Architekten, München
Kahlfeldt Architekten, Berlin
Kokaistudios, Shanghai
Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo
Labics, Roma
LAN, Paris
Laps Architecture, Paris
Linazasoro & Sánchez Arquitectura, Madrid
Ludloff+Ludloff Architekten, Berlin
Peter Märkli, Zürich
Dick van Gameren, Mecanoo, Delft
Miller & Maranta, Basel
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados, Madrid
OAB, Barcelona
OBR, Milano/Genova/London/Mumbai
Park Associati, Milano
Dominique Perrault Architecture, Paris
Périphériques – Marin+Trottin+Jumeau, Paris
Estudio Carme Pinós, Barcelona
Boris Podrecca Architekten, Wien
Riegler Riewe Architekten, Graz
SAM Architekten, Zurich
Brigitte Shim + Howard Sutcliffe, Toronto
Werner Sobek, Stuttgart
Staufer+Hasler, Frauenfeld
Stoffel Schneider Architekten, Zürich/Weinfelden
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects, Tokyo
Emilio Tuñón Architects, Madrid
Studio Valle architetti associati, Udine
Walt + Galmarini, Zürich
Witherford Watson Mann Architects, London
CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti, Milano

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Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects) during her lecture
Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects) during her lecture
Peter Maärkli during his lecture
Peter Maärkli during his lecture
Christian Schittich during his lecture
Christian Schittich during his lecture
Peter Maärkli’s lecture
Peter Maärkli’s lecture
Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects) with Marco Pogacnik
Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects) with Marco Pogacnik
Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects), Marco Pogacnik, Alberto Franchini and Mauro Sullam
Yvonne Farrell (Grafton Architects), Marco Pogacnik, Alberto Franchini and Mauro Sullam
Opening Lectures
Opening Lectures

Nov. 2014, Venezia

Exhibition Banner – November 2014
Exhibition Banner – November 2014
Estudio Carme Pinoós / Juan Herreros Estudio Carme Pinoós / Juan Herreros
Estudio Carme Pinoós / Juan Herreros Estudio Carme Pinoós / Juan Herreros
Juan Navarro Baldeweg / Dick Van Gameren, Mecanoo Architecten
Juan Navarro Baldeweg / Dick Van Gameren, Mecanoo Architecten
Peter Märkli Architekt / Stoffel Schneider Architekten AG
Peter Märkli Architekt / Stoffel Schneider Architekten AG
Staufer & Hasler Architekten / Annette Gigon – Mike Guyer
Staufer & Hasler Architekten / Annette Gigon – Mike Guyer
LAN / Whitherford Watson Mann Architects
LAN / Whitherford Watson Mann Architects
Studio Valle Architetti Associati / Bruno Fioretti Marquez
Studio Valle Architetti Associati / Bruno Fioretti Marquez
Burkhalter – Sumi / Citterio
Burkhalter – Sumi / Citterio
Hermann Czech
Hermann Czech
OBR – Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi
OBR – Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi
Giulio Barazzetta – SBG Architetti
Giulio Barazzetta – SBG Architetti
Barkow Leibinger
Barkow Leibinger
CZA – Cino Zucchi Architetti
CZA – Cino Zucchi Architetti
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann / Pascal Flammer
Conzett Bronzini Gartmann / Pascal Flammer
Kengo Kuma and Associates
Kengo Kuma and Associates
Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House, 1963 / Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat house, Brno, 1928-30
Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House, 1963 / Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat house, Brno, 1928-30
Elements: The Cladding / The Curtain Wall
Elements: The Cladding / The Curtain Wall
Italy after World War II – pats I & II
Italy after World War II – pats I & II
Italy after World War II – Parts I and II
Italy after World War II – Parts I and II
Restoration and conversion of the Marchiondi Spagliardi reformatory, by Vittoriano Viganò (Pierini, Fortis, Politecnico di Milano) / Architecture of shells and gridshells Restoration and conversion of the Marchiondi Spagliardi reformatory, by Vittoriano Viganò (Pierini, Fortis, Politecnico di Milano) / Architecture of shells and gridshells
Restoration and conversion of the Marchiondi Spagliardi reformatory, by Vittoriano Viganò (Pierini, Fortis, Politecnico di Milano) / Architecture of shells and gridshells Restoration and conversion of the Marchiondi Spagliardi reformatory, by Vittoriano Viganò (Pierini, Fortis, Politecnico di Milano) / Architecture of shells and gridshells
Toyo Ito / SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa Toyo Ito / SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa
Toyo Ito / SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa Toyo Ito / SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

Jul. 2014, Venezia @Biennale Sections

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“Arte del costruire – The Art of Building” is a research group formed by professors from different academic disciplines (history, architectural design, technology, preservation) working at the School of Architecture IUAV in Venice. Together with the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Milan Politecnico, we are the promoters of a collective project dedicated to the architectural detail entitled: “Details. Architecture seen in section”.

Our research stems from different sources, e.g. history of art (see as an example the seminal book by Daniel Arasse, Le Détail, 1992) and architectural theory (Edward Ford, The Architectural Detail, 2011). Within this panorama of visual studies we are investigating the notion of detail with a series of case-studies that will reveal its double significance: its constructive and its formal-expressive meaning.
The research analyses examples from post-WWII architecture, specifically the transformations occurred after the introduction of new constructive forms (the frame) and new building materials (reinforced concrete, steel, glass). The wall has lost its monolithic substance, thus its static and physical performance can only be understood by means of a section; a section revealed by the classic tectonic sequence – socle, building envelope and eaves/roof.

The aim of this research project is to demonstrate how insightful a section can be, in order to represent the complexity of the architectural artifact, since it allows the simultaneous perception of materiality and form, of building envelope and interior spaces. From this point of view, the section acquires an iconic character. This year (2014), Koolhaas’ Biennale, entitled “Fundamentals”, is dedicated to the basic components of the architectural vocabulary (e.g. door, window, roof). Rather than analysing each of these elements as a separate and absolute object, we want to focus on the interplay between them: how is the façade joined with the roof, how is the window inserted into the wall?
Our research project about the detail emphasises the relationship between the different fundamentals in architecture and tackles the issue of tectonic syntax that regulates the architectural composition.

The emblematic character of the section will be highlighted through a series of panels, divided in three major thematic groups:
1. a first group of panels illustrating, in a historical perspective, examples from great masters (Le Corbusier, Wright, The Smithsons, Mies…);
2. a second group of panels will highlight the theoretical framework resulting from our research. The detail will be represented in its different expressive articulations: the detail as decoration, as punctum, as joint/Junktur and as a no-detail. Depending on the compositional strategies used by the architect, the detail can generate different expressive outcomes: it can be isolated (punctum), it can be a part of a wider structural system (joint, Junktur), it can be reduced to a minimum until it disappears (no-detail) or it can be emphasized its expressive nature, thus becoming mere decoration.
3. a third group consists of panels dedicated to a single contemporary architect or architectural office: they are asked to express a peculiar statement about their conception of the detail, and to explain how it is understood and used in their professional activity.

Following the example of a series of portfolios published by the magazine “Architectural Record” in the 1960s (see attachment), architects with different backgrounds and culture were kindly asked to partecipate.

A project by: Marco Pogacnik, Research Unit Arte del costruire – Art of Building, Università Iuav di Venezia

Team
Marco Pogacnik, Università IUAV di Venezia
Orsina Simona Pierini, DAStU, Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Ambroso, Università IUAV di Venezia
Marco Capitanio, Zürich
Alberto Franchini, Università IUAV di Venezia
Luka Skansi, University of Rijeka
Mauro Sullam, DAStU, Politecnico Milano
Claudia Tessarolo, Università IUAV di Venezia

Contributors
Daniel Battistella, Pieve di Cadore
Francesca Castanò, IDeAS II, Università degli Studi di Napoli
Sofia Colabella, co-founder of Gridshell.it, Università degli Studi di Napoli
Edoarda De Ponti, Studio Gardella
Marianna Nigra, Politecnico di Torino
Victor Olmos, ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Alberto Pugnale, University of Melbourne
Manuel Santin e Fabio Minello, Permasteelisa Group
Annalisa Viati, AAM Mendrisio

Graphic design: Luka Skansi, Mauro Sullam
Venice exhibitions set-up: Andrea Ambroso
Milan exhibition set-up: Orsina Simona Pierini, Mauro Sullam
Web design and management: Mauro Sullam
Catalogue – Giornale Iuav edited by: Alberto Franchini
Video: Stefano Zara, Valeria Cusinato

With the collaboration of the Iuav and PoliMI students:
Tobia Badoer, Nicolas Baglioni, Sara Bortolato, Francesca Camerin, Filippo Del Monte, Francesca Martinelli, Luca Mazzucchelli, Lorenzo Micucci, Fabio Pizzo, Rodrigo Qyshka, Elena Rampin, Elisa Tedeschi, Claudio Vianello, Cristian Visintin, Teodora Yordanova, Veronica Zanusso

Dipartimento di Architettura Costruzione Conservazione
Università IUAV di Venezia

Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani
Scuola di Architettura e Società
Politecnico di Milano

Seminar at Biennale Sessions (10 July 2014)
Seminar at Biennale Sessions (10 July 2014)
Seminar at Biennale Sessions (10 July 2014)
Seminar at Biennale Sessions (10 July 2014)
Prof. Marko Pogacnik, IUAV
Prof. Marko Pogacnik, IUAV
Prof. Umberto Trame, IUAV
Prof. Umberto Trame, IUAV
Ing. Olindo De Luca, Chief Operating Office Permasteelisa
Ing. Olindo De Luca, Chief Operating Office Permasteelisa
Prof. Orsina Simona Pierini, Politecnico di Milano
Prof. Orsina Simona Pierini, Politecnico di Milano
Arch. Francesco Pagliari, The Plan
Arch. Francesco Pagliari, The Plan
Prof. Pierre Alain Croset, Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Pierre Alain Croset, Politecnico di Torino
(da sinistra) Arch. Claudia Tessarolo, Arch. Marco Capitanio, Arch. Andrea Ambroso
(da sinistra) Arch. Claudia Tessarolo, Arch. Marco Capitanio, Arch. Andrea Ambroso
(da sinistra) Prof. Giulio Barazzetta, Politecnico di Milano; Arch. Mauro Sullam, Alberto Franchini
(da sinistra) Prof. Giulio Barazzetta, Politecnico di Milano; Arch. Mauro Sullam, Alberto Franchini