MMM, «Mies Missing Materiality», has been the installation that architects Anna & Eugeni Bach, have set during a few days in November 2017 at the Mies Van Der Rohe Pavilion in Montjuïc, Barcelona. It is well known that the current pavilion is a thirdy-year old reconstruction of the original 1929 building and, therefore, is almost a fake, a replica made in the same place, with the same sizes and the same materials
Along July 2014 two important conferences on urban matters took place: the 21th International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) from 3 to 6 in Porto, Portugal, and the 16th International Planning History Society (IPHS) in St. Augustine, Florida. The subjects were «Our Common Future in Urban Morphology» for the ISUF and “Past as Guide to Sustainable Futures” for the IPHS. In both cases, we’ve had a perfect organizati
This is the dissertation of Alessandro Scarnato for his PhD title, in ESTAB school of architecture of Barcelona. Juanjo Lahuerta, ETSAB (left), Paola Di Biagi, IUAV (right) and Joan Busquets, Harvard (right edge) have been the members of the jury who gave the maximum evaluation, «cum laude» to the research led by Alessandro Scarnato under the supervision of Antonio Pizza, ETSAB (in the center). The research deals wit
The number 120 of italian magazine Area is dedicated to Beirut. Alessandro Scarnato is the curator together with Charbel Maskineh and Nicola Santini. The «bride of Middle East» is explored about its current situation, focusing on the unstoppable real estate developments. An interview with Bernard Khoury and a photographic social trip by Edoardo Delille, enrich the publication. Check it out here, to purchase: AREA MAG
