POLITO STUDIO will take part in the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 in a double event: on July 3rd with the side event “Practicing research / Research in practice” at the Form/Design Center in Malmö and on July 5th during a session of the Congress at the Bella Center in Copenhagen.
Practicing research / Research in practice
Monday July 3rd, 17.00-21.00, Form/Design Center – Malmö
A round table presented among the side events of the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen with five experimental practices at the center to discuss possible horizons between architecture, institutions, universities, and designers, organized by the Association of Architects in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Turin, Sveriges Arkitekter Skåne, SLU Tankesmedjan Movium, Urban Arena – Lund University and FOJAB Architects.
Presenting the experience of POLITO Studio will be the Association’s board members Peter Jaeger and Ilaria Ariolfo and, for the Polytechnic University of Turin, Michele Bonino and Valeria Federighi.
- The meeting will be streamed live: to read the programme and follow the event go to the dedicated website PRACTICING RESEARCH/RESEARCH IN PRACTICE | FORM/DESIGN CENTER (FORMDESIGNCENTER.COM)
Design Education and Resilient Communities
Wednesday July 5th,10.30-11.45, Bella Center – Copenaghen
On July 5th POLITO Studio’s project will be presented within the session “Design for resilient communities: design education and resilient communities – part 2”, through the presentation of the paper ‘POLITO Studio, a collaborative experiment between academia and practice’.
The paper ‘Polito Studio, a collaborative experiment between academia and practice’ is in fact among those selected by the UIA 2022 call; read the article DESIGN FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AT THE UIA WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS 2023 on ArchDaily.
Authors: Michele Bonino, Valeria Federighi, Camilla Forina, Peter Jaeger, Lidia Preti, Laura Rizzi.
Other events
Among the other design protagonists from Turin invited to take the stage in Copenhagen:
- UIA Side Event: ‘Practicing research/research in Practice’.
Monday 3 July 17.00-21.00 at the Form/Design Center (Lilla Torg 9, Malmö)
Partners: Politecnico di Torino, Turin Chamber of Architects, Lund University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish Architects Scania.
Official Sponsor: FOJAB Arkitekter - Paper presentation ‘BREAKING THE RULES: towards an experimental design pedagogy’.
Tuesday July 4th at 10.30 during the panel ‘Design for Partnership for Change’ at Bella Center, Copenhagen
Authors: Sofia Leoni, Camilla Forina, Tommaso Listo, Valeria Federighi, Edoardo Bruno - Paper presentation “High-Tech Meets Low-Tech”
Wednesday July 5th at 9.30 during the panel “Design for Rethinking Resources” at Bella Center, Copenhagen
Authors: Andrea Veglia, Francesca Thiébat - Paper presentation: “Refusing Land’s Capture: A New Status for a Finite Resource”
Wednesday July 5th at 10.48-11.06 during the panel “Design for Partnership for Change” presso Bella Center, Copenhagen
Authorsi: Francisco Díaz, Camillo Boano - Project Award Ceremony “Design for Healthcare SURGE. A Toolkit for the African Region”
Thursday July 6th
A project resulting from the collaboration between the Polytechnic University of Turin and the World Health Organisation’s Téchne international network, winner of the UIA International Innovative Health Design Awards in the ‘Theoretical Work’ category - Guests: Francesca De Filippi, Roberto Pennacchio, Laura Juliana Gualdrón Frias, Valeria Villamil Cárdenas x POLITO; Michele Di Marco x WHO Techne; also present Abdou Salam Gueye – WHO AFRO Regional Emergency Director
