Prato Città -Fabbrica: The Architecture of the Industrial District. A symposium on labour, architecture, and territoryPrato Città -Fabbrica: The Architecture of the Industrial District
Drawing from the garment industry and Chines workers’ district in Prato as exemplary studycase, and through comparisons with European examples, the Dutch publishing house and think-tank Behemoth Press organises an International Symposium focused on the architectural investigation of the notion of Industrial District, the relation between living and working, territory and production, automation and research. The symposium - which will take place in Prato on 8th October 2016 hosted by the Associazione Culturale Chì-na and media supports of Igreg Studio. Prato Città -Fabbrica is an associated project by the Olso Architecture Triennale 2016.
The contributions to the symposium will be collected into an digital publication and diffused through a website curated and produced by Behemoth Press. The results will be presented in Oslo, within the conclusive events of the Triennale in November 2016.
Topics included the history and theory of collage and montage; the architectural plan, from its political and administrative uses to its technical and generative manifestations; drawing as both a reflective and projective tool; the interrelations between text, image, and narration; the influence of everyday routines of architectural design and culture; the architectural drawing in the age of outsourcing; and post-digital representation and new forms of architectural projection.
Speakers:
Massimo Bressan [Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Florence]
Marco Brizzi [Professor, School of Architecture of California State University and Kent State University Florence]
Matilde Cassani [Architect, Photographer, Politecnico di Milano]
Filip Geerts [Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, TU Delft]
Claudio Greppi [Professor, History Department, University of Siena]
Christina Moon [Assistant Professor, Fashion Studies, Parsons School of Design New York]
SerpicaNaro [Design Collective, Milan]
Giorgio Piccinato [Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, University of RomaTre]
Silvia Pieraccini [Journalist, IlSole24Ore]
Paola Viganó [Professor, School of Architecture, IUAV Venice, EPFL Lausanne]
Marina Otero-Verzier [OAT AfterBelonging Agency - Het Nieuwe Instituut]
Photos by Igreg Studio
