Archive for 2011

MeLa-Research Project

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Kick-off-Meeting: 9th March 2011

Musei Capitolini
Sala Pietro da Cortona
Palazzo dei Conservatori,

Palazzo Nuovo
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1
Rome

09.30-13.00 / 15.00-18.00

National museums and galleries emerged in the context of the consolidation of the nation-state in Europe from the 18th century onwards. At the beginning of the 21st century, the intellectual underpinnings of many of these institutions are being questioned, while at the same time, new forms of interaction with the publics are formed. The purpose is to develop a new role for national museums and libraries that allows them, in an innovative way, to adequately reflect past trends and processes that are not constrained by national borders, engage the interest of new social groups and audiences, while simultaneously acting as agents of social cohesion and stability in Europe.

MeLa-KoM-program

MeLa-Abstract

www.mela-project.eu

Save the building!

Monday, February 14th, 2011

© Olof Hultin

County Archive Building (“Landsarkivet”) extension, 1971, by Bernt Nyberg: old building from 1904 by architect Carl Möller.

The archive building by Nyberg is part of a tradition of brick building that was developed and passed on by the internationally known Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz, creator of the churches in Björkhagen and Klippan. In Skåne (the southernmost part of Sweden) the heritage of Lewerentz has been taken over by Bernt Nyberg, Klas Anshelm and Bengt Edman.

A project, for transorming the archive into a students’ housing, is going to destroy its unbroken brick wall masonery.

Sign the PETITION to stop the distruction… and follow the work on archdaily.com

ADSL-2011 Programme

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

pics by Cheetah_flicks

The Programme of the ADSL 2011 Workshop #2, titled ‘I’ve played this tomorrow’ and lead by Lorenzo Bini is now available.
Download the pdf document [24.587 KB] with 2 case studies and the project brief here.

Ignazio Gardella/save the building

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

I documenti sono stati presi da: http://casaalparco.blogspot.com

A Milano la Casa Tognella, opera di Ignazio Gardella altrimenti nota come “Casa al Parco” (1946-’53) è oggetto di un intervento approvato ed ora in corso di realizzazione (si vedano le immagini allegate) che appare destinato a mutarne fortemente l’equilibrio e il significato.

I firmatari di questa petizione chiedono al Ministro per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, al Presidente della Regione Lombardia e al Sindaco del Comune di Milano se per caso non possa essere evitata questa che sembrerebbe grave indifferenza, ancora perpetrata nell’ex BelPaese, nei confronti della cultura architettonica di respiro europeo.

Se vuoi puoi firmare anche tu: link alla petizione

Further on there is also an English version of the Petition.

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