Penny Sparke, Kingstone University (United Kingdom) >> The Modern Interior.
Imma Forino, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) >> The Office as an Interior. Course of ...
Interior Sights open lecture series: a comparison of approaches
The architecture doesn't consist in the sum of the width, length and height of the structural elements which enclose space, but in the void itself, the enclosed space in which men live and move. [Bruno Zevi] Interior Architecture focuses on conceiving, designing and creating not only spaces where to reside, but places to inhabit [from the Latin habitare, "to live, dwell", frequentative of habere, "to have, to hold, possess"], be it on small detail scales or in urban contexts. This discipline is not a completion, nor an accessory of the architectural design, neither a matter of decoration or furnishing, but rather a design approach, a method, and a particular "sight" of the architectural project. In Italy, Interior Architecture identifies a theoretical, historical and critical field of research and professional practice, that encompasses interior design, furniture design, exhibition design and museography, and which is characterized by a long and outstanding tradition. Along with architectural composition and urban design, it substantially contributed to the rise of the Italian architectural culture, fostering the birth and growth of the industrial design, and playing a crucial role in the schools of architecture and design of the country. Today Interior Architecture is an emerging academic area of interest in many European Universities and overseas as well as one of the most promising and strategic professional fields. The open lecture series Interior Sights is organized within the course in “Interiors Architecture” of the School of Architecture and Society. Invited teachers will offer different points of view on the discipline of Interior Architecture, with the aim of providing a variety of critical perspectives on both theory and practice, and offering an insight of today’s diversities and commonalities in teaching, practicing and researching in Interiors Architecture.
Wednesday, 11.15, room N.2.1, Campus Leonardo
* Aula De Donato
13 November * Suzie Attiwill, RMIT Melbourne (Australia), School of Architecture & Design 20 November Edoardo Narne, Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy) >> Shared Dwelling 27 November Elena Montanari, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) >> Urban Interiors 4 December
Marie Frier, Aalborg University (Denmark) >> Interiority as a Critical Theory of Architecture
8 January *
Penny Sparke, Kingstone University (United Kingdom) >> The Modern Interior
15 January
Imma Forino, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) >> The Office as an Interior
Course of ‘Interiors Architecture’ School of Architecture and Society Politecnico di Milano – a.a. 2013-2014 Prof. Francesca Lanz, PhD
