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Per un rinascimento dell’edilizia pubblica in Italia
In Italia esistono 16 miliardi di metri cubi di residenze contro un fabbisogno nazionale di 6,4. E mentre si continua a costruire, sempre più cittadini non possono permettersi un’abitazione dignitosa. Il problema è che non c’è mai stata una politica abitativa lungimirante e in grado di tutelare l’interesse pubblico da quello dei mercati. C’è una soluzione? Forse sì.
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Spacelab among “100 Italian Stories for Future Building”
Spacelab Architects is proud and honored to be one of the 14 Italian design offices among the “100 Italian Stories for Future Building” gathered by Fondazione Symbola per le Qualità Italiane, Triennale Milano and Fassa Bortolo.
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Tales of Exception
Tales of Exception is the final reel with selected contributions of State of Exception Instagram Call, screened onto the Corderie dell’Arsenale Stage D in occasion of the second day of the State of Exception Weekend Special, Monditalia, 14th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (August 23-24 2014), on invitation by the artistic director Rem…
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Breaking news: Spacelab will perform “State of Exception” in XIV Biennale di Architettura di Venezia 2014
Spacelab is proud to announce to be involved in “Fundamentals“, the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale 2014, as part of the Monditalia international exhibition in the Corderie dell’Arsenale with the curatorial project “State of Exception”. Special thanks to OMA, Fabrizia Vecchione and Ippolito Pestellini who invited us in this adventure, and thanks to all the amazing friends, institutions…
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Watchmen
Meglio prima, quando si decideva nelle segrete stanze e da fuori si ipotizzavano bizantine trame e raffinati scambi di favori? O meglio adesso, che è tutto trasparente e in streaming ma anche da fuori è del tutto evidente che i “poteri forti” sono decisamente sopravvalutati, e comunque ben più mediocri del previsto? Difficile scegliere…
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Luca Silenzi: a prologue for WAI’s “Pure Hardcore Icons” manifesto
Form, substance is the prologue written by Luca Silenzi for Pure Hardcore Icons (Artifice Books, London 2013), a manifesto on pure form in architecture conceived by the Beijing-Paris-based WAI Architecture Think Tank (Cruz Garcia+Nathalie Frankowski).
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Luca Silenzi featured in STUDIO #05
Spacelab founder and director Luca Silenzi is featured in the fifth issue of STUDIO Urban Magazine: “IMPORT-EXPORT”, with the essay “Reverse engineering of architectural tropes”.
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Spacelab+Arup win 2nd Place in “Nuovo Salesi” Pediatric Hospital international competition
Some good news: Spacelab with Arup International won the 2nd place at “Nuovo Salesi” Pediatric Hospital international competition. Ok.
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“Know your [archi-]meme”: Luca Silenzi featured on Domus #956, now on newstands
An essay by Spacelab director Luca Silenzi, which explores the theme of the dissemination of architectural canons on a global scale, is published in the #956 paper issue of Domus magazine.
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Our “Heracles gets smarter” on display in The Gopher Hole gallery, London
Imagine a future with a bridge that physically, economically and socially connects Europe with Africa. Spacelab’s vision for a floating, inhabited bridge over “Heracles Pillars” between Gibraltar and Tarifa is on display at the Gopher Gallery in London.
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Spacelab’ Food Container shortlisted for IN/ARCH Prize
Our “Food Container” (2008), in its effort to lead architectural quality of trivial spaces to a higher level, is shortlisted for the “IN/ARCH Prize” in two sections: young architect, and first work.
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30S in the Nordic Pavilion: Spacelab gatecrashes the 2010 Venice Biennale
Spacelab’s first time at the Venice Architecture Biennale, in the astonishing Nordic Countries Pavilion by Sverre Fehn.
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World Architecture Awards: XX Building on the podium
World Architecture Awards – 6th cycle: Spacelab’s concept for the ‘XX Building’ in Porto San Giorgio (Italy, 2009) is the first between the ten winning projects selected through the rating of all qualified visitors, with the stunning average of 9,18/10. Thanks to all Spacelab fans and supporters! Link: World Architecture Awards – 6th cycle Link…
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World Architecture Awards: the Food Container selected by the votes of visitors
World Architecture Awards – 5th cycle: Spacelab’s classic ‘Food Container_Remixed’ building (Italy, 2007-2008) is among the ten winning projects selected through the rating of all accredited visitors. Thanks to all those who gave us strenght!! Link: World Architecture Awards – 5th cycle
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Jakarta 2.0: Spacelab at IABR Rotterdam 2009
In the previous weeks we submitted a project to the international ideas competition “GotongRoyong City: Envisioning the Future of Jakarta“, organized by the “International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam” (IABR) 2009 and Rotterdam Berlage Institute, in collaboration with Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia (Indonesian Institute of Architects Jakarta Chapter) and University of Edimburgh, Department of Architecture. ‘Gotong Royong’ is…
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The Food Container on “Arch Daily”
The Food Container_Remixed was published last december on Arch Daily, the influent architecture international blog. There’s also a link to Mimoa (my modern architecture) website, in which is published the geolocalization of the building: Enjoy!
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Introducing the Food Container_remixed
From box to hypercube This commercial building (surface: 2.500 m2) is a part of a wider urban district planned by Spacelab Architects since 2006 in the city of Porto Sant`Elpidio (Le Marche, Italy), in the course of completion. The client brief was to realize the maximum formal impact in the limits of precast construction and…
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Next Tirane
Albania and its major cities are today under the spotlight of international interest in new urban development. Spacelab Architects designed this building in the urban center of Tirane, to approach a different kind of intervention in the today otherwise anonymous city landscape. The design take advantage of the entire volume available for the site: all…
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Hanno vinto loro
Riuscirà l’architettura italiana a risorgere dalle pastoie della burocrazia tentacolare e dei comitati di benpensanti con la Verità in tasca? [Spoiler: no.]
(Sullo strano caso dell’annullamento via Change.org del concorso per la nuova ala della Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Ferrara, una op-ed firmata da Luca Silenzi per 011+) -
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Di Ponti Sospesi, e di mediocrità
Sono più di 50 anni che il progetto del ponte sullo Stretto si trascina senza esito, con un irragionevole accanimento su una soluzione tecnica impossibile. Cerchiamo di capire perché.
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Come ho imparato a non preoccuparmi e ad amare il terremoto
A 2 anni dal terremoto che ha colpito il centro-italia non si vedono i risultati della ricostruzione per colpa anche di una burocrazia capace di bloccare perfino le raccolte sms. Ne usciremo mai?
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Luca Silenzi, Spacelab director, lecturing at Soft Economy Seminary in Treia
Luca Silenzi, Spacelab director, lectured in the annual Soft Economy Seminary organized in Treia by Fondazione Symbola per le Qualità Italiane.
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Spacelab selected as Italian NZEB Design Ambassador
Spacelab is proud to be among the Italian design ambassadors disserting on near-zero energy buildings (NZEB) in a two-days symposium organized by EU Commission, CNAPPC (National Council of Italian Architects), CRESME and Nomisma for the EU international project PROF-TRAC on NZEB construction and renovation.
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Luca Silenzi is among the contributors of PlaceHolder#3
Luca Silenzi is among the authors of PlaceHolder#3: “Copies: in an age of Network Culture”, with his paper “Reference, Citation, Copy and Cosplay in Architectural Design”.
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Aftershock: a crater diary.
Some hot thoughts on the seismic events of 2016 in central Italy.
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Spacelab Architects shortlisted for Compasso d’Oro ADI 2018
The award-winning Spacelab modular design introduced in M1 in 2010-2015 has been selected by the ADI Design Index 2016 among the best Italian design production of the year, and shortlisted for the prestigious Compasso d’Oro ADI prize 2018
