Italian experience, foreign architects: Stories of those who pull it off
Italian experience, foreign architects is an installation and editorial project created by TCA Think Tank and Zarcola Architetti, exhibited in the ‘Unfolding Pavilion’ at Venice Biennale 2018, curated by Daniel Tudor Munteanu and Davide Tommaso Ferrando.
‘Unfolding Pavilion’ pops up at major architecture events in previously inaccessible but architecturally significant buildings.
On each occasion the ‘Unfolding Pavilion’ features a different theme inspired by the space it occupies, by means of commissioned original works that react to it and to its wider cultural-historic background.
“Italian experience, foreign architects: Stories of those who pull it off” it is a cross-section of the most promising international architects who had studied in Italy and thanks to—or in spite of—were able to open their studios and to design inspiring works.
Which are the most significant lessons they learned?
What values are they applying in their daily work?
Which are the difficulties and how they defeat them?
What do they believe should be done now?
These talks are an instant portrait of ateliers on the verge of success; they could be divided by culture, location, values, and goals but joined by a young, fast growing, and influential character.
Some of them are architects-artists; freshly graduated students with behind international exhibitions and numerous publications; sensitive designers in the research of timeless values; founders of multinational offices in the intent to conquer an entire
slice of the market.
‘Italian experience, foreign architects’ sets the basis to grasp the difficulties of the Italian generation of the 80s from a new and fresh perspective, giving a potential direction, and ways to succeed.
