Autore/Autrice: Luigiemanuele Amabile
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Pensare attraverso la forma. Tra didattica e ricerca al Politecnico di Bari
Interrogandoci sui valori che informano il nostro cammino, nella pratica e nell’insegnamento dell’architettura, emerge una questione cruciale, se non fondativa, per il nostro stesso agire, che impone la necessità di collocarsi, di prendere posizione. Qual è, oggi, il ruolo riconosciuto all’architettura? Quali sono i modi e i valori della sua esistenza? Domande difficili e forse…
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Layering Contexts
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Maria Conen. LA: To begin: could you describe how you typically organize your design studio? Are there particular characteristics of your approach that you consider specific to the ETH context – or to your own architectural vision – when compared to other institutions? MC: I can say that the teaching…
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Material Typologies
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Tina Gregoric. LA: In light of current debates on architectural pedagogy, could you outline how you conceive and structure a design studio – addressing organizational frameworks, pedagogical objectives, and the ensemble of methodological tools – and indicate which pressing epistemological or societal challenges you consider most urgent for studio-based learning…
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Teaching from within: architecture as process and practice
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Thomas Padmanabhan. In a context of multiple crises like the one we are experiencing, architecture has little room to shape public discourse. The contemporary design process – so complex and shaped by countless variables – makes the coexistence of teaching and professional practice one of the few viable ways to explore alternatives…
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Architecture as social-material practice
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Niall McLaughlin. LA: In your opinion, how should a contemporary architectural design studio be structured in terms of its work over an academic semester and its day-to-day practices? Which tools should it prioritise? In particular, I am curious to know whether physical models, hand-drawn sketches, digital renderings, immersive simulations, data-driven…
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Rigor and synthesis
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Nuno Valentim Lopes. LA: What do you think makes FAUP in Porto unique compared to other European schools you’ve been in contact with? NV: I believe that FAUP is one of the last strongholds of the Beaux-Arts approach to education in contemporary Europe. Rather than focusing on individual figures, our…
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Form is not enough
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Bernadette Krejs. The architectural design studio is at a critical juncture. As the field of architecture confronts its role in ecological collapse and social inequity, traditional pedagogical approaches centred on form and individual authorship are increasingly being seen as insufficient. Bernadette Krejs of the Institute of Housing and Design at…
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Architecture within uncertainty
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Christoph Grafe. LA: Which challenges in our built and natural environments should today’s architectural design studios engage with? CG: Reuse and adaptation of buildings – as cultural, aesthetic, and technical questions; the needs and preferences of a culturally diverse society; regional appropriateness; the value of labour in building, and the…
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Questioning typologies, or the hybrid future of architectural design
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Andreas Lechner. LA: What challenges related to the built and natural environment should an architectural design studio confront today? AL: I consider myself a hybrid practitioner – someone who deliberately navigates and often blurs the boundaries between theory, practice, and pedagogy. Yet no matter how broad the investigative field, the…
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Precision and experimentation in the design studio
Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Mikael Bergquist LA: What issues in the built and natural environment should an architectural design studio address today? MB: Architectural education needs to address many questions. Social: How should we live together?; questions about technical issues and material; sustainability and adoptability; how to work with the existing. We must also…