Autore/Autrice: Luigiemanuele Amabile

  • Precision and experimentation in the design studio

    Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Mikael Bergquist Mikael Bergquist envisages the design studio as a shared environment in which architectural knowledge is developed through small groups, pair work and the consistent use of a designated space. At KTH in Stockholm, social issues, materials, technology, sustainability, and working with existing structures are considered alongside the discipline’s…

  • We don’t have all the answers – we explore together

    Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Marius Grootveld. Marius Grootveld conceives of the design studio as a collective and cumulative process, in which students develop autonomy within a shared lineage of ideas, rather than through isolated positions. At RWTH Aachen University, each studio builds on the outcomes of previous ones. This allows individual trajectories to emerge…

  • Crush-up: collaborations for architectural futures

    Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Ignacio Borrego At the Technical University of Berlin, teaching within CoLab conceives of the design studio as an open field of enquiry, rather than a predefined trajectory. Architectural education is framed as an exposure to a variety of questions, methods and tools, enabling students to find their own way through…

  • Teaching architecture in a fragmented world

    Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation con Wolfgang Brune. Shaped by an awareness of the fragmented nature of the contemporary world, Wolfgang Brune’s approach to teaching places architectural education between urgency and continuity. Environmental responsibility, resource awareness and social issues are acknowledged as inevitable, yet they are approached through a return to a fundamental aspiration: designing buildings…