Tag: modi
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Shifting identities
I believe that, in order to try to define the role of the design studio in a school of architecture, it is first necessary to ask what the meaning of design is in relation to the current conditions of urban space, and more generally, of inhabited space. These are ever-changing conditions that are shaped by…
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The project for a new degree program
For the new Master’s degree program in Architecture for Communities, Territories and the Environment at DIARC, we chose to begin by outlining the fields and contexts in which an architect can operate today, beyond traditional areas of action, focusing carefully on the present, on the ongoing social and cultural changes, on humanity and the environment;…
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Notes for a systematics of the educational project
I have always been deeply interested in discussing pedagogy; I believe it’s crucial to reflect on this topic. Not only from a theoretical standpoint but especially starting from how I personally have addressed practical problems that have arisen in this field across the various universities where I have taught and in relation to the role…
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The pedagogy of the complete gesture
The philosophy of the gesture originates within American pragmatism, whose essential characteristic is that it is an anti-dichotomous philosophy, standing against the distinctions between description/norm, body/spirit, mind/brain, theory/practice, and so on – distinctions rooted in Cartesian and Kantian culture. Of course, we are talking about a certain interpretation of Descartes and a certain interpretation of…
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Experimental pedagogy and design studio
Rethinking pedagogy at an experimental level means renegotiating a field of themes and practices in order to train architects capable of confronting the challenges of the contemporary world and projecting them into the future. This entails reestablishing a creative balance between the construction sector and architecture as one of the principal inventive practices contributing to…