Tag: spazi

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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

    Luigiemanuele Amabile in conversation with Marius Grootveld. LA: How does granting students autonomy over their research trajectories impact motivation, critical engagement, and the coherence of studio discourse, and how should this autonomy be balanced with structured guidance? MG: At the beginning of each studio, I try to instil a sense of responsibility in the students…

  • Teaching, conflicts, ecology

    Maria Masi in conversation with Miguel Mesa del Castillo Clavel. MM: Your work moves between architectural design, academic research, and intensive teaching activity, and is marked by a consistent interest in the relationship between space, ecologies, and society. How do these experiences influence the structure of your courses, and what relationships do they weave between…

  • 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…