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2008
' THIRTY HOUSES IN NEW
ZEALAND '
exhibition of contemporary
New Zealand architecture –
designs by 15 studios in
Auckland (NZ)
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project start date |
2008 |
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time period |
May10 – June 20,
2008 |
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promoter |
Prof. Tony van Raat
- Head of the School
of Architecture and
Landscape
Architecture |
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Prof. Maria Anna
Franceschini - Art
Institute of
Florence
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Marco Meozzi -
Massimo Lastrucci -
Luca Piantini,
Architects
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location |
Florence - Plaster
Casts Gallery of the
National Art
Institute of Porta
Romana Florence |
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exhibition design |
Prof. Tony van Raat
- Massimo Lastrucci
- Marco Meozzi -
Luca Piantini ,
Architects |
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project |
Rick Pearson |
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catalogue and
graphics |
Diana Curtis |
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organization |
Jacopo Detti,
Architect |
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in collaboration
with |
Regione Toscana |
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City of Firenze |
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National Institute
of Art -NZ |
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New Zealand Institute of Architects Incorporated Auckland -NZ |
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Unitec Istitute of
Technology,
Auckland -NZ |
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financial support |
Warren Trust for
Architecture |
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The Auckland Branch
of the NZIA |
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publications |
- LA REPUBBLICA May
24, 2008- Cronaca
Firenze- ‘Nuova
Zelanda Abitare la
natura’ |
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- IL GIORNALE
DELL’ARCHITETTURA
n. 62 May
2008-Mostre p. 50 |
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- BOLLETTINO ARCH’IT
news |
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web |
abitare.corriere.it/Architetture/Agenda/2008 |
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bollettino Arch’IT
news |
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www.intoscana/viaggiare |
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architettura.supereva.com/mostre |
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Exibart.com |
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www.architecture.it |
This was the first overview
of New Zealand architecture
held in Europe. The
Florence exhibition explored
themes of the house, of the
dwelling, of private space,
reflecting on the
contemporary meaning of
living as seen from the
point of view of some of the
most important architects in
New Zealand.
The show included 30 designs
for houses by 15
professional studios located
in Auckland: Scarlet
Architects, Mitchell&Stout
Architects, Fearon Hay,
Cheshire Architects, Crosson
Clarke Carnachan, Moller
Architects, Pete Bossley
Architects, Strachan Group
Architects, Herbst
Architects, Stevens Lawson,
Architectus, Noel Lane
Architects, Malcolm Walker
Architects, Andrew
Patterson, Cook Sargisson
Tarrant & Pirie.
In order to improve his
designs, an architect – in
all places and at all times
– needs to gain ideological
perspectives which shed
light on the reality of
human experience. In New
Zealand this often means
establishing a relationship
between Man and Nature,
which is the frame of
reference for any
reflection, the paradigm of
any creative impulse.
The “Trenta Case/Thirty
Houses” exhibition was held
inside the charged space of
the Gipsoteca dell'Istituto
Statale d’Arte di Porta
Romana in Florence. This
space hosts the plaster
models of an amazing series
of masterpieces from the
Renaissance, the period
which left its most
illustrious masterpieces in
the city. The idea was to
create a parallel between
experiences that are very
far apart but, precisely
because of this physical and
temporal remoteness, form
the basis of exchange and
relation.
The event originated from
cultural exchanges which
had, previously and for some
time, been activated and
developed in two different
forms of cooperation:
-the more institutional form
included an exchange program
in July 2005 between the
Ordine degli Architetti di
Prato and the New Zealand
Institute of Architects
Incorporated, Auckland; to
this can be added the
friendly relations between
the University of Florence
Architecture Department and
the School of Architecture
and Landscape Architecture (ScALA)
at the Unitec Istitute of
Technology in Auckland.
-the more personal form of
cooperation between
prof. Tony Van Raat,
Director of the School of
Architecture and Landscape
Architecture (ScALA) at the
Unitec Istitute of
Technology in Auckland and
the Italian professors who
worked to promote the
event.
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