LUCA PONCELLINI MA DEGREE PROGRAM INTERIOR DESIGN NABA NUOVA ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI MILANO JUNE 2015 DESIGN IN THE LAND OF HISTORY THE ITALIAN JOB

LUCA PONCELLINI MA DEGREE PROGRAM INTERIOR DESIGN NABA NUOVA ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI MILANO JUNE 2015 DESIGN IN THE LAND OF HISTORY THE ITALIAN JOB

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bomb in piazza fontana 1969 ca granda (ospedale sforzesco) palazzo marino 1557-63 teatro alla scala 1778 http://www.bing.com/maps galleria vittorio emanuele II 1865-77 duomo di milano 1386-1813 s.giovanni alle fonti 378-397 MM1 1957-64 palazzo della ragione 1233 MM3 1981-90 palazzo reale (broletto vecchio) san satiro 879 / 1476-82 torre velasca 1952-57

history is about meanings a universe of signs, symbols, values, accumulated through time

history is about innovation partenone, 5 th century b.c.

pont du gard, 1st century b.c.

filippo brunelleschi, cupola di santa maria del fiore, 1418-1461

francesco borromini, san carlo alle quattro fontane, 1634

bbpr, torre velasca, 1950-1957

palazzo reale, torino, after renovation history is a social, thus political matter

enzo mari, java, 1968 design is a social, thus political matter

saddam hussein statue getting pulled down history is ALWAYS controversial

history is a living matter

sheikh zayed mosque, abu dhabi new histories are continuously produced

mosul, iraq, 27.02.2015 history is fragile

history is the most sophisticated ingredient of design

but there is not just ONE history

innovation / tradition image / matter story / history

the great mosque, djenne, mali innovation or tradition? innovation and tradition?

the great mosque during annual maintainance celebrations

jin mao tower, shanghai 101 tower, taipei

does image matter? or does matter matter? villa adriana, tivoli xintiandi district, shanghai

does image matter? or does matter matter? ise temple, japan, 5 th century dome of duomo di torino, guarino guarini, 1667-94

restoration (or, taking care of heritages): the methodological process of recognition of an artwork [ ] in its physical consistency and in its double meaning both esthetical and historical for its transmission to future generations. (cesare branzi)

but there is not just ONE restoration methodology. 1800 STYLISTIC RESTORATION viollet-le-duc INTEGRATIVE RESTORATION stern, valadier ANTI- RESTORATION john ruskin, william morris 1900 HISTORICAL RESTORATION luca beltrami PHILOLOGICAL RESTORATION camillo boito CASE BY CASE RESTORATION a.annoni 2000 SCIENTIFIC RESTORATION g.giovannoni CONSERVATIVE RESTORATION CRITICAL RESTORATION cesare branzi

STYLISTICAL RESTORATION viollet-le-duc style : historical and formal condition, coherent and unitary, bounded in time and in its figural modes; response to a precise figurative program; expression of the customs of a specific civilization restoration : to pursue unity of style; to bring an artifact to a state of completeness that may have never existed Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc, 1814-1879

ROMANTIC RESTORATION or: anti-restoration. john ruskin, william morris the original artifact has the right to decade and die; any intervention of restoration means the substitution of the original with a copy, thus it is immoral. William Morris 1834-96

PHILOLOGICAL RESTORATION camillo boito the own historical values of the artifact should be preserved; any intervention of restoration should be recognizable from the original part; any intervention should be based on the study of the various changes (if valuable) occurred to an artifact throughout time the signs of time (patina) should be preserved maintaining rather than to repairing; repairing rather than restoring it is a shame to cheat our contemporary fellows; it is a much bigger shame to cheat our descendants Camillo Boito, 1836-1914

carlo scarpa, castelvecchio, 1958-1974. architecture as a text

andrea bruno, castello di rivoli, 1979-1984.

corrado levi, alessandra raso, palazzo re rebaudengo, guarene d alba, 1997.

venice casino, las vegas story vs. history

venus fort, tokyo

narrative mistakes laszlo hudec, park hotel, shanghai, 1929-1934. renovated in 1990s

laszlo hudec, park hotel, shanghai, 1929-1934. renovated in 1990s

carlo scarpa, castelvecchio, 1958-1974. layering

ettore sottsass, bar zibibbo, fukuoka, 1989. references

carlo mollino, casa mollino, 1960-68. private references

alessandro mendini, proust, 1978.

fiat 500 volkswagen beetle re-styling

achille castiglioni, parentesi, 1972 konstantin grcic, ok, 2013

recycling history martino gamper, 100 chairs in 100 days, 2005.

about production processes

naoto fukasawa, papilio piccolo, 2013.

makerbot 3d printers

history deserves a good laugh giulio iacchetti, st.peter squeezer, 2007.

joe velluto, ros-aria, 2002.

paolo ulian, finger biscuits, 2004.

the ultimate goal: timeless design philippe starck, juicy salif, 1990

ettore sottsass, carlton, 1981

carlo scarpa, fondazione querini stampalia, venezia

tadao ando, church of light, 1989

adalberto libera, villa malaparte, 1937

LUCA PONCELLINI luca.poncellini@naba.it june 2015