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2022 edition
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION FOR ARCHITECTURE
                    Strategies and storytelling for a successful project
2022 edition MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION FOR ARCHITECTURE Strategies and storytelling for a successful project - YACademy
YAC REFUSES WAR

                                                                  “Architecture is only a pretext: what matters
                                                                          is life and the humankind”
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Oscar Niemeyer
                                                                                                                                  There can be no division between the ethical and the professional
                                                                                                                                  dimensions: YACademy has always been attentive to the needs of
                                                                                                                                  its students, welcoming their personal experiences and support-
                                                                                                                                  ing them in particular critical contexts. In light of the tragic events
                                                                                                                                  which have affected Ukraine, it is necessary to show closeness,
                                                                                                                                  in a constructive and efficient way, to all the people who suffer
                                                                                                                                  because of war. For this reason, for the entire duration of the aca-
                                                                                                                                  demic year 2022/2023, YACademy courses will be free of charge
                                                                                                                                  for designers of Ukranian citizenship - wherever they are - as long
                                                                                                                                  as they have completed their application process correctly and
                                                                                                                                  have been included in the ranking.

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2022 edition MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION FOR ARCHITECTURE Strategies and storytelling for a successful project - YACademy
Summary
04   YACademy
05     About
06     Where
07     Main partners

08   Reasons why
09     Lectures
10     Placement
11     Visits
12     Workshops
13     Construction

15   The course
16     How to participate
17     Overview
18     Structure
20     Calendar

21   Program
22     Lessons
26     Lectures
29     Workshop
31     Construction

32   Placement
33     Overview
34     Alumni
36     Partner firms

37   Rules

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YACADEMY

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YACADEMY | ABOUT

                   The greatest innovation in
                   postgraduate education

                   YAC is an association which promotes architectural competitions
                   aimed at fostering culture and design research. Over the years, YAC
                   has broadened its experience of work and collaboration with the
                   main architectural firms of contemporary architecture, dealing with
                   diverse and numerous topics of architectural design. Nowadays,
                   YAC’s expertise can serve young designers better, providing them
                   with the creation of high-level educational programs aimed at rein-
                   forcing the skills of the students and offering them a valuable con-
                   nection to the labour market. Thanks to the close relationship with
                   internationally renowned professional and academic actors, YAC is
                   the perfect frame within which complete or specialize one’s skills,
                   and create a significative link with the most internationally-renow-
                   ned architectural firms.

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YACADEMY | WHERE

      Via Borgonuovo, 5
      Bologna, Italy

      In the heart of Bologna’s historical city center, close to the Two
      Towers and next to Piazza Santo Stefano, YACademy is located in
      a prestigious medieval building which has been renovated to wel-
      come an educational center of excellence which can also count on
      a library of more than 3.000 books donated by Sapienza University.
      YACademy is the perfect place where to continue or enrich your ed-
      ucation, in a prestigious context immersed in the commercial and
      historical centre of an always-on the-go and lively city located at a
      short distance from Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan. From Bolo-
      gna Central Station, it takes just a brief bus ride or a short pleasant
      walk under the marvellous porticos to get to YACademy’s head-
      quarters: here, among history, innovation and internationality, the
      young designers will be able to meet some of the most celebrated
      personalities of contemporary architecture and build up a network
      of excellence while laying the foundations of their future careers.

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YACADEMY | MAIN PARTNERS

FITT is a leading company in the manufactu-     Manni Group, historical company founded           Terreal Italia is a company specialized in the     Urban Up is the real estate project of Unipol      Founded in Moglia (Mantova) in 1946,
re of complete thermoplastic fluid transfer     in Verona in 1945, operates in the sector of      production of terracotta building envelope         Group aimed at enhancing some of the most          Cesare Roversi arredamenti firm is spe-
systems. They are designed for both in-         steel processing, insulating metal panels,        systems, which has been able to transfer           important architectures in Italy which are         cialized in home, hotel and office interior
dustrial and construction purposes, infra-      renewable energy e of energy efficiency. It       to an industrial level an ability historically     owned by the Group through works of mo-            design and furniture. It covers 5000 sq
structural and civil engineering applications   offers systems innovative products, solutions     born on an artisanal level. The firm is part       dernization and renovation that combine an         m of an area of 11.300 sq m it owns. A
but also domestic applications including        and skills for the world of dry construction,     of the multinational Terreal, world leader in      innovative drive with the respect for tradition.   strong point in Cesare Roversi firm is its
gardening and hobbies.                          promoting new scenarios to overcome ener-         the brick sector with premises all over the
                                                                                                                                                                                                        production flexibility: actually, on the one
                                                gy waste and polluting emissions of the exi-      world. From January 2018 we acquired the           The Urban Up project, which started from the
                                                                                                                                                                                                        hand it can carry out various projects,
For 50 years, it has been manufacturing and     sting building stock. Through new buildings       Pica brand, an important historical company        city of Milan with the redevelopment of some
selling pipes and conduits featuring the most   or retrofit interventions, it helps Real Estate   in the clay building sector, together with the     key-buildings of the city, history-wise and po-
                                                                                                                                                                                                        creating custom-made furniture. On the
advanced technological and design solutions     and Design Studies to achieve a high value of     already well-known brand SanMarco.                 sition-wise, continues in various Italian cities   other hand, the firm can supply of serial
to provide costumers and end users with         the project thanks to the principles of sustai-                                                      with interventions that both promote their         products on a grand scale, ensuring high
reliability, safety and performance.            nability and knowledge of building. Over 75       Terreal Italia’s operations are based on the       own trophy assets but also regenerate urban        quality design, care, transport and as-
                                                years of activity, made of commitment and         key principles of tradition, innovation, resear-   suburbs, by declining the value of sustainabili-   semblage.
fitt.com                                        of a look towards the future: with great de-      ch, quality, safety and sustainability. Terreal    ty in the real estate field through the adoption
                                                dication it has dealt with the changes of the     Italia’s terracotta products - from mediter-       of design solutions inspired by environmental
                                                market, wisely adapting to new realities in the   ranean roof tiles to flat roof tiles, soft mud     safeguard.                                         roversi.it
                                                internationalization phase of business and        bricks to wire cut bricks, terracotta flooring
                                                embracing the Circular Economy philosophy.        to architectural elements, slabs to ventilated     urbanupunipol.com
                                                                                                  facades - are characterised by extremely
                                                mannigroup.com                                    high performance standards and rigorous
                                                                                                  quality control, and are available in a wide
                                                                                                  range of shapes, colors and finishes.

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Reasons why

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Reasons why | LECTURES

01. Learn from the great masters

                             YACademy offers training courses in which young people can learn
                             from the experience and testimony of some of the most illustrious
                             names of design. An extensive offer of special lectures, together
                             with numerous moments for informal discussion, will give the stu-
                             dents the opportunity to both enrich themselves with design refe-
                             rences and suggestions, and to get to know and chat personally
                             with the great masters of contemporary architecture.

1. Eduardo Souto de Moura
2. Kazuyo Sejima - SANAA
3.Toyo Ito - Toyo Ito & Associates
4. Pippo Ciorra, Carlo Ratti
5. Michele De Lucchi
6. Kengo Kuma - KKAA

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Reasons why | PLACEMENT                                                                                                                              Oslo
*internships/collaborations map as of 2021                                                                                                           Rintala Eggertsson
                                                                                                                                                     Architects
                                                                                                                                                     Jensen & Skodvin
                                                                                                                                                                                                Tokyo
                                                                                                                                                                                                Kengo Kuma and Associates
                                                                                                                                                                                                SANAA
                                                                                      Toronto            Dublin                                                                                 Emmanuelle Moureaux
                                                                                                                                                                                                Architecture + Design
                                                                                      Partisans          Mccullough
                                                                                                         Mulvin
                                                                                                                                                   Amsterdam
                                                                                                         Architects                London          UNStudio                Rotterdam
                                                                                                                                   all Design                                     OMA

02. Work with great firms                                                                                                      Paris
                                                                                                                               Jean Nouvel Design
                                                                                                                                                       Basel                                          Innsbruck
                      At the end of the program, participants are guaranteed a proposal of                                                            Herzog & De Meuron                                Snøhetta
                      collaboration or internship to carrying out specific communication                                                              HHF Architects
                      projects within one of the professional firms of YAC’s network, either                                                Milano                                                          Turin
                      important companies or established architectural firms. This stage                                                    Edoardo Tresoldi
                      of the program is a fundamental distinctive feature of the service                                                    Stefano Boeri Architetti                       Carlo Ratti Associati                         Genua
                                                                                                                                            David Chipperfield Architects Milan
                      offered by YACademy, aimed at guaranteeing students an effective
                                                                                                                                            Studio Urquiola                                               Bologna           Atelier Alfonso Femia
                      career orientation service.                                                                                           AMDL CIRCLE                                                        MCA
                                                                                                                                            SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli
                                                                                                                                                                              Rome
                                                                                                                   Barcelona                                                  Alvisi Kirimoto
                                                                                                                   EMBT Miralles
                                                                                                                   Tagliabue                     Madrid                       Ateliers Jean Nouvel
                                                                                                                                           Nieto Sobejano
                                                                                                                                              Arquitectos
                                                                                               Lisbon
                                                                                               Aires Mateus
                                                                                               Carrilho da Graça
                                                                                               Arquitectos                                                                                                           Syracuse
                                                                   Bogotà
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Vincenzo Latina Architetti
                                                        El Equipo Mazzanti
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Pune
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Anupama Kundoo
                                                       Santiago de Chile                                                                                                                                                  Beijing
                                                        Duque Motta & AA                                                                                                                                                  Vector Architects

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Reasons why | VISITS

03. Enjoy a full and exciting experience

            Design feeds on perceptions: suggestions and references that only
            direct experience can offer. For this reason, YACademy courses are
            also composed of a series of visits and trips aimed at enriching the
            cultural baggage of the students so they can improve their design
            approach. Surveys, building-site visits and company visits complete
            the offer of a program that is based on experience by leading stu-
            dents to get in touch with some of the most excellent firms on the
            Italian and international scenario.

                                Site visits in Bologna, Arte Sella, Bolognola and Antinori winery.

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Reasons why | WORKSHOP

04. Design for prestigious clients

                            After the lectures, students will develop a real project under the su-
                            pervision of a renowned architectural firm. Through the workshop,
                            the students will therefore not only have the opportunity to learn the
                            processes and methodologies used by their tutor, but also to enrich
                            their curriculum with new design experience for some of the most
                            prestigious clients in the world.

1. Design for SilkFaw, Fuorisalone 2021 installation
2. Plan and cross section of Bruzzano Urban Market
3, 4. Students working at YACADEMY
5. Design of Bredy’s Bivouac
6. Design of Arte Sella installation

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Reasons why | CONSTRUCTION

05. Build your project

            Over the past years, numerous projects of YACademy’s students
            have been realized. For this reason, starting from 2022, systemat-
            ically, the students will have the possibility to take part in a further
            educational step: the production of what they have designed during
            the workshop phase. Construction is an important step of architec-
            ture, therefore, YACademy offers to its students the opportunity to
            take part in the production process of their ideas. The students will
            gain practical and on site experiences and, in addition, the owner-
            ship of projects built for excellent clients, destinated to the media
            attention and able to define a game-changer in their professional
            career.

                                                                          1. Bredy’s Bivouac
                                                        2,3. BUM - Bruzzano Urban Market
                                                                 4,5. The Journey, Arte Sella
                                                             6. SilkFaw at Fuorisalone 2021

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Reasons why | CONSTRUCTION

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The course

Hill of the Arts, project by: Peter Hougaard
The course | ATTENDANCE MODE

In order to guarantee an experience that can match with each student’s
necessity, from 2022 YACademy courses can be attended according to 3
                                                                            Advanced
                                                                            is the modality of attendance which adds to the standard course an ad-
different modes that can be chosen by the student. Each of these modes      ditional phase oriented to the engineering and construction of what has
will allow the students to experience YACademy’s program in different       been developed during the workshop. Attending the course in “advanced”
ways according to the level of detail desired by each individual student.   mode allows students to:
The possible attendance modes are:                                          • access to all the benefit of the standard course;
                                                                            • assistance by partner companies and designers for the workshop proj-
Online                                                                          ect engineering;
it is the perfect mode for the students who have troubles travelling from   • the realization, partial or total, of the workshop project (according to its
their countries. The online attendance mode has been refined in the face        complexity)
of the pandemic emergency and today it allows the students to attend        • the realization of a case history video and a press coverage of the proj-
and to benefit from YACademy courses as a whole, which means:                   ect.
• following the class in live streaming or in deferred streaming, through
    YACademy’s e-learning platform;
• interacting with the class group and professors from remote in live
    streaming, or through the mediation of YACademy Staff in deferred
                                                                                                                Lessons and               Site visits and
    streaming;                                                                                                                                                            Workshop                  Construction                Placement
• taking part in the workshop of the course from remote;                                                          lectures              course workshops
• accessing the simultaneous interpretation service (from Italian into
    English) from remote;
• to access to the Placement Service without any limitation (except for

                                                                                                                      ✅                                                        ✅                                                    ✅*
    the necessary requirements mentioned in the course rules).
                                                                            Online
Standard
it is the classic attendance mode of the course, attended in presence,
for 3 days a week at YACademy’s headquarters in Bologna. The physical
attendance will allow to:
• access to all the benefits of the online course;                          Standard                                  ✅                            ✅                           ✅                                                     ✅
• interact with professors and lectures directly, also through social
    events after the class;
• to use YACademy’s premises to work on their workshop projects hav-
    ing the opportunity to meet the other students and professors;

                                                                                                                      ✅                            ✅                           ✅                          ✅                          ✅
• to participate in visits and inspections linked to the educational pro-
    gram;                                                                   Advanced
• to participate in workshops and exercises, in the event these are part
    of the course program, in order to complete the educational experi-
    ence.

                                                                                                                                                             *the collaboration offer will be guaranteed to students who pass the final exam

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The course | OVERVIEW

Brief                                                                      Scolarships
                                                                           5, full-coverage of the enrollment fee                                    Objectives
Communication is the central element of the project. Art, design,                                                                                    The “Marketing and Communication for Architeture” course aims
and architecture are the result of a cultural and creative process         Course period                                                             at training different typologies of students and to develop specific
that, in order to achieve success, must be communicated. It is not         November 2022 - March 2023                                                skills according to the interests of each candidate.
a coincidence that the most important artists, designers, and archi-                                                                                 • The course will be the way for designers (e.g., architects, design-
tects have been outstanding communicators and, as such, forerun-           Attendance to lessons                                                        ers, artists or engineers), to gain useful skills that can guarantee
ners of a new narration approach to themselves and their projects.         3 days per week (physically or virtually)                                    an efficient communication of their project, defining a deep edu-
                                                                                                                                                        cational and useful moment for the affirmation of one’s studio and
Good communication is as important as the project itself, both in                                                                                       for the dissemination of one’s work, according to the principle that
affirming the reputation of a studio and in an exhibition or in mag-       Maximum number of students                                                   there is not a good project without a good communication of it.
azine content settings: there is no project without communication.         25 in presence + 10 online                                                • For designers who approach their profession from a cultural and
For these similar reasons, the course “Marketing and Communica-                                                                                         curatorial point of view (such as designers or creative who would
tion for Architecture” was created, to train professionals (designers      Language                                                                     like to work in the exhibitions, curatorship, publishing), the course
or communicators) to build a narrative itinerary able to enhance           Italian                                                                      will provide a series of tools useful to develop their profession,
quality and innovation content in the most different creative dis-                                                                                      deepening the experiences and the professional dynamics of the

                                                                           Elements of innovation
ciplines. In fact, communication is the central element for the de-                                                                                     world of communication and scientific dissemination.
signer or the curator/editor, firstly to promote their own activity,                                                                                 • Lastly, for communication professionals, the course will be an
secondly for a dissemination purpose. In the same way, art, design,                                                                                     opportunity to further explore the rules and the peculiarities of the
and architecture are just some of the most exciting professional           • It is the first course that codifies and collects a transversal expe-      world of art, design and architecture, which represent one of the
horizons for communication experts.                                          rience of communication in the field of art, design and architec-          most refined and demanding horizons of communication. In addi-
                                                                             ture;                                                                      tion, the course will guarantee successful skills that can be spent
Through an extensive study of tools and methodologies and thanks           • The first course turns to both architects and experts/ communi-            in any other professional field.
to the narration of different creative disciplines, participants will        cation passionate;
gain useful notions for the setting of successful communication of
different projects (their own’s or third parties’ projects), following a
                                                                           • Thanks to the two characteristic of elegance and of the high
                                                                             level of cultural placement, of art, design and architecture, the       Admission
training course made up of 82 hours of lessons, 32 hours of work-            course will guarantee to the participant skills and an approach to
shop and numerous lectures by well-renowned professionals. At                communication applicable to every context;                              The admission to the course is based on the evaluation of:
the end of the course, YACademy Placement office will guarantee            • The course offers prestigious career opportunity after just two              • curriculum vitae, also in European format
each student a proposal for an internship/collaboration for specific         months of lessons;                                                           • motivational letter (max. 200 words)
communication projects within partner studios.                             • The course envisages and aligns different educational tools (les-       In order to ensure the best quality of teaching and the most ef-
                                                                             sons, workshops, internships, company visits);                          fective absorption of the students in the labor market, the course
                                                                           • The course integrates modern skills and technologies such as            will have a limited number of students (max. 35); it will be deliv-
                                                                             augmented and virtual reality, including influential sector organi-     ered in Italian and addressed to students and graduates who have
                                                                             zations;                                                                obtained a master’s degree in Communication Sciences or other
                                                                           • The workshop deals with a design case agreed with Arte Sella            equivalent titles. The commission, in line with the preliminary as-
                                                                             and offers a great opportunity to face with a real topic of interna-    sessment, together with the outcome of a possible interview, may
                                                                             tional importance;                                                      admit students with different qualifications.
                                                                           • it is the first course that guarantees the students the opportunity
                                                                             to develup a project during all its stages, from the concept to the
                                                                             actual construction.
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The course | STRUCTURE

Lessons
82 hours
                                                             COMMUNICATION TOOLS 3 | 8 HOURS
                                                             Models and prototyping
                                                             Costanza Calvetti | ONEOFF
                                                                                                                          DOMUS
                                                                                                                          Walter Mariotti | Domus

                                                                                                                          THE PLAN
BRANDING | 8 HOURS                                           WRITING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE | 6 HOURS                         Carlotta Zucchini, Nicola Leonardi | The Plan
Build and cultivate the image of a creative studio           Experiences and good practices of architectural journalism
Michela Gilli | Zest 11                                      Andrea Zamboni | Zamboni Associati Architettura              ARCHDAILY: THE MOST VISITED ARCHITECTURE WEBSITE
                                                                                                                          David Basulto | Archdaily
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION | 8 HOURS                              THE EDITORIAL PROJECT 1 | 4 HOURS
Communicate in a virtual environment
Manuel Ehrenfeld | Non-linear
                                                             Printing, papers and materials
                                                             Gianluca Gamberini | L’Artiere                               Workshop
                                                                                                                          32 hours
ADVANCED STORYTELLING | 4 HOURS                              THE EDITORIAL PROJECT 2 | 8 HOURS
New frontiers of virtual representation                      Phases, rules and methodologies in the setting of a book     DE MOURA, KUMA, DE LUCCHI: A COMMUNICATION PROJECT
Andrea Gion | Drawlight                                      Flavia Fossa Margutti | Biennale di Venezia                  ON THE ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITIONS IN ARTE SELLA
                                                                                                                          Felice Limosani | Felice Limosani Multidisciplinary Studio
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES | 8 HOURS
Rules of conduct in new digital platform                     Lectures
Anna Rachele Capolingua | Sintagma Agency
                                                             THE VERTICAL FOREST, BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND
PRESS OFFICE & RELATIONS | 8 HOURS                           COMMUNICATION
Presence on the press and the relashionship with editorial   Maria Lucrezia De Marco | Stefano Boeri Architetti
publications
Martina Gamboni | Strategic Footprints                       SIMPLE NARRATIONS FOR POWERFUL PROJECTS
                                                             Giulio Rigoni | BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
DESIGN INFLUENCING | 4 HOURS
YACademy’s media partners                                    UNDER: FROM ARCHITECTURE TO THE LOGO
                                                             Martin Gran | Snøhetta
COMMUNICATION TOOLS 1 | 8 HOURS
Photography                                                  COMMUNICATING MVRDV ARCHITECTURE
Marco Cappelletti                                            Jan Knikker | MVRDV

COMMUNICATION TOOLS 2 | 8 HOURS                              THE PHOTOGRAPHY IN ARCHITECTURE
The illustration                                             Iwan Baan
Carlo Stanga
                                                             THE ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION
                                                             Pippo Ciorra | Fondazione MAXXI
                                                                                                                             includes workshop

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The course | STRUCTURE

Placement
At the end of the course, YACademy’s Placement office will guaran-
tee every student an internship or collaboration proposal to carry
out specfic communication projects in one of the partner firms rele-
vant to the course topic, among which:

David Chipperfield Architects Milano - BIG
Bjarke Ingels Group - Snøhetta

Construction and press
coverage
For students attending the course in “advanced” mode, the end of
the workshop will be followed by a phase of interaction with YACa-
demy’s partner companies oriented to the engineering, construction
and the subsequent press coverage of the projects previously desi-
gned during the workshop.

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The course | CALENDAR

Applications opening                     Lessons start*

9th May 2022                             28th November 2022
Applications deadline                    Lessons end

30th September 2022                      17th February 2023
Publication of the provisional ranking   Workshop start**

10th October 2022                        16th January 2023
Enrollment fee payment deadline          Workshop end

14th October 2022                        17th February 2023
Publication of the official ranking      Construction and press coverage start***

21st October 2022                        20th Febraury 2023
                                         Construction and press coverage end

                                         20th March 2023

                                         * 3 days a week;
                                         ** 1 day a week (with the workshop tutor); further work time with other stu-
                                         dents, at YACademy’s premises or elsewhere, is up to the students’ discretion;
                                         *** 1 day a week (with producers, companies and/or the workshop tutor);
                                         further work time with other students, at YACademy’s premises or elsewhe-
                                         re, is up to the students’ discretion. The inauguration and press coverage of
                                         the product may be postponed after this date based on the complexity of the
                                         project that will be prototyped. However, the project’s detailing and engineering
                                         process will be completed by the set date.

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Program

Rwanda Chapel, project by: Yihang Zhang
Program | LESSONS

8 hours                                                                            8 hours                                                                            4 hours

Branding                                                                           Digital                                                                            Advanced storytelling
                                                                                   communication
Build and cultivate the image of a                                                 Communicate in a virtual environment                                               New frontiers of virtual representation
creative studio

Michela Gilli                    Whether it focuses on the founder’s signa-        Manuel Ehrenfeld                 For a long time, the Web has been one of          Andrea Gion                     Together with the more traditional tools,
ZEST 11                          ture or on a group of professionals, a design     NON-LINEAR                       the first and most important channel of           DRAWLIGHT                       new-generation technologies and narrative
                                 studio or an artist atelier it is necessarily                                      creative and cultural dissemination. Building                                     modalities of the project are gradually emer-
   Michela Gilli is a sports                                                          Manuel Ehrenfeld is a                                                              He graduates in Cultural
marketing consultant, bran-      considerate as a brand. To be a brand me-         Geneva-based designer &          and cultivating a good communication pro-                                         ging. More and more often architecture is
                                                                                                                                                                      Heritage Conservation at
ding strategist and business     ans defining a clear values system, langua-       developer. He currently is       cess and a high-quality web image are the         the University Ca’ Foscari in   narrated through the augmented reality or
consultant for the start-ups.    ge, objectives and, especially, a recognisable    adjunct professor on Com-        essential conditions for the success of any       Venice and in Architecture      virtual reality, offering to the viewer immer-
Over the last two decades,                                                         puter Graphics at Brera Fine                                                       at IUAV. In 2013, he starts
she has created strategies       image that positions the brand in relation to     Arts Academy and lecturer        creative reality: in fact, web is the showcase                                    sive experiences, very involving and unique.
                                                                                                                                                                      teaching at IUAV, winning
and advised some of the          the competitors and to the reference market       on Communication design          of one’s work, the primary source of accre-       a research scholarship          The course will explore the new frontiers of
most iconic sports brands,       (pop or niche, exclusive or informal). The        at IULM University in Mi-        ditation and popularity, a relational tool with   with his dissertation on 3D     architecture virtual representation, in parti-
including Nike, NBA, Euro-                                                         lan. In 2010 he Founded                                                            Mapping for Heritage and
League and famous inter-         definition of brand’s characteristics features,   Non-linear, a design studio      an enormous potential. But the Web has its                                        cular fruition and narrative devices, analy-
                                                                                                                                                                      he later specializes in im-
national athletes in different   the setting of an efficient and successful        specialised in visual com-       own rules, algorithms, ambivalences, and          mersive strategies for better   sing limits and opportunities. In this course,
sports. Michela Gilli hasre-     communication processes. The course will          munication and web deve-         complexities. Understanding all these ele-        usability and enhancement       students will gain notions of the latest pos-
alized marketing and bran-                                                         lopment, crafting alternative                                                      of heritage. He is Head of
ding strategies for luxury       analyse different notions useful to under-        websites, generative identi-     ments will be the main goal of this module,                                       sibilities in the creativity representation field
                                                                                                                                                                      Production at Drawlight
companies such as Aston          stand the brand concept, both for its con-        ties and interactive installa-   dealing with the web communication speci-         and has been teaching           and the rules for a high-tech storytelling,
Martin, Lamborghini, and         struction and its affirmation.                    tions combining emerging         fic dynamics and ensuring to the students         since 2016 in many Italian      which will maintain the position and the ele-
Silk-FAW. She also designs                                                         technologies and visual                                                            universities (IUAV, UNIPD,
and implements business                                                            arts. In 2016 he started         practical skills aimed to carry out and reco-                                     gancy of the design story.
                                                                                                                                                                      UNIFE). He was a member
plans for start-ups across                                                         Post-screen, a platform for      gnise digital communication processes.            of the scientific committee
various industries, including                                                      contemporary art and rese-                                                         and a professor for IUAV’s
sustainability, digital, and                                                       arch that aims to promote                                                          MI-HERITAGE master cour-
health.                                                                            workshops, performances                                                            se. Recently, he co-founded
                                                                                   and exhibitions from a                                                             Hybrid Reality, an innovative
                                                                                   post-digital perspective.                                                          Start-Up which specializes
                                                                                   Since 2017 he is holding a                                                         in the use of Virtual Reality
                                                                                   series of “take-me-to-the-                                                         for training and educational
                                                                                   internet” workshops which                                                          purposes.
                                                                                   introduces BA, MA and PhD
                                                                                   students to the principles
                                                                                   of visual design and coding
                                                                                   fundamentals.

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Program | LESSONS

8 hours                                                                            8 hours                                                                          4 hours

Social Media                                                                       Press Office &                                                                   Design influencing
Strategies                                                                         Relations
Rules of conduct in new digital platform                                           Presence on the press and the                                                    The social aspect of art, design and
                                                                                   relashionship with editorial publications                                        architecure

Anna Rachele                      Social media are the new contemporary pla-       Martina Gamboni                In the galaxy of communication, one of the        YACADEMY’S             In the last years, in the field of web infor-
Capolingua                        tforms, the new newspapers, a new medium         STRATEGIC                      main tools for any prestigious reality is one’s   MEDIA PARTNERS         mation, we have increasingly moved from
SINTAGMA                          of entertainment and socialization. They are     FOOTPRINTS                     own press office. The relationship with the                              the logic of the blog (of the site of contents
AGENCY                            more than a way of enjoyment, they are also                                     publishing houses and the journalism world                               aggregation), to the more rapid one of so-
                                                                                      Over the past two deca-
                                  a relational and informative environment         des, Martina Gamboni has       is an important vehicle for the affirmation                              cial networks. More and more, architecture,
   Anna Rachele Capolingua        able to modify political and cultural orienta-   helped build some of today’s   of any professional and creative reality. The                            art and design are disciplines to be com-
is a copywriter, professor,                                                        most recognizable design
entrepreneur and founder          tion of the community. A successful creative                                    press contributes to developing the rela-                                municated through images, to be browsed,
                                                                                   brands. Her dedication,
of Cavalieri Digitali and Sin-    reality can not be separate from a correct       professionalism and enthu-     tionships, the credibility, and the recognition                          without any burdens or technicism. In this
tagma. She graduates in           planning of social communication, that is        siasm have enabled her to      of a studio. Even more in such a digitalized                             way, numerous profiles have flourished,
journalism and she also has                                                        establish a vast professio-
a mater degree in business        oriented to the interaction and expansion                                       world, printed paper is a distinctive element                            disseminating beautiful art, design, and ar-
                                                                                   nal and personal network
communication, she chose to       of its own fanbase, building and affirming       around the world. Combi-       of a structural and authoritative presence,                              chitecture images, and those that for years
be a copywriter in 2017. She      its own image, its perception, and its own       ning her passion for culture   that gives an important contribute to the                                have been the most solid blog of the sector,
worked as a freelance for a                                                        with a vivid entrepreneurial
few years and now she ma-         positioning. The course aims to provide to                                      perception, to the recognition of the brand,                             have vigorously adapted to this similar for-
                                                                                   mind, she has become an
nages digital communication       students with the main tools and methodo-        established consultant         including also the architectural or creative                             mat. The course will give voice to the foun-
strategies for different SME in   logies helpful for an efficient social commu-    specializing in the creative   field. Participants will have the opportunity                            ders and curators of some of these profiles,
Italy with his agency Sintag-                                                      industries with an important
ma, in Sicily. She deals with     nication, focusing both on general topics                                       to explore the dynamics and the work of one                              deepening intuitions, works and methodolo-
                                                                                   experience in developing
education through the event       and on specific tools of use of social media     marketing and communica-       of the most prestigious press office in Italy,                           gies, with the aim of providing an insight of
Cavalieri Digitali, for which     platforms                                        tion projects for companies,   understanding challenges and methodolo-                                  the new profession in the sector: the desi-
she is the co.founder, with her                                                    galleries, architecture and
classes of mentorship and                                                                                         gies.                                                                    gner influencer.
                                                                                   design firms which she fol-
courses for copywriters and                                                        lows with her international
for educational contexts, but                                                      agency Strategic Footprints.
also events such as 24ore
Business School, Social Me-
dia Strategies, Social Women
Talk and further more.

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Program | LESSONS

8 hours                                                                          8 hours                                                                               8 hours

Communication                                                                    Communication                                                                         Communication tools 3
tools 1                                                                          tools 2
Photography                                                                      The illustration                                                                      Models and prototyping

Marco Cappelletti                Undoubtedly photography represents one          Carlo Stanga                       Freehand drawing is one of the most tradi-         Costanza Calvetti                The physical mockup has always been one
                                 of the principal tools of contemporary com-                                        tional tools of creative representation: it is     ONEOFF                           of the privileged tools for architectural, de-
   Marco Cappelletti, born in    munication. This is even more true in the art       Born in Italy, Carlo has       the first step from the idea to its visualiza-                                      sign, or sculpture works prefiguration. The
1987, lives and works betwe-                                                     been always deeply passio-                                                               ONEOFF is the archetype
en Venice and Paris. He has      and architecture fields, where photography      nate about drawing. After          tion, and for talented drawers, it is one of the                                    model represents the way through which in-
                                                                                                                                                                       of a new generation digital
collaborated with some of the    has been, for several decades, one of the       graduating in Architecture at      most suggestive tools for the design idea.         craft workshops, demon-          vestigate and meet the object before its real
major contemporary artists       most successful tools to tell what has been     the Polytechnic of Milan, he       Freehand drawing has passed centuries              strating the true potential of   realization, and it is the medium through the
and architects, among which                                                      chose to further his educa-                                                           digital technology on rapid
Thomas Demand, Ila Bêka &        realized. Photography is also the base for      tion attending art and design      of history becoming prominent and char-                                             client better understand the concept idea of
                                                                                                                                                                       manufacturing applied in
Louise Lemoine, OMA, Aires       the comprehension of future trends, which       studies. He collaborated with      ming. Thanks to the voice and to the hand          modelmaking.                     the designer. Nevertheless, the physical mo-
Mateus Arquitectos, Kengo        increasingly assert themselves through the      the premier italian designer       of one of the most respected illustrators of          The productive innovation     del is also a medium an extraordinary com-
Kuma and Associates, KAAN                                                        Bruno Munari, an amazing                                                              that ONEOFF apply to the
Architecten, Labics. Marco       cinematographic production, but they still      experience that influenced         contemporary age, students will have the                                            munication, able to tell the project and the
                                                                                                                                                                       entire operative process is
Cappelletti’s photos were        refer to photography rules. Behind the most     his way to see the world. As       opportunity to get inspiration and useful          the result of analysis and       creative process beyond the time of work
displayed in: La Biennale di     iconic images, there are special arrange-       an editorial and advertising       indications to lead the communication of           strategic choices that have      production, since it has itself its own repre-
Venezia; La Triennale di Mila-                                                   illustrator, Carlo works with                                                         resulted in numerous re-
no; MAXXi, Roma; Kunsthal        ments, specific elements that photographer/     major italian magazines and        creativity through illustrated drawings (both                                       sentative and formal dignity. The course will
                                                                                                                                                                       cognition and awards. As
Rotterdam; Design Museum,        communicator should understand to create        newspapers and with interna-       own and third parties).                            a founder of ONEOFF Co-          investigate the methodologies of production
London; Pavillon de l’Arse-      an efficient image that can become recogni-     tional clients in Europe and in                                                       stanza is involved in many       models at different scales, the tools of reali-
nal, Paris. They are, as well,                                                   the U.S. His distinctive style                                                        projects, competitions and
regularly published in magazi-   zable for the public. The course, which also    continually wins Italian Illu-                                                                                         zation, materials, and arrangements neces-
                                                                                                                                                                       realizations, who have been
nes and daily newspapers in      includes a workshop day, will offer to parti-   stration awards and the work                                                          published, exhibited and         sary for the composition of models capable
Europe and worldwide.            cipants an overview on the tools and on the     has been selected by The                                                              awarded on several occa-         of telling an efficient and refined story.
                                                                                 American Illustration Annual                                                          sions.
                                 best practises to catch high quality photo-     and won the Gold Medal                                                                   Her contributions focus
                                 graphic images.                                 Award in Creative Quarterly’s                                                         on the field of Rapid Pro-
                                                                                 #15 contest and Awards of                                                             totyping, 3D printing, with
                                                                                 Excellence from Communi-                                                              special attention to Rapid
                                   includes worksop                              cation Arts. In 2015 he wrote                                                         Manufacturing and 3D Mo-
                                                                                 and illustrated I am Milan,                                                           deling usage, having applied
                                                                                 followed by I am London and                                                           innovative criteria in craft-
                                                                                 I am New York the first title of                                                      smanship production.
                                                                                 a new book collection, publi-
                                                                                 shed by Moleskine, dedicated
                                                                                 to the main cities of the world.

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Program | LESSONS

6 hours                                                                             4 hours                                                                                 8 hours

Writing about                                                                       Marketing tools 2                                                                       Marketing tools 2
architecture
Experiences and good practices of                                                   Printing, papers and materials                                                          The editorial project
architectural journalism

Andrea Zamboni                   As any other discipline, creativity has its        Gianluca Gamberini                     In a world dominated by the virtuality and       Flavia Fossa                      The creation of a catalogue or a book is a
ZAMBONI                          own sector writing. A creative project ne-         L’ARTIERE                              that rapidly moves forward a progressive de-     Margutti                          complex process that faces with technical
ASSOCIATI                        cessarily goes through the words needed to                                                materialization of goods and consumption,        BIENNALE DI                       problems (linked to the project’s graphic and
ARCHITETTURA                     interpret it and the text has to describe it. In      Born in 1979 in Bologna,            everything that still belongs to the physical    VENEZIA                           materiality – on this second aspect there is
                                                                                    Italy. Lives and works in
                                 fact, texts give dignity and authority to the      Paris. Gianluca GamberiniI             realm represent the real luxury. In the eva-                                       a specific course) and curatorial (linked to
   Co-founder of Zamboni                                                                                                                                                       Flavia Fossa Margutti
Associati, he studied archi-     design concept: for similar reason writing         cultivates a dual passion for          nescence of big data, information that use                                         the sources, contents and their articulation).
                                                                                    photography and books. He                                                               graduated in 1988 in History
tecture at the Academy of        about creativity is a complicated action, that                                            paper as medium, could only gain preciou-        of Art from the Carlo Bo          The project has a series of different and
Architecture in Mendrisio                                                           has studied Science of Com-
                                 requires languages, sensitivity, and accuracy      munication in Bologna (Head-           sness and authority. Catalogues, magazi-         University of Urbino. In 1990     specific phases as well as different steps
and at the FAF in Ferrara,                                                                                                                                                  she was called to the Electa
where he graduated under         worthy of celebrated artifacts. Art, design,       master Mr. Umberto Eco) and            nes, books still represent a stronghold in the                                     that are part of the publication: the preface,
                                                                                    he gets a Degree in cinema                                                              publishing house as an editor
Peter Zumthor and Vitto-         and architecture born to arouse emotions,                                                 affirmation and consolidation of the repu-       of exhibition catalogs: here,     index, contributions, credits etc. Through the
rio Savi. He interned at the                                                        from the New University of
                                 to talk about inner expectations that answer       Cinema and Television inside           tation of a creative studio and one of the       she began to deal with com-       module, the students will have the oppor-
firms of Nicola Di Battista                                                                                                                                                 munication, working in the
in Rome and Guido Canali         to human refined and intangible demands.           Cinecittà studios in Rome, he          most elegant and refined way to show their                                         tunity to go through the editorial project, by
                                                                                    studied photography at the                                                              press office as head of the
in Parma. Ph.D. and pro-         The aim of the course is to suggest a set of                                              activity. The course will focus the attention    exhibition and catalog sector.    focusing on each of its phases, becoming
fessor of Architectural                                                             Spéos School in Paris. After
                                 writing rules useful for similar challenges.       his degree he has worked               on the concept of editorial product as luxury    In 2000 she was appointed         aware of the steps and methodologies of
Design at the University of                                                                                                                                                 head of communication of
Parma, since 2017 he has                                                            for several years with su-             product: reflecting on the formats, on the                                         approach and solution of the little and big
                                                                                    per-productions but also for                                                            the Venice Biennale for the
been enabled as Associ-                                                                                                    inks, on technics and effects useful to crea-    Art and Architecture sectors,     challenges related to an high level editorial
ate Professor. He was part                                                          independent cinema in Rome.
                                                                                    In 2010 he moved to Paris. In          te memorable products.                           a role that she maintained        project.
of the Study Center of the                                                                                                                                                  until 2004. In 2005, she beco-
magazine Domus under the                                                            2012 he decided to open his
                                                                                    publishing company “L’Artiere”                                                          mes head of communication
direction of Nicola Di Battis-                                                                                                                                              and external relations for the
ta. The author of numerous                                                          together with his twin brother
                                                                                    Gianmarco Gamberini who                                                                 Mart, a role she still holds
essays and publications, he                                                                                                                                                 today. From 2002 to today,
has been a panelist in inter-                                                       was the director at Grafiche
                                                                                    dell’Artiere. L’Artiere is speciali-                                                    she has taught at numerous
national conferences and                                                                                                                                                    educational institutions in-
a jury member for national                                                          zed in high quality collectable
                                                                                    artist Photobook.                                                                       cluding the Academy of Fine
and international archi-                                                                                                                                                    Arts, the Catholic University
tecture competitions and                                                                                                                                                    and the Sole 24 Ore master in
awards. With the project for                                                                                                                                                Milan. As an art historian, she
the Cloisters of Saint Peter                                                                                                                                                has curated contemporary art
has received numerous                                                                                                                                                       projects and exhibitions, wro-
awards, including an Honor-                                                                                                                                                 te essays and introductory
able Mention at the Premio                                                                                                                                                  texts for exhibition catalogs,
Gubbio 2021, an Honorable                                                                                                                                                   wrote reviews and articles for
Mention at the Piranesi                                                                                                                                                     various national newspapers.
Award 2019, an Honorable                                                                                                                                                    Since 2004 she has been wri-
Mention at the Premio                                                                                                                                                       ting a monthly column dedi-

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INARCH Emilia Romagna/                                                                                                                                                      cated to contemporary art on
Lombardia 2020.                                                                                                                                                             “Glamour”.
Program | LECTURES

Maria Lucrezia De Marco                     Giulio Rigoni                             Martin Gran
Stefano Boeri Architetti                    BIG Bjarke Ingels Group                   Snøhetta
The vertical forest, between architecture   Simple narrations for powerful projects   Under: from architecture to the logo
and communication

   Maria Lucrezia De Mar-                      In 2004 Giulio Rigoni gra-                A strong believer in the
co, architect and editor,                   duated at the IUAV Universi-              power of culture, Martin Gran
graduated in architecture                   ty of Venice with A. Cornoldi             has led multiple Snøhetta
from Polytechnic of Milan,                  and a dissertation concer-                projects over the past deca-
with studying experiences                   ning the Ground Zero recon-               de. The work of Snøhetta is
abroad in Siviglia at Escuela               struction in NYC. He worked               renowned internationally for
Técnica Superior de Arqui-                  in Switzerland in numerous                its highly collaborative appro-
tectura and in Madrid at                    architectural practices as                ach to design, which sits at
Universidad Politécnica.                    Livio Vacchini (Locarno) and              the intersection of architectu-
From 2016 she works with                    Herzog&de Meuron (Basel).                 re, landscape, interiors, pro-
Stefano Boeri Architects                    In 2017, he started working               ducts, and graphics and often
Studio, where she takes part                at BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group              merges the public domain
in regeneration and valori-                 (NYC). In the academic                    in it. Social interactions sit
sation projects of natural                  years 2015-2016 and 2016-                 at the heart of every project
dimension in urban context.                 2017, he was the Assistant                and every design works
In 2020 she collaborates as                 of professor Muck Petzet                  hard to generate a sense of
extern tutor for the course                 in the Sustainable Design                 public ownership. Snøhetta
di Urban Planning Design,                   courses of the Academy of                 practices self-defined transdi-
guided by Stefano Boeri at                  Architecture of Mendrisio –               sciplinary processes where
Polytechnic of Milan, focu-                 AAM. In 2017, he became                   different professionals, from
sed on the investigation of                 the Italian Project Architect/            authors to visual artists, from
the relation between cities                 Project Manager of the BIG’s              philosophers to sociologists,
and historical towns. Cur-                  project SPFF S. Pellegrino                take each other positions to
rently, she follows editorial               Flagship Factory.                         explore differing perspectives
projects with a particular fo-                                                        without prejudiced points
cus on territory and contem-                                                          of view. Currently, Snøhetta
porary cities transformation                                                          is undertaking more than
in the prospective of urban                                                           50 projects in Europe, Asia,
forestation, and she deals                                                            Africa, Oceania, the Americas
with events management,                                                               and Canada. This widespread
collaborating with culture in-                                                        activity gives each profes-
stitutions and associations                                                           sional valuable insight into
in the organization, mana-                                                            differences and likenesses,
gement and production of                                                              allowing for continuously
contents for festival, events                                                         developing new knowledge, a
and exhibition.                                                                       precondition for intuition.

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Program | LECTURES

Jan Knikker                        Iwan Baan                         Pippo Ciorra
MVRDV                                                                Fondazione MAXXI
Communicating MVRDV architecture   The photography in architecture   The architectural exhibition

   Jan Knikker (Bad Soden             Dutch photographer Iwan           Architect, critic, professor
Ts 1972) joined MVRDV in           Baan is known primarily for       at SAAD Ascoli Piceno and
2008. Before this he started       images that narrate the life      IUAV, where he’s director
his career as a journalist,        and interactions that occur       of the VdH PhD program.
and then shaped the public         within architecture. Born in      Contributor to reviews and
image of OMA for nearly a          1975, Iwan grew up outside        national press, author of a
decade. As Partner at MVR-         Amsterdam, studied at the         number of books and pu-
DV, Jan leads the Contracts,       Royal Academy of Art in The       blications, he designed and
Business Development and           Hague and worked in pu-           curated exhibitions and in
Public Relations efforts, for-     blishing and documentary          Italy and abroad. Besides
ming a client-oriented, fast,      photography in New York           the monographic studies
and strategic studio that in-      and Europe. Iwan Baan’s           on Ludovico Quaroni, Peter
cludes a strong visualization      love for photography goes         Eisenman and many others
team and the practice’s su-        back to his twelfth birthday,     he published widely on the
stainability team. He leads        when his Grandmother gave         topics of contemporary
MVRDV’s branding efforts           him his first camera. After       city and Italian architectu-
and has overseen the practi-       his studies in photography        re. From May 2009 he’s
ce’s rapid expansion into          at the Royal Academy of           Senior Curator at MAXXI
new markets, focusing on           Arts in The Hague, Baan           Architettura in Rome, where
solutions for global issues        followed his interest in do-      he curated, among others,
through its architecture and       cumentary photography, be-        exhibitions such as Recycle,
urbanism. He has worked            fore narrowing his focus to       Energy, Erasmus Effect,
on many publications and           record the various ways in        Food and where he runs the
exhibitions, including the         which individuals, commu-         Italian branch of YAP, MoMA
book MVRDV Buildings. He           nities and societies create,      PS1’s International Young
writes for various publica-        and interact within their built   Architects Program.
tions and is Deputy Editor         environment.
of Domus 2019. He is a
member of the HNI Herita-
ge Network, led the online
design magazine Dafne, and
from 2007 to 2011 was a
member of the International
Projects commission of the
Netherlands Architecture
Funds.

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Program | LECTURES

Walter Mariotti                  Carlotta Zucchini                  David Basulto
Domus                            Nicola Leonardi                    Archdaily
Domus
                                 The Plan                           Archdaily: the most visited architecture
                                                                    website
                                 The Plan

   He graduated in theoreti-        Carlotta Zucchini                  David Basulto is a gradua-
cal philosophy at the Univer-       Carlotta graduates in           te architect from Pontificia
sity of Siena. Afterwards, he    Economics at the University        Universidad Católica de
continued studying in Lou-       of Bologna and then majors         Chile (2006). In 2008, he
vain and then in Harvard. He     in International Relations at      founded ArchDaily, an inter-
started working as a resear-     the Johns Hopkins University.      national platform focusing
cher and a professor. Then,      Following her great passion        on architecture. ArchDaily
he became manager in the         for architecture, she works as     is based in Santiago, Chile,
cultural sectors of Public       editorial director for The Plan.   with offices and operations
Administration. He started                                          in Beijing, Mexico City, Sao
collaborating as a colum-           Nicola Leonardi                 Paulo, Bogotá, and Lima; its
nist with newspapers and            In 2001, together with his      mission is to provide inspi-
magazines. After moving to       wife Carlotta Zucchini, Nicola     ration, knowledge, and tools
Milan, he became a profes-       founds THE PLAN, which is          to architects throughout the
sional journalist. He started    currently one of the most          world. David has lectured
directing numerous maga-         established international          at Harvard (Boston, USA),
zines: Campus e Class, I         magazines about Architectu-        Escola do Cidade (Sao Pau-
Viaggi del Sole, English 24,     re and Interior design. Nicola     lo, Brazil), Strelka Institute
Intelligence in Lifestyle. For   has lectured widely and been       (Moscow, Russia), Tsinghua
Mondadori, he dealt with         an invited speaker at many         University (Beijing, P.R.
the conceptual redesign of       conferences and architectu-        China), TEC de Monterrey
Panorama. Mariotti also          re faculties both in Italy and     (Monterrey, Mexico), Uni-
collaborated as advisor          abroad. He has chaired             versidad Católica (Santiago,
with numerous Italian and        numerous events related            Chile), the Center for Archi-
international industrial and     to architecture. Advisor to        tecture (New York, USA),
financial groups. Some of        Milan’s Triennale Foundation       and at the annual American
them are: Italcementi, AXA,      for its “Italian Architecture      Institute of Architects Con-
BCG, Linklaters and the          Gold Medal” award, Nicola          vention (Atlanta, USA). David
Ministry for Cultural Assets     has served on the juries of        has also worked as curator
and Environments. In Sep-        several Italian and interna-       and editor for architecture
tember 2017 he was nomi-         tional awards, such as the         biennales, exhibitions, and
nated Editorial Director of      World Architecture Festival        magazines and received the
Domus with the task to in-       Award, Energy Performance          National Award for Innova-
vent, direct and develop the     + Architecture Award, and the      tion from the Chilean Gover-
Domus System (magazine,          Leading European Architects        nment in 2012.
website, archive, events and     Forum Award. He has been
intelligence). He works clo-     chosen in 2008 among the
sely with the Chairwoman         experts to select the nomine-
Maria Giovanna Mazzocchi         es for the Pritzker Architectu-

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Bordone.                         re Prize Jury. Today Nicola
                                 is the Director of THE PLAN
                                 and Publisher of THE PLAN
                                 EDITIONS.
Program | WORKSHOP
32 hours

De Moura, Kuma, De Lucchi:
a communication project on
the architectural exhibitions in
Arte Sella
Felice Limosani                   The workshop will represent the occasion of
FELICE LIMOSANI                   practical synthesis to test all the notions avai-
MULTIDISCIPLI-                    lable through the others teaching modules,
NARY STUDIO                       ensuring strategic answers with respect to a
                                  real architectural communication project. The
   Felice is an internationally   course will be guided by the tutorship of Feli-
renowned artist, an inno-
vator in Digital Humanities,      ce Limosani – one of the most popular artist
and an expert in cutting          and curator of the national context – and de-
edge and emerging forms           veloped in collaboration with Arte Sella – one
of expression. He integrates
humanities to digital culture,    of the greatest parks of art in Europe – it will
art and design, in order to       deal with the realization of a communication
create new levels of percep-      project aimed to give back the storytelling of
tion, knowledge and sharing
between technology, people        the design and production of the current ar-
and synaesthetic experien-        chitectural exhibition collections in Arte Sella.
ces. His works range from         Eduardo Souto De Mora, Michele De Lucchi
artistic installations to the
construction of physical and      or Kengo Kuma are just some of the masters
virtual immersive experien-       who gave their valuable and creative con-
ces, as well as commissio-        tributions to Arte Sella trying to deepen the
ned benefit projects. Felice
looks to connect visual and       expressive potentialities of architecture when
sensory forms of expres-          it meets the natural context. Telling such a
sion with more evolved            story – or the story of a specific exhibition and
interfaces, and lectures on
this in universities and re-      its author – will be an extraordinary opportuni-
search centres, placing the       ty that the students will have in the workshop
human factor at the heart         context, choosing the media according to their
of social, technological and
cultural innovations. He has      personal interest (a publication or website, a
also been part of the scienti-    video or other tools) to tell this story, and they
fic committee of the Matera       will also be in direct relation with the park cu-
European Capital of Culture
2019 Foundation, and of           rators and the work of the most famous ma-
the Advisory Board Venice         sters in the contemporary architecture field.
Museo Multimediale M9
Foundation.

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Program | WORKSHOP

                     Arte Sella
                                  Arte Sella: the contemporary mountain. A place where in more than
                                  thirty years the mountain and contemporary art meet. Art and Na-
                                  ture merge in a continuous dialogue, where Artists from all over the
                                  world are invited to encounter the Sella Valley to carry out artworks
                                  that are nourished by the unique History and nature of the place.

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Program | CONSTRUCTION

                         Construction and press launch

                                                     For students attending the course in the “advanced” mode, the end
                                                     of the workshop will be followed by a series of operational reviews
                                                     with representatives from different YACademy’s partner companies
                                                     and specific producers oriented towards the construction of what
                                                     has been designed during the workshop. This phase will pass throu-
                                                     gh an executive detail process of the workshop project, carried out
                                                     by the students under the supervision of the companies in the sec-
                                                     tor. Students will thus have the opportunity to face the most advan-
                                                     ced stages of design, measuring themselves with budgets, opera-
                                                     tional problems, and technologies to implement their own concepts.
                                                     Once the engineering is completed, the construction site will be set
                                                     up. The experience will be completed by the creation of case histo-
                                                     ries and video-documentaries on the project presented in a special
                                                     press conference, organized by YACademy at the end of the works.
                                                     Depending on the project developed by the students within the cour-
                                                     se, the construction and press coverage phases can obviously go
                                                     beyond the time limit set for the engineering (see calendar section).

                         The construction of the Bredy’s Bivouac

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Placement

Pinocchio Children’s Library, project by: Tommaso Secchi, Dario Ruberti
Placement | OVERVIEW

Internships and collaborations: the career
orientation service

            For each student, the classes and the the worhshop will be followed
            by a period of collaboration or internship with different partners of
            YACademy. This stage aims at improving the students’ skills and
            will offer them the rare opportunity to work and interact with some
            of the most important firms in the world. By enriching their expe-
            rience through internships and collaborations, students will have
            the opportunity to build a solid network of relationships which will
            be useful to accelerate and imrpove their professional develop-
            ment. Here follows a list of some of the professional firms, partners
            of YACademy, that are more relevant in relation to this course’s to-
            pic.

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Placement | ALUMNI

                     Carmelo, Alice and Santiago

                                “YACademy offers a great chance to learn with and from other people
                                and also a great opportunity to improve one’s career.”
                                Carmelo

                                “I recommend YACademy to everyone who wants to learn more about
                                the exhibit design, because Italy has a great history to offer in this
                                field”
                                Angie

                                “I think YACademy is a great opportunity for anyone interested in ar-
                                chitecture”
                                Santiago

                                more info on: www.yacademy.it/alumni

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Placement | ALUMNI

Federico, Angie and Fabiola

           “YACademy is a great oppotunity to enrich your personal and profes-
           sional background”
           Federico

           “In YACademy you meet amazing people, amazing teachers. They are
           willing to help you solve all your doubts. For me, YACademy was a key
           element of my academic training.”
           Angie

           “YACademy offers the chance to talk face to face with personalities
           who are actually making the history of art and architecture”
           Fabiola

           more info on: www.yacademy.it/alumni

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Placement | PARTNER FIRMS

           Val di Sella, Trento                                            Copenhagen                                                      Milan
              Arte Sella: the contemporary mountain. A place where            BIG is a Copenhagen, New York, London and Barcelo-             Fin dalla sua fondazione nel 1985, David Chipperfield
           in more than thirty years the mountain and contempo-            na based group of architects, designers, urbanists, land-       Architects ha collezionato numerosi progetti culturali,
           rary art meet. Art and Nature merge in a continuous dia-        scape professionals, interior and product designers, re-        residenziali, commerciali, ricreativi e civici. Gli Studi di
           logue, where Artists from all over the world are invited to     searchers and inventors. The office is currently involved       Londra, Berlino, Milano e Shanghai contribuiscono all’am-
           encounter the Sella Valley to carry out artworks that are       in a large number of projects throughout Europe, North          pio ventaglio di tipologie di progetti. David Chipperfield
           nourished by the unique History and nature of the place.        America, Asia and the Middle East. BIG’s architecture           Architects è stata insignita di più di 100 premi internazio-
                                                                           emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary           nali e riconoscimenti di eccellenza nella progettazione.
                                                                           life constantly evolves and changes.

             artesella.it                                                    big.dk                                                           davidchipperfield.com

           Rotterdam                                                       Innsbruck                                                     Bologna
              MVRDV was founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob                   Snøhetta began as a collaborative architectural and           We truly believe that the architetural problem cannot
           van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries. Based in Rotterdam, the         landscape workshop, and has remained true to its              be solved just with a mere formal research, with functio-
           Netherlands, they have a global scope, providing solu-          trans-disciplinary way of thinking since its inception. Our   nalism, with the economy or technology of the artifact:
           tions to contemporary architectural and urban issues in         work strives to enhance our sense of place, identity and      in fact, the solution is made up of the aformentioned
           all regions of the world. Their highly collaborative, resear-   relationship to others and the physical spaces we inha-       suggestions, composed and structured according to
           ch-based design method involves clients, stakeholders,          bit, whether feral or human-made. Museums, markets,           each designer’s personality and sensitivity. YAC hopes to
           and experts from a wide range of fields from early on           reindeer observatories, landscapes and dollhouses get         foster highly-contemporary projects: these shall present
           in the creative process. The results are exemplary, out-        the same care and attention to purpose.                       clear traits of temporality and personalization of the use
           spoken projects that enable our cities and landscapes to                                                                      of the architectural space. “Idea” is the key word, “archi-
           develop towards a better future.                                                                                              tecture” is the answer and “project” is the tool to tran-
                                                                                                                                         sform creative intuition into an object prefiguration.

             mvrdv.nl                                                        snohetta.com                                                  youngarchitectscompetitions.com

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