I am very glad to be invited to talk about Architectural Education in the Gulf at designMena Summit 2019
Panel Discussion: Bridging the gap between industry and academia
CITYSCAPE GLOBAL AWARD 2019
With the award ceremony the 2019 edition of Cityscape Global Award has ended. It was a really interesting experience to serve as judge for the residential, retail, and sustainable categories evaluating projects coming from different areas of the world.
ARC501 Fall Semester / Urban Regeneration - Al Nasserya / Sharjah - Prof. Cristiano Luchetti
Urban Analysis & Design Reviews
“The Sharjah Department of Planning and Survey and Sharjah Urban Planning Council have recently started independent initiatives to explore and propose ways by which deteriorated neighborhoods can be enhanced. The mandate is to maintain the existing housing stock (structurally intact ones) and propose enhancements to the public realm and social infrastructure of those areas based on the needs and specificity of each neighborhood. One of the mandates is to find ways to attract Emirati families back to these neighborhoods without necessarily displacing the existing population.”
In this phase students investigated through mapping, surveys, and fieldwork the existing conditions and proposed innovative urban design solutions grounded on the findings of the research.
Guest critics:
Ahmed Bukhash - Director of Urban Planning at the Dubai Creative Clusters Authority
Islam El Mashtooly - Director / Design & More International
Rafael Pizarro - Professor / Master Urban Planning
Egyptian pavilion wallpaper from compasses world
From compassesworld website one can download a wallpaper hi-res image of the Egyptian Pavilion at the Architecture Venice Biennale 2018
IX AISU CONGRESS - THE GLOBAL CITY AS PERVASIVE PHENOMENON
My paper on Dubai’s POPOS was presented at the IX Congress organized by the Italian Association of Urban History. In the paper I analyze how in Dubai, in recent times, different urban strategies aimed at defining a new offer of exclusively pedestrian play / commercial spaces. They focus on the design of the urban "public" space as a promoter of real estate value. (Photos Stefania Mangini)
STUDENTS' PROJECT PUBLISHED ON ILLUSTRARCH
The project “Social Housing In Abu Shagara” by Fatma M. Ibrahim + Mariam E. A. Ashwal students of my ARC502 course in Spring 2019 has been selected for publication on IllustrArch web zine. Link HERE.
UAE architects and academics propose design for abandoned Niemeyer site in Lebanon
The project designed for the Science and Innovation Center in collaboration with Pragma Studio is featured in Middle East Architect webzine.
UAE MODERN - 2019 EDITION
Cristiano Luchetti is among the members of the scientific panel for the Nature Based Generations - Call for Entries
with:
Samantha Cotterell, Director of Design and Overlay, Expo 2020 Duba
Mario Cucinella, Founder MC A, SOS - School of Sustainability Hon FAIA, Int. Fellow RIBA
Stefano Mancuso, Associate Professor, Director LINV
Layton Reid, Founding Director of Desitecture
Stefan Uhlenbrook, Director, UNESCO, Water Assessment Program
21 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AESTHETICS, Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade Serbia
ARCHITECTURE AS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY : THE AESTHETICS OF CONTEMPORARY METROPOLIS
Romano Martini, Cristiano Luchetti
The Global City. The Urban Condition as a Pervasive Phenomenon. Bologna, 11-14 September 2019
IX Aisu Congress – Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana
PAPER ACCEPTED
DESERT:SPACE PUBLICATION / CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - PROJECTS / TEXTS
Dear all,
We are working on a publication titled “Desert:Space – Architecture for Emptiness,” and we are looking for projects and texts that are suitable to the theme. If you are interested in taking part, please send us High-Res images (max 10) and a Text / Press Release (max 200 words) before the end of July. We hope to hear from you soon and please do not hesitate to contact us in case of any further questions. cluchetti@aus.edu
Cityscape 2019 / UNIVPM DICEA, Department of Civil and Building Engineering and Architecture. →
Cristiano Luchetti is among the jurors for the CITYSCAPE 2019 July 5, 2019
ICA 2019 Belgrade: 21st International Congress of Aesthetics – July 22-26, 2019 →
Romano Martini and I are excited to take part in this very interesting conference where we will present the paper: “ARCHITECTURE AS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY: THE AESTHETICS OF CONTEMPORARY METROPOLIS”
CHANGING CITIES: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimensions →
It was a pleasure and an honour to be invited to present “Robabecciah : The informal City” at the 4th International Conference on “CHANGING CITIES: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimensions”, Chania, Crete Island, Greece, 24-29 June 2019.
CITYSCAPE AWARDs 2019 →
Cristiano Luchetti is among the jurors for the 2019 edition of Cityscape Awards in Dubai.
The theme for this year’s Cityscape Global is Adapting to Change. This theme is highlighting the ways in which the real estate market is adapting to change in terms of new technology, sustainability and changes within consumer and commercial patterns.
ANANKE 86 Quadrimestrale di Cultura, Storia e Tecniche della Conservazione per il Progetto →
Dubai Walk-In City is published on ANANKE 86
"Architecture academic Cristiano Luchetti critiques Italy Pavilion design for Expo 2020 Dubai" →
“Architecture is not merely an activity of construction, and metaphors are necessary. The practice of architecture, beyond adequately responding to a functional brief, must promote evocative, stimulating and fascinating spatial solutions. Therefore, architectural metaphors communicate the intangible thinking process behind design ideas.”
Italian Design Day 2019 →
ON THE OCCASION OF THE ITALIAN DESIGN DAY 2019 THE EMBASSY OF ITALY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA AND WITH THE POINT CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART TO ORGANIZE TWO CONFERENCES FEATURING PROMINENT ITALIAN SPEAKERS: WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH @ 18:00 AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
MASSIMO CATALANI AND CRISTIANO LUCHETTI
"AUS academic Cristiano Luchetti examines Snohetta’s fish market in Oman" →
Muttrah’s fish market has always been more than just a place for trading. It’s a cultural emblem that anchors the northern end of the old town’s corniche in Muscat. A neighbourhood staple of the everyday life of the local community, the vendors roll out what seems to be the entire ocean each morning.
The first time I visited the Muttrah fish market was in 2010, and while observing the movements and faces of the sellers, I realised the historical importance of the place. As vendors laid out the morning catch on counters hoping to attract potential customers, they told stories to one another – it was a scene I felt would one day become a part of history as there were no young people within sight. Was this to be the last generation keeping the Muttrah fish market alive? Would the market soon disappear, remembered via a nice memorial plate placed at the end of the path along the corniche? Luckily not…..
"Cristiano Luchetti on using OMA’s Concrete building in Dubai as an architectural metaphor" →
In 1977 Peter Blake wrote “Forms follows fiasco: Why modern architecture does not work”. His skepticism towards the dominant architectural thinking of the twentieth century was expressed through a series of chapters in which he cynically commented on the dominant themes of “modern” architectural research. In the chapter “The fantasy of the open plan”, the main topic is the functional flexibility……..
