Waiting for the first stone, there’s a terrific void to be filled

Bye Bye Velodromo

Yesterday 24 of July has collapsed one of the most beautiful building in Rome, unfortunatly left to deperished after the Olympic game of 1960. UNPACKED was there grabbing pictures in 2005. Keep reading for more images

Basket Bar and Utrecht University Campus

Quick visit to the two most recent buildings in the Uijthof University Campus, Utrecht NL: the almost childish yet supercool Basket Bar by the (un)disciplinate NL Architects and the severe and aristocratic Utrecht University Library by Wiel Arets… in the back the most paranoid building by mr. K. appears: can you say the name?

Berlin fever

Short trip in Berlin…

Unpacked Jury members in Versailles

Short trip in Paris for Pauline’s graduation in Versailles’ School of Architecture. Very nice time, many exhibitions, many people, many events: we enjoy the football worldcup 2006 final match at 10.000 meters over the sea, coming back with a crazy ryanair flight …

A Japan Diary

3o Maggio

Quando poi vi verrà la fantasia di fare un viaggio in Giappone non ci venite a dire che non siete stati avvertiti :

al primo giorno avrete il culo mostruoso di incontrare sasuke il piccolo ninja, holly e benji che driblano il trffico, kiss me licia che frigna, sailor moon, ken il guerriero, chobin, spenk, gli yattamen, sampei, mila e shiro due cuori nella pallavolo, mazinga z, l’uomo tigre, lamù , conan con lana …

comunque,

sarà che sono solo tre giorni che siamo arrivati ma proprio non riusciamo a capacitarci di come una civiltà millenaria come questa si sia ridotta così: senso del dovere paranoico e mistico che sfocia in un autolesionismo sconfinato. Un pò come gli stoici suicidi al cubo. Solo che il suicidio (metaforico) qui è collettivo e permanente. Suicidio quotidiano dell’anima confinata in una (ci sembra) solitudine profonda come un grattacielo.

daniele + irene

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Unfolding Japan (our personal guide)

Now we’re ready to go! We’ve got from friends suggestions about these following points for our 15 days in Japan. We’ll be first visiting the Expo in Aichi due to the Italian Pavillon. Irene was part of the design team. Then we’ll take our time for a short study trip.

• 1 place to visit in Japan
• 1 architecture to visit in Japan
• 2 peculiar places in Tokyo
• 5 pieces of architecture in Tokyo
• 1 friend to meet
• 1 museum
• 1 movie
• 1 book
• 1 thing to buy

Keep reading to know more about friend’s reactions, and enjoy!

Gellner, who is that guy?

Great meeting for “Nuova Architettura” organized by the untiring Furio Barzon. I were there presenting IDII Portfolio + CICCIO. Among many others partecipants also Antonino Saggio, Alvise Simondetti, Cristiano Ceccato, 2A+P. The whole event happened at Villaggio Eni by Edoardo Gellner, in Borca di Cadore just few km far from Cortina d’Ampezzo. We’ve also visited Carlo Scarpa’s church. Keep reading for the photogallery.

Michelucci in Longarone

Homage to Michelucci on the way to Cortina d’Ampezzo…