01/10/2019
You are all invited to join us next friday (4/10/19) at Culturgest - Fundação CGD for the opening of "What is ornament?", the exhibition curated by Ambra Fabi and Giovanni Piovene for Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa 2019 - The poetics of reason.
The exhibition aims to reconfigure the discussion about ornament, particularly focusing on its current appropriation and interpretation. How can ornament be reconsidered today as an integral part of architecture? What is its impact and its value? Can we still talk about ornament as a quantitative or qualitative option? "What is Ornament?" is an attempt to look for open answers.
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Exhibition architecture: Richard Venlet
Contributors: 2A+P/A, 51N4E, 6a architects, ARCHIZOOM, Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Assemble studio, Baukuh, Rana Begum, BeL, Martina Bjorn, Simon Boudvin, Pablo Bronstein, Bruther, Caruso St. John Architects, Matilde Cassani, Lubna Chowdhary Studio, Christ & Gantenbein, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Dhooge & Meganck, Faissal El-Malak, fala, Fernanda Fregateiro, Fosbury Architecture, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Cristina Goberna, Stefano Graziani, HARQUITECTES, Sam Jacob Studio, Bijoy Jain, Ania Jaworska, Priya Khanchandani, Na Kim, Kensuke Koike, Kuehn Malvezzi, l'AUC, Eric Lapierre, David Leech, Cesare Leonardi e Franca Stagi, Armin Linke, Lulu Li, LIST, Barbas Lopes, Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten, MAIO, Arthur Mamou-Mani, Valerie Mannaerts, Karel Martens, Giaime Meloni, Monadnock, Farshid Moussavi, Matt Mullican, Neutelings Rieddijk Architects, Now Office, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, OMMX, Onsitestudio, Ortalli Verrier, Jessica Virginia Pappalardo, Point Supreme, Bas Princen, Raqs Media Collective, Philipp Schaerer, Smith & Taylor Studio, Alison and Peter Smithson, Studio SNCDA, Studio Vacchini, Superstudio, Marina Tabassum Architects, Sinta Ta**ra, Francesca Torzo, Bernard Tschumi, Truwant Rodet, Gustavo Utrabo, Sumayya Vally, Jean-Benoît Vétillard, Nickisch Walder, Laurence Wiener, Urtzi Grau & Guillermo Fernández-Abascal, YellowOffice.
More info at https://www.culturgest.pt/en/whats-on/trienal-de-arquitectura-what-ornament/
Photo: Stefano Graziani, Replica of Partenone Frieze, Haus Rufer (1922), Adolf Loos, Wien, 2013. Courtesy of the artist