Z! Zingonia, Mon Amour

In the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, of The Biennale di Venezia, Argot ou La Maison Mobile and Marco Biraghi present a work based on Zingonia city, in North Italy. This case study was presented at MondiItalia with a photographic work realized in May in the city of Zingonia, by Filippo Poli, as an example of Italian modern utopias.

Currently, this city under renovation, which seeks to prevent forgets his roots and culture as a source of inspiration for the new modern and contemporary architecture.

Zingonia is an exemplary frame in the movie of Italian modern utopias, between Adriano Olivetti’s Ivrea and No-Stop City by Archizoom.

Regardless of its recent destiny, the city planned by Renzo Zingone has embedded the seeds of radical urban design and visionary architecture. The original publication for the project it’s a time capsule of goodwill from the ‘60, a cache of information on desires, aspirations and dreams of Italian entrepreneurship.

As the Similaun Ötzi recover, a revolution in the physical awareness of our ancestor's life and costumes, looking to Zingonia can give us inspiration, knowledge, emotions and hope for unexpected completions of every utopia, given enough time to survive reality.

Currently, Zingonia is under a process of renovation that will be the shared destiny of modern and contemporary architecture: recycling vs construction. Zingonia needs to be exposed in the Biennale to avoid oblivion and decay of its cultural roots: amnesia is the only real enemy of our utopias.

CREDITS.

Authors.- Argot ou La Maison Mobile, Marco Biraghi
Team.- Luca Astorri, Riccardo Balzarotti, Marco Biraghi, Rossella Locatelli, Matteo Poli, Maria Elena Garzoni, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Anton Kotlyarov, Giulia Maculan, Giacomo Mezzadri, Nicolò Ornaghi, Riccardo Radaelli, Giulia Ricci.
Photograph.- Filippo Poli.
Sponsors.- CoeLux Srl (suppliers of the skylight ceiling CoeLux®), Eskpobalta, Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Bergamo, European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme.

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MARCO BIRAGHI

Marco Biraghi. Was born in Milan Italy, in 1959. He graduated in architecture at Politecnico di Milano in 1986. Since 2003 he is associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano, where he teaches history of contemporary architecture. He lectured at Columbia University and Cooper Union in New York, Harvard University in Cambridge, University of Houston, Faculty of Fine Arts in Toronto, Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, HafenCity University Hamburg and Queensland University, Brisbane. In 2004 he co-founded GIZMO, research group dealing with history and criticism of contemporary architectural culture.

Luca Astorri, Riccardo Balzarotti, Rossella Locatelli, Matteo Poli. Argot ou La Maison Mobile

Argot ou La Maison Mobile. Based in Milan, is an architectural practice led by Luca Astorri, Riccardo Balzarotti, Rossella Locatelli, and Matteo Poli. The office provides architecture, landscape and urban design in national and international projects. Singles members work on university research, communication and writing, as editors for magazines and international media companies.

FILIPPO POLI

Filippo Poli is a photographer specialized in architectural photography; he is based in Barcelona and Milan and collaborates with architecture firms, institutions and publishers.

His personal work is focused on cultural landscape, on the relationship between Man and Nature and its results in the Space.

His photographs are part of the permanent collection of the new Art Centre of Santander of public Enaire Foundation and his work has been presented in venues in Europe (Climate Summit (COP25) in Madrid, Venice Biennale, Arco Madrid, Photo España, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, ...) and USA and are part of private and public collections.

He regularly publishes in the most important architecture magazines and his work has been awarded by Fundación Enaire, PX3, European Architectural Photography, Architekturbild, IPA, Photography Master Cup, Philadelphia Basho, ArchTriumph among others.