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Vesper No. 10 Progetto Eden | Eden Project

Vesper No. 10 Progetto Eden | Eden Project

Following the tradition of Italian paper journals, Vesper revives it by hosting a wide spectrum of narratives, welcoming
different writings and styles, privileging the visual intelligence of design, of graphic expression, of images and
contaminations between different languages.

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FACES 83 + 84 / Light and Heavy

The next issues of FACES will focus on lightness vs. heaviness, two notions that often have an antonymic and antinomic relationship, signalling the opposition of two conceptual and practical propositions between which architects must in principle choose,
based on their location, culture, and building tradition and in accordance with their aesthetic, technical, economic, political, and ethical convictions.

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Drawing Attention to the Periphery

The organizers welcome papers that investigate peripheral conditions, drawing attention to the strangely familiar and the memorably unfamiliar; the events, encounters, forms, ideas, and narratives of the periphery.

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Materia Arquitectura N°25: Out of Place Matter

This issue of Materia Arquitectura seeks contributions that explore these new conditions in the context of environmental degradation. It calls for research and design projects, both speculative and realized, that reformulate our relationship to the design of public spaces, environmental management systems, and our active role as citizens and professional custodians of the landscapes we inhabit.

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The Vittoriano and the work of Armando Brasini

The conference is intended as a moment of reflection to verify the state of the art, rediscover aspects of Brazilian work that have remained in the shadows or even unknown, relaunch studies and offer support to ongoing protection and enhancement activities, with a view to fruitful collaboration between research institutes and institutes of the Ministry of Culture.

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