DECEMBER 2011
Best wishes

 

Christopher Wood, Zebra and Parachute.
DECEMBER 2011
Thinking about contemporary spaces



On December 14th a debate on the condition of the critics in architecture, together with Marco Brizi, Stefano Mirti and Gianni Pettena, moderated by Elisa Poli, in contemporary art space EX3, viale Giannotti 81, Florence.
DECEMBER 2011
Domus Accademy


On December 2nd we will present our latest works at the Domus Accademy
NOVEMBER 2011
Restyling of a Shopping Mall in Rome


On 2nd December there will be the presentation of the restyling of the Shopping Mall Primavera, a project developed in collaboration with the IED Research Centre through a workshop with IED graduated designers. Press conference at 11.30 a.m., mall tour at 12.30 a.m., live concert Righeira+Gazebo at 21.00 p.m. @ Shopping Mall Primavera, via della Primavera 194, Rome.
NOVEMBER 2011
Testify exhibition on Domus


Read the article of Florian Heilmeyer on Domus web.
OCTOBER 2011
Circo Italia

 

We have been invited at the exhibition Circo Italia, at the space Sin Tesi in via Principe Tommaso 26, Tourin. Opening saturday 5th november.
OCTOBER 2011 
The school on Architectural Review

 


The Maria Grazia Cutuli School project is published on the October issue of Architectural Review. Read it on the AR website. Browse the pages here.
OCTOBER 2011
Urbanpromo - preview Social Housing

 

On October 14th at 9.00 a.m., in Villa Gualino in Turin, we are going to present our research project Condominio Produttivo at the Urbanpromo - preview Social Housing, inside the session dedicated to Sustainability in social housing interventions, organized by SITI-Istituto Superiore sui Sistemi Territoriali per l'Innovazione. Download the invitation.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Picnic tables at MACRO museum


 

In occasion of the IED Design School's exhibition "New Design for New Relations", at MACRO museum in Rome, we designed a picnic table, thought as a working desk. It is in laminated wood and fully wired. Picture courtesy of Selena Mesoraca.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Block City exhibition

 
“The A101 Block City competition, organized for the Masshtab corporation in Moscow, envisioned the creation of a new city of 200.000 inhabitants near Moscow. The masterplan brief demanded that 80% of blocks have standard sizes. An open competition for the design of the blocks was organized. 210 architects from 20 countries took part – 147 projects are shown in this exhibition. They are presented here in the form of a catalogue from which and endless number of different cities can be built by simple replacing blocks with others”. Bart Goldhoorn
Our entry Urban Block is now on display inside the exhibition LIVING Frontiers of Architecture in the Louisiana Art Museum, close to Copenhagen. Image and informations from the NL Architects Blog.

SEPTEMBER 2011
Architecture and the City festival, San Francisco


Our shortvideo Castrum was selected for the 9th annual Architecture and the City festival, the nation’s largest architectural festival showcasing tours, films, workshops, exhibitions, lectures and more. It will be projected on 28th September at 5.30 p.m. in San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco. Check the program.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Video Castrum at MAXXI
 
 
On September 13th at 8.30 p.m., it will be projected the video Castrum at MAXXI inside the series of events Architecture Visions organised by Image ARCHIVE and hosted in YAP MAXXI spaces. 
For further information visit MAXXI and Image
SEPTEMBER 2011
Architects Talk at NAI

 

On September 8th 2011, at 8.00 p.m., we are going to participate to the NAI Architects Talk with the South African architect Jo Noero from Noero Wolff Architects. Jo Noero will explain his design of the Inkwenkwezi Secondary School in a shack settlement of Cape Town. Gianfranco Bombaci will talk about the design of the Maria Grazia Cutuli primary school in the Western province Herat in Afghanistan, designed with Mario Cutuli, ma0 and IaN+ offices. Both projects are currently displayed in the exhibiton Testify! Visit the NAI website
AUGUST 2011
Good summer

 

David Hockney, A Bigger Splash, 1967
JUNE 2011
A lecture at MAXXI

 

We have been invited wednesday 6 July at 20.30 to present our work, for the second appointmencurated of the Architecture Talks curated by Emilia Giorgi and Alessio Rosati, a project devoted to the most up-to-date Italian architecture. 24 Roman studios present their research and activities to the public. The programme will be an opportunity to discover, through brief conferences accompanied by videos and images, the work of recently founded practices in direct comparisons with internationally established studios. See on Abitare and on Domus.
JUNE 2011
An article on Domus web

 

Read the text of Matteo Costanzo on the exhibition of Tomas Saraceno at the MACRO in Rome on Domus.
JUNE 2011
Exhibition at NAI

 

We have been invited at the exhibition Testify! The Consequences of Architecture, curated for the opening of the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam by Lukas Feireiss, intentionally challenges the cross-examination of our built environment as the sole provenance of the architect and attempts to interweave architectural discourse into the very fabric of society. News soon.
JUNE 2011 
San Rocco 2 is out


The issue n.2 of the magazine San Rocco "The even covering of the field" is out. For further informations, please visit the San Rocco website.
MAY 2011
Maria Grazia Cutuli School on Abitare


A long reportage about the Maria Grazia Cutuli School in Herat, Afghanistan, is published inside the June issue of the magazine Abitare. Read the text here.
MAY 2011
Festarch

 

We are going to participate to the Festarch, International Architecture Festival 2011, inside the meeting about Emergency Architecture. Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia at 6.00 p.m. Download the program
MAY 2011
Lecture in Rome


The 31st of May at 5.00 p.m. we are going to present our recent works at the Faculty of Architecture "Valle Giulia", Sapienza University of Rome.
MAY 2011
Special Mention

 

We got the Special Mention of the Jury in occasion of the "Casa della Memoria" competition in Milan, for the public and collective dimension of our project.
MAY 2011
The Ring in Terni


Some pictures of our installation "The Ring" in Terni for FestarchLab. Courtesy Alessandro Marsili.
MAY 2011
Festarchlab in Terni
 
On 26th of May at 18.00, it will be opened the "Ring", our installation to host talks and lectures for the Festarch Lab 2011
MAY 2011
Biennale dello spazio pubblico

APRIL 2011
Love: a conversation with Salottobuono

 

On 18th April at 6.00 p.m. we will have a conversation with Salottobuono on Amore, the fourth act from Superstudio's Fundamental Acts. At Kaleidoscope Project Space in via Masera 10.
APRIL 2011
San Rocco Islands exhibition

 

On thursday, April 14th, at the 18.00, the opening of the San Rocco Islands exhibition, Brown Project Space, Via Eustachi 3, Milan, with the works of: Amedeo Martegani, Antonio Rovaldi, Alice Guareschi, Carmelo Bene, Charles Avery, Desertmed, Ettore Sottsass, Francesco Arena, Francesco Raganato, Gelatin, Luca Trevisani,Luigi Negro e Luigi Presicce, Sarah Ciracì, Stefano Graziani, Bas Princen / Monadnock, Point Supreme, Tetsuo Kondo, 2A+P/A.
APRIL 2011
First day of school in Herat

APRIL 2011
Maria Grazia Cutuli School, Herat, Afghanistan





On 4th of April 2011 it has been opened the Maria Grazia Cutuli School in Herat, Afghanistan. Watch the video on Corriere.it
MARCH 2011
Unplugged Italy

MARCH 2011
A text on Domus web

 

Read the text of Matteo Costanzo on the exhibition BioMilano of Stefano Boeri at the British Accademy in Rome on Domus.
FEBRUARY 2011
San Rocco Islands is out now



San Rocco islands is out now! You can purchase your copy here.
FEBRUARY 2011
Riti planetary video talk



See the Riti planetari talk.
FEBRUARY 2011
Riti planetari on Domus web

 

See the picture of the istallation Riti planetari on Domus.
FEBRUARY 2011
Riti planetari Talk

 

On saturday, February the 26th, at the 12.00, a talk between 2A+P/A, Salottobuono, and Gian Piero Frassinelli of Superstudio, moderated by Domitilla Dardi. Officine Farneto Crative Factory, via dei Monti della Farnesina 77, Rome.
FEBRUARY 2011
Italians do it better



Our project for the Maria Grazia Cutuli school in Afghanistan, together with Mario Cutuli, IaN+, ma0/emmeazero, on exhibit from february 24 to march 25 at SpazioFMG, via bergognone 27, Milano.
FEBRUARY 2011 
Riti planetari



On monday, February 21th, at the 19.00, the opening of the installation Riti planetari, in collaboration with Salottobuono, curated by Emilia Giorgi. Reload - Ex officine automobilistiche, Viale Arcangelo Ghisleri 44, Rome. With the support of Farneto Officine Creative Factory.
FEBRUARY 2011
After

 

On tuesday, February 8th, at the 19.00, the opening of the exhibition After, curated by Patrizia Ferri, in the renowned gallery La Nuova Pesa, via del Corso 530. We are going to show the istallation for the Culture Festival in L'Aquila.
JANUARY 2011
A new shop in Rome

 

Recently completed, the new women's clothing store utilefutile, in via del Governo Vecchio 97, in the historical center of Rome.
JANUARY 2011
Talk Show

 

In occasion of the opening of the first solo exhibition of our office The Pop Out Show, it has been organized a talk show moderated by Marco Brizzi. Guests invited to discuss the works on display have been: Luca Galofaro, Gabriele Mastrigli and Marialuisa Palumbo, and connected via Skype from Miami the curator of the exhibition Peter T. Lang.
JANUARY 2011
Map Office interview

 

Read on Abitare web a conversation between Matteo Costanzo and MAP Office, which was held in Rome for the monographic exhibition on the work of this couple of French architects, Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie Portefaix, since a long time transplanted in Hong Kong.
JANUARY 2011
New fresh ideas, L'Arca 264

On monday the 17th of January at 19:00, at the Acer in via di Villa Patrizi 11, Rome, will be presented the new issue of L'Arca.