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PULO Market di a9a rchitects creates a sense of community

22-03-2023

PULO Market di a9a rchitects creates a sense of community

The Chinese a9a rchitects studio has designed PULO Market in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, a new multifunctional complex for The Ideal Land developer. The project serves as a reference point for new neighbourhoods to promote interaction between inhabitants and to help create a sense of belonging.

Kärdla City Pavilion designed by the Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter and Mareld Landscape Studios

01-11-2021

Kärdla City Pavilion designed by the Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter and Mareld Landscape Studios

Swedish architecture firm Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter, together with Swedish landscape architects from the Mareld Landscape studio have recently renovated the central square of the town of Kärdla, in Estonia. The intervention is one of several projects launched to celebrate the centenary of the nation’s declaration of independence.

Piergiorgio Corradin. The fish market in Livorno, Italy.

08-06-2018

Piergiorgio Corradin. The fish market in Livorno, Italy.

Professional photographer, Piergiorgio Corradin, alias Pikorra, named his exploration of the fish market in Livorno: Lische Squame Coda Amore Libertà (Fishbones Scales Tail Love Freedom). The same as the slogan created by Livorno-based artist, Viola Barbara on the outside of the building where fish is sold. Piergiorgio Corradin has lived in Livorno for eight years, leaving Turin, where he was born and raised, but bringing with him everything he absorbed of his hometown's post-industrial legacy. A cross-contamination that became clear to him when he interacted, from behind the camera, with Livorno, the capital of the Tuscan province of the same name This city is quite at odds with the regional panorama that surrounds it, with only 400 years of history and therefore not as old as Florence, Lucca and Pisa, so its varied urban fabric contains historical buildings standing alongside the modern ones of post-war reconstruction. He also explained to us that: “the port's presence is overwhelming, but at the same time it is not very open to the rest of the city; the town centre doesn't overlook the sea. For this reason, too, the process of creating my image of the city is discontinuous, slow and gradual, passing through commissioned work and saunterings." During his wanders, Piergiorgio Corradin obviously also came across the Fish Market, an iconic building along the lines of a pagoda, designed by Beata di Gaddo and Pietro Barucci, and built in 1960.  The building, with its bold stylistic language, halfway between the historic Venice district and the Old Fortress, became a favourite destination for the photographer, seeking to explore its details with his camera. In his work, Corradin, pays tribute to Luigi Ghirri, the brilliant Italian photographer who said: “Taking pictures, to me, is like looking at the world in a state of adolescence, renewing my stupor on a daily basis, a practice that reverses the motto of Ecclesiastes: nothing new under the sun. Photography seems to remind us that ‘there is nothing old under the sun’.”  Corradin himself always captures some surprising details, starting with the exterior, where he photographed the mural by Libera Capezzone painted on the market rooftop. It is a large sardine and has become a real landmark in the city, accompanied by the words “LISCHE SQUAME CODA AMORE LIBERTÀ”  (FISHBONES SCALES TAIL LOVE FREEDOM) coined by Livorno-based artist, Viola Barbara. These words underline the painting and have given Corradin's photographic work its title. In all these observations, it is interesting to see how his shots of the brightly coloured, fine quality and functional Fish Market interiors with warm wood and exposed concrete don't show any fishbones or scales, but you feel as if you can smell the fish that is sold here every morning wholesale. And these are the photographs that demonstrate Ghirri's lesson: photography can penetrate into the heart.  Corradin takes his photos without falling into the trap of parasitic images, photographing the market during its quiet moments. This does justice to the architectural structure with its joyful but solemn atmosphere and allows the viewer time and space to plunge into this environment where aesthetics and work come together. He commits an act of extreme honesty, a rare virtue in the world of visual communication, striving to capture the meaning of the place, without depriving us of the pleasure of discovery and wonder. Some of Corradin's photos are displayed in the exhibition titled Fotografia e Mondo del Lavoro - Il lavoro nel mondo della nautica: cantieri velici, cantieri nautici e correlati (Photography and the World of Work - Work in the world of boating: yacht-building yards, shipyards and more) opening in Livorno on 2 June. @chrisbuerklein Piergiorgio Corradin http://www.pikorra.com

Free Market, the Irish pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2018

25-04-2018

Free Market, the Irish pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2018

Freespace is the theme of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia chosen by Irish curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara from Grafton Architects.

Blow-up prints on glass for MVRDV’s Glass Farm

23-03-2018

Blow-up prints on glass for MVRDV’s Glass Farm

MVRDV built a covered market of glass and steel printed with photographs of the old building standing on the site in Schijndel, in the Netherlands

Snøhetta completes the Muttrah Fish Market - Oman

10-01-2018

Snøhetta completes the Muttrah Fish Market - Oman

The Muttrah Fish Market, Snøhetta’s latest new project, is the perfect synthesis of tradition and innovation, in the biggest port in Oman.


	A wooden frame for the new Keukenhof Garden gatehouse - Mecanoo Architecten

01-12-2017

A wooden frame for the new Keukenhof Garden gatehouse - Mecanoo Architecten

Mecanoo designed the new gatehouse for Amsterdam’s most famous flower garden, Keukenhof, with a minimal design concealing surprising architectural solutions that create a broad covered plaza

Area-17, Carlo Ratti and Iris Ceramica in the supermarket of the future in Milan

28-12-2016

Area-17, Carlo Ratti and Iris Ceramica in the supermarket of the future in Milan

Where will we go shopping in the future? In a supermarket where everything is only a click away! Architectural practice Area-17 designed a store of this kind for Coop in Bicocca Village, on the basis of experimental concepts developed and presented by Carlo Ratti Associati in the Coop pavilion at Expo 2015, covering the surfaces with Iris Ceramica porcelain.

Bárcena y Zufiaur redevelops Vitoria food market

20-07-2016

Bárcena y Zufiaur redevelops Vitoria food market

It took a lot of work, but Bárcena y Zufiaur have finally completed their redevelopment of Mercado de Abastos (food market) near Plaza de Santa Bárbara in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque country. With a new skin of glass and steel, Bárcena y Zufiaur’s Mercado de Abastos has been restored its central role in the cityscape.

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