Copycat the book dedicated to the work of Cino Zucchi

Treviso, October 2012

Castles in the Air – Copycat

 -Castles in the Air- is a series that aims to tell the stories of special projects, through the testimony of authors, Comment observers, documentation and pictures of different construction sequences, made in the workshops De Castelli, to know how do the works.

Copycat, the first volume of the series, documents the work of Cino Zucchi-invited by director David Chipperfield to 13. International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale- awarded with a Special Mention Golden Lions, tracing key stages through the texts and images, through construction and installation at the Arsenale Corderie.

The work Copycat gives a body to the idea that cultures are propagated following formal processes of "contagion" that combine imitation and innovation, creating sequences of artifacts related to subtle variations on a common theme.

Marsilio Editore

1^a edition

pp. 128 with 168 color illustrations and 11 black / white

language: Italian and English

€ 15,00

isbn: 978-88-317-1479-2

 

The installation: Empathy and envy as generators of the form

The installation of a CZA gives substance to the idea that cultures are propagated according to the formal processes of "contagion" that combine imitation and innovation, creating sequences of artifacts related to subtle variations on a common theme. The metal cabinets that make it up are grouped around a central space paved with "pebbles" metal hexagonal. Each of them shows on its outer side a collection of objects or images linked from this principle of "almost equal": entomological boxes, Rolling Pins bread of Rajasthan, photographs of facades in Milan after World War II by Giovanna Silva, scale models of submarines, photographs of Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek of people united by similar attires, Remember edifici, a painting by Charlie Roberts, architectural models work CZA. The resemblance, rather than l '"originality", is what allows the dialogue between men, and what gives shape to urban environments that we recognize them as wallpapers beloved of our lives.

 

CZA – Cino Zucchi Architetti

The study Cino Zucchi Architetti search new spatial solutions for contemporary life in the delicate context of the European landscape. His commitment is to combine innovation and research with a professional completeness able to respond to complex projects of any scale, when necessary using an established network of expert advice (structures, systems, roads, economy, landscape, graphic, lighting).

The studio has designed and realized many public buildings, residential and commercial, public spaces, plans and master plans for the redesign of agricultural areas, industrial and historical; has participated in numerous national and international competitions by invitation, and is active in the field of interior design and staging.

The work of the study have been repeatedly shown in exhibitions and published in Italian and international journals. Among the most recent works include the master plan for the area of ​​Keski Pasila in Helsinki, the project of residences and offices for the former Alfa Romeo-Portello in Milan, the building to the offices of Group M in Assam (Milan), gli Headquarters Salewa a Bolzano, the new headquarters Lavazza in Turin, and the renovation and expansion of the National Automobile Museum in Turin, which has recently been awarded with the Inarch / Reeds 2011.

 

Cino Zucchi

Born in Milan in 1955, he received his B.S.A.D. at the M. I.T. in 1978 and a degree in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1979, where he is currently Professor of Architectural and Urban Design. He has taught in many international seminars and urban theory and was "visiting professor" at Syracuse University and at the ETH Zurich. It’ author of the books The architecture of the courtyards in Milan 1535-1706, Asnago and Sell. Architectures and projects 1925-1970, and edited the volume Construction Art Construction.

Along with the studio Cino Zucchi Architects has designed and built residential buildings, commercial, industrial, offices, museums, public spaces, master plans and urban industrial and historical areas in Italy and abroad. The project for the redesign of the abandoned area of ​​the former Junghans in Venice was awarded a mention all’European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2001, a Gold Medal Italian architecture 1995-2003, and won the Premio Piranesi 2001, the Architecture Prize "City of Venice" 2005 e l’Ecola Award 2008.

 

Profil Castelli

De Castelli, founded by Albino Celato, is the heir of the secular experience of the family Celato, passed down through generations of skilled blacksmiths and exemplary teachers in the manufacture of iron.

De Castelli works with iron, Cor-Ten, the stainless steel, brass and copper by combining the wisdom of a manual transmitted by craft and tradition with innovation achieved by the knowledge and the use of existing technologies.

De Castelli is the company that introduced the design in metal processing, declined in accessories for the home and the terrace,have a special uniqueness that thanks to the dimensional change and the use of unusual finishes, acquire a new aesthetic significance, generating an unexpected visual and emotional impact.

Manual interventions, valuable and accurate, characterize the details of production and the overall quality of the company's creations and are crucial to place the artifacts in a dimension of design, Art and Artigianato.

The constant collaboration with architects, designers and landscape architects of international repute and dedication in pursuing spending and implement the most complex ideas helped elevate the potential of the company, making it a reliable partner in projects of architectural scale.

 

Edited by Evelina Bazzo.

 

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