Material Contexts #4: David Gissen
January 7th, 2014Giovedì 9 Gennaio, David Gissen presenterà al Politecnico di Milano: Reconstructions, fake histories and other historical provocations
David Gissen è uno storico e teorico dell’architettura e dell’urbanistica, Professore Associato in Architettura e studi visivi e coordinatore del programma in storia/teoria in architettura al California College of the Arts. Il suo lavoro recente si concentra specificatamente sullo sviluppo di un nuovo concetto di natura nel pensiero architettonico e sulla definizione di nuovi parametri per una pratica sperimentale della storiografia dell’architettura.
Politecnico di Milano
Facoltà di Architettura e Società (via Ampère, 2)
Aula Gamma, ore 18:00
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Thursday 9th of January, David Gissen will present at the Politecnico di Milano Reconstructions, fake histories and other historical provocations
David Gissen is a historian and theorist of architecture and urbanism. He is associate professor (with tenure) of architecture and visual studies and coordinator of the history/theory curriculum for architecture at the California College of the Arts. His recent work specifically focuses on developing a novel concept of nature in architectural thought and the parameters for an experimental form of practice in architectural history. His curatorial, experimental historical, and design work has been staged in many architectural and art institutions in the U.S. and abroad.