18. 19.october 2019

Honorary Committee

Serena Ferretti ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

Scientific Committee

organizational secretariat and graphic design

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

MIES van der rohe . THE ARCHITECTURE

OF THE CITY

conference programme

friday / october 18th

Aula Rogers, Building 11, Politecnico di Milano Leonardo Campus,Via Ampère 2

3.00 – 3.30pm 3.30 – 4.00pm

4.00 – 6.00pm

6.00 – 6.30pm6.30pm

7.30pm

Conference RegistrationWelcome and Conference OpeningAdalberto Del Bo, Stefano Della Torre, Emilio Faroldi, Ilaria Valente

The Mies living legacy for the new cityChairman: Marco Biraghi - Politecnico di Milano

33 years after Barcelona Pavilion reconstruction. What I learnt from Ludvig MiesFernando Juan Ramos Galino - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Ideal Reconstruction of Villa Wolf in GubinAnnegret Burg - Fachhochschule Potsdam

Mies‘ path to Modernity: five forgotten projectsDietrich C. Neumann - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Restoration of the Verseidag Factory in KrefeldDaniel Lohmann - TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Cologne

The Legacy of Mies through the Restoration of the Neue NationalgalerieAndrea Canziani - Docomomo International, Sara Di Resta - IUAV

DiscussionVisit to the exhibition “Mies van Der Rohe. Un’idea di città”

Social Dinner - Upcycle-Milano Bike Café, Via Ampère 61/A

saturday / october 19th

Politecnico di Milano Leonardo Campus,Via Ampère 2

09.15-10.45am

10.45-11.00am

11.00-12.30am

12.30 -1.15pm

1.15 - 2.30pm

2.30 - 4.00pm

4.00 -4.30pm

Session 1, 2, 3, 4 / Parallel Sessions for authors presentations

Coffee break

Session 5, 6, 7 / Parallel Sessions for authors presentations

Learning and working with Mies Peter Forbes - FAIA Architect, professor at the Florence Institute of Design

Lunch

Session 8, 9, 10 / Parallel Sessions for authors presentations

Conclusions

Ferruccio Resta Rector, Politecnico di Milano

Federico Bucci Rector’s delegate for Cultural Policies, Politecnico di Milano

Ilaria Valente Dean AUIC School, Politecnico di Milano

Stefano Della Torre Head of ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

Antonio Monestiroli Professor emeritus, Politecnico di Milano

Eduardo Souto de Moura Politecnico di Milano

Kevin Harrington IIT - Professor emeritus Illinois Institue of Technology

Anna Ramos Fundació Mies van der Rohe

Martino Stierli MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art

Rashid Ng President ACSA - Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Oya Atalay Franck EAAE – European Association for Architectural Education

Adalberto Del Bo Chair, AUIC School

Marco Biraghi Vice Dean Delegate for Cultural Activities and Exhibitions, AUIC School

Michele Caja ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Milano

Massimo Ferrari ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

Martina Landsberger ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

Angelo Lorenzi ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

Tomaso Monestiroli ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

Raffaella Neri ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

POLITECNICO DI MILANOAUIC - School of Architecture Urban planning Construction engineering

ABC - Department of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering

session 1 - CLASSROOM A

History and Typology

Ivan Brambilla Tradition and Renewal. Mies van der Rohe's Early Houses between Berlin and PotsdamSotirios Zaroulas Mies van der Rohe and the progressive aspect of architectureStefano Passamonti Absolute space vs daily space. Domestic dimension and role of superfluous in the work of Mies van der RoheLuca Lanini View with a House. The Resor Paradox

Panelist: Renato Capozzi, Federica Visconti Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

9.15 - 10.45 am1.

session 2 - CLASSROOM B

Architectural Works

Anna Lisa Pecora The German Pavilion: shape and meaning. From town to detailJana Tichà Villa Tugendhat: The House, the Garden, the CityBruna di Palma The architecture as eponymous of the city. The case of the Mannheim theater by Mies van der RoheLeonardo Zuccaro Marchi Mapping Mies. An open typological comparison from the (in)complete library.Jacopo Leveratto The Enigma of Zarathustra’s Square: Conception, Reception and Life of Seagram Plaza

Panelist: Chiara Baglione Politecnico di Milano

9.15 - 10.45 am2.

Antonella Contin The work of Mies van der Rohe, image of technology and semantics of transparencyConcetta Montella Mies van der Rohe: Arte Architettura CittàMara Oliveira Eskinazi Mies and the primazy of the relations between space, structure and closureLuigi Mandraccio Tectonics towards the outside

Panelist: Ingrid Paoletti Politecnico di Milano

session 6 - CLASSROOM B

Structure and Form

11.00 - 12.30 am6.

session 7 - CLASSROOM C

Representation

Michele Bagnato Rhetoric in the architectural image. Mies van der Rohe: collage and montages for the construction of the architectural imageJan Frohburg The city inside: Mies’s photomontages of interior spacesPablo Gallego Picard Pictures are condition: space is existence. A walk along Mies Van Der Rohe’s 1921 FriedrichstrasClaudia Sansò The aesthetics of representationIrene Romano Transparency and layering. From the Resor to the Farnsworth house

Panelist: Vittorio Pizzigoni Università di Genova

11.00 - 12.30 am7.

session 8 - CLASSROOM A

History and Typology

David Richard Shanks Playing Against Type: Mies van der Rohe’s Federal Center Courthouse and the Architecture of JurisprudenceSimone Leoni Classical architecture as a methodological paradigmSpartaco Paris, Vincenzo Paolo Bagnato Training architecture through Mies' houses: The Lemke House in BerlinCamilla Lebboroni, Giovanni Longobardi, Giovanna Spadafora The courtyard house: type and urban form

Panelist: Domenico Chizzoniti Politecnico di Milano

2.30 - 4.00 pm

1.15 - 2.30 pm

8.

session 9 - CLASSROOM B

CITY AND NATURE

Luigi Cimmino The construction of the threshold between architecture and natureFederico Perugini, Carlo Berizzi What is the city made of?Deborah Lefosse A Modern interpretation of genius loci: Mies as a designer of new urban landscapesFabrizia Berlingieri The Nature at a distance, The cultural question of environment in Mies van der RoheJoão Silva Leite , Sérgio Padrão Fernandes Transparencies: the dialectic relationship in the city of Mies, permeability and rooting

Panelist: Sara Protasoni Politecnico di Milano

2.30 - 4.00 pm9.

session 10 - CLASSROOM C

Legacy and Heritage

Davide Franco Modernity in liturgical spaces, Mies’ chapel and Schwarz’ aula: a comparisonEmilio Battisti Mies and MeJosé Miguel Silva Ongoing authenticity or fake heritage?Alisia Tognon, Catherine Outram Desai Cultural Transplants: The legacy of Mies’s urban strategies in IndiaLaura Lizondo Sevilla, Zaida Garcia Requejo, José Santatecla Fayos Parallels between the teaching and architecture of Mies van der Rohe

Panelist: Paolo Scrivano Politecnico di Milano

2.30 - 4.00 pm10.

Andrea Valentini Retracing Mies’ Modernism: the anti‐romantic citySérgio Padrão Fernandes, João Silva Leite Still Mies. The legacy of public in Portuguese building typologiesSerena Orlandi The Mies “speech” in Colombia

session 5 - CLASSROOM A

Idea and Composition

COFFEE BREAK

LEARNING AND WORKING WITH MIES

Ilaria Maria Zedda Designing beside Mies, The architecture of the city in the Berliner Kulturforum: an ongoing challengeRoberta Esposito The Order of Grid in Mies van der Rohe. Three projects in ChicagoGaspare Oliva The Hilberseimer’s re-planning. The role of infrastructure in construction of discontinuous order within and against the metropolisYushi Uehara Core House, The Grain of Alternative UrbanizationDario Costi Mies and Klee _ where ideas were born

Panelist: Francesco Saverio Fera Università di Bologna

11.00 - 12.30 am

10.45 - 11.00 amLUNCH

Peter Forbes - FAIA Architect, professor at the Florence Institute of Design

5.

session 3 - CLASSROOM C

Theory and Design

Alessandro Canevari A Few Words to Build a MythLorenzo Giordano The myth of the origin, three projectsMarianna Charitonidou Mies’s representations as zeitwille: Großstadt between impersonality and autonomous individualEdoardo Marchese Textiles and time in Mies Van der Rohe’s Public spacesFrancesco Costanzo Depths of autonomy. Heteronomy and the construction of urban space starting from Mies

Panelist: Helder Casal Ribeiro University of Porto

9.15 - 10.45 am3.

session 4 - CLASSROOM D

History and Typology

Stefano Guidarini How lengthy are these brick walls?Bertrand Terlinden Lost in atlantis. The city Mies missed

Panelist: Pasquale Mei Politecnico di Milano

9.15 - 10.45 am4.

12.30-1.15 PM, CLASSROOM A