The curiosity of the designer is the title of the program of conferences presented by arch. Enrico Maria Ferrari (Contec Ingegneria) with the colleague Angelo Micheli (studio De Lucchi) that will investigate the special attitude of the designers involved in that delicate equilibrium of technical and human skills during the expression of their work.

Three meetings in June – 4th, 11th and 18th – organized by the Order of Architects and Urban Planners of the Province of Cremona, hosted at Associazione Professionisti in Via Palestro.

Library, Museum, Factory.
Cultural and working spaces engage architects and designers in a professional mission with anthropological, social and economic implications in the urban ecosystems.

Library (4 June)
The construction of a library has always been considered one of the most necessary and valuable civil actions.

Case history:
– Manica Lunga Library, Fondazione Cini, Isola di San Giorgio, Venice;
– Fondazione Bertarelli Library, Castello Sforzesco, Milan;
– San Giorgio Library, Fondazione CARISBO, Bologna;
– Laudense Library, Lodi;
– set-up of the Pieta Rondanini, Castello Sforzesco, Milan.

 

Museum (11 June)
Museums are like the low relief of a city, they represent the identity; past, present and future of a community.

Case history:
– Museum of the Fondazione Genus Bononiae, Palazzo Fava, Bologna;
– Museum of Ceramics, La Cavallerizza, Lodi;
– Museo Piazza della Scala, Intesa Sanpaolo, Milan;
– Villa Reale, “Il Belvedere”, Collection of the Triennale Milano, Monza;
– WEM World Expo Museum, Shanghai, China.

 

Factory (18 June)

Working or meeting place?
Space architecturally poor or opportunities of urban improvement?
What does “Factory” mean today?

This special dialogue will start from reflections developed along an imaginary journey through the “new factories” regenerated and the popular case of the factory of Alfa Romeo in Arese.