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f LIVING IN MILAN ABITARE A MILANO INDICE GENERALE PREFRZIONE / PREFACE (PROLK GALLO) (G IN MILAN / ABITARE K MILANO CONTENTS 1 ASSOCIATY DESIGM-F MAROWT, 4 PISCOE, {SNBRDI,R. CATTANEO ‘M. MERLIN,¢.M1OFR C8720 PRANCET RIVA S-TEBINO .LOMAZZ,X. SNK CSTs, L.RABOM AKI O.LAUDA SD. §. GUIDARIM, BSALYADED cas0LD DeCLIORE, ML SERVETTO ARCETTETITASSOCIEN SHORE ‘oso D ARCHMTETTURR SIMONE MICHEL FEFERTORIO / INVENTORY 6 10 yan pemeabi Permeable spaces 2 ‘oa plarzadomostia /Kdomeste lama 8 irene srtateice /Rreitecteal ees % Somoclion plats / Fass dcempestion % hota invert Introvert andscapes % Menor eoslangerase /Coalersgorary memes 5 Phos espreslenns/Exprssene pathos 5 ‘lngavte ron Renewed harmonies 8 Dfsasalumieoa/ umineus dynamite ” Design daccisone/ Designer wtg:toe 8 CCnsaminaan ia oui‘ / bale eaeonee Fates cette alate ‘isanza ever fever elegans im ce yt of ight Memors ingen Maries incr Mineo aims. Sperimentaionl a lari / Rs experi at bibles Libary eras Progen abet / Panning feeders Tenant plant / Puig teases (Comenesazon plastic / Plastic interpensta ‘oa nfondaions /Refonadtion Trsfgeaiea /Tnaigeatine Contest metaich/ Meta conse ‘tells dala eens / Teena workshop, x SCHEDETECNICHE /TECHNIGALDATR 2.4 FORNITORI / SUPPLIERS PROGETTISTI / DESIGNERS 230 PREFACE This book establishes an unusual and refreshing rucedenl ‘or publietone on archtecture by rarow= 2g is spew'ram ewnicsvoly "9 home dosica as expe~ fused hora in tie Lombard eapstal, a tiome that oilers arate chance 3 apply a anitary ane crear epproad: to fw spesifes of the phenomenon, and 70 sare exent cet a new yerdstck for this type of neuiy, thereby caetcasine withthe ten Sagarentary approach edosted by secor magazines which, even in the case of special monograpaic :ssaes, ‘ond 19 ay Undue erapaasis or the innovenve aspects ofthe e~ jects discussed. Walle ine set of picecte discussed Frere canpot clam 19 3e an exhaustie Weak nent o Ihe ‘subject Dot eve a ayslanalie se-mphing, “hey shew Casa sone of the nove sbikig ane nevi trends Under Way ma Manone arse dee ge tolay "The character and datign of the domeatic enviton- Tent ig one oF the plane way ary lage city express 9 is ‘advo. sar Treve*ora seme a8 ne sur priso tat many sector publicetiors devote thelr aton- tion phe domests architecture ofa single city be New York, London, of Paris Given the Lon:bare casi- tes redoubtable Estory cf exploration in a folie of Cesign and the solid ieputicn os urivasly a2 tures, one can nardly wonder ‘hs: Mian is syacny mots wih Geaigr and fashion the wae! ze That sa.d, Nat's donc ec teciune and che die til lifeatyle of te Mil-newe them aelves do net nec sul cage For wari remaeis al or ret peri cig, var roeeally tha cya anenien totale works bee wavered, terishing its resuation as ¢ zailslezer ata generetor of new ideas ens imaginative focuses ¢f social ageregeicn ‘3 reaction the citys planers acd inhabitants have moraly heightened Hey quel for quay i che cesign of tas living uni: isl ec cr the specfc featunes thal populate 1. Whanca a cari cus distinction pathags aalvmom ng” Fe ety ene Skabitiag” it For many Milanssn, the home is a sofas sacra harbor we epee rer the wan Sua su:adee Buta Chri Norhere-Schi2 pois cov in hia seminal woes em Fate dee gr, the concert Sf reluce dees not automaticaly enrall the arubilancn sf the world about a; fis omensisly a lace in which tke indbidtal gathers hie memores of bat word, and arranges them in zelaticr. wil ave>yaay ke Uistcrically speaking, Man's architecture has a vadi- ton of being invarslcoking, Asif sy of ize, “ae sly chooses to sequester ‘aay than paiada “ toasutes Here the plessures of prvess hie ars eniecs privat, and waatever charing tarspiras is the ras: eda erate decision. And will ' is comentonal wisder ‘hat @ home is ky definiuon an enclave, an oasis, sense of privacy and reserve is made keene: © nature of *he urhen fabric, the building type, an our case by the distn=t mode by which the Manes interac: a the sccial level As ify reaction, this 1=.- cece and the paysical texure of the city aas Zoster= ‘ot domestic uileriox an egproaca ‘ha often B rev ground with respect to oe: elles, wicxe “he ferent sosia, oullock and mozea give Tice :0 a Hlamizoyent view cl private anteriores. The shit emphasis urser way is from. spacce desigua:sd £2 ccolleative cruticn teward those for ezivare enjeymer ‘Tho dintictive Oevor of the Nilanose resicence o ‘gces ben-iin-bens with the criteria of the installa: architectire whose properties have a value in & cam right. Moreover, the exy s ranks of practicing architects undovstediy have a special privilege 25 thei clients are usually key players of the worlse o fashion, art, culture. shotography, Cusinese, oth=:= ‘may have less money to thcw erourd but are bod well-equipped e10 partisan reveplve Glalegue ita Ihe ce ruil Fynersy heween shew and erchitee:, wx cultural Faggage texts to foster a common vs! of the comestic ervironment’s very purpose History has skovm that itis aways a certain cles ‘person that spurs innvericn chead, and the dé ‘panorama in Milan follows the eeme pate-n, With flourishing “collusion” ketween an enligatened. informe client ard the city’s Geeply rooted arc tural trection, che concepts that emerge freque: slray -a1 Oulside Lue usual vonventioms and estab ‘The rerviss have inernesioral resonance. ‘This book takes # close look at this characteriz aspect of Milan look-ag beyond :he individual scl tions o the projects theraselves and thelr wice var cf idiom: to demonstrate that @ vacle gereration ot moder designe:s are now capable c! freely exp! ing their ideas of home design having :etisoned n= conceptual trammele and theories by which certain funaioas of domestic architects wore Naled to be o: Virlualy universe) epplcatian, whateva: the siluation Cite olher band, thece is growing exidence Brat he as brea dofintively divhucred trom bis ere and -widered snore: acceansihie No rare = Gemiurge, torey's architect's no: permited to induige fomself and tis personal ideas, irrespective of the feeds and inclinations of who is to inka the house and occupy the very spaces being designed. The history of architecture has showm the feility of applying standardized paremeters tc acme design. On the contrary, the home is en ideal arena for playirg out song individual formulas, a piace in which the Sccupant contrives a fully pereonalzec eyetem of ‘og Without doubt this psy cuclogival diciarsion fog and Lama desigi lias bacomia univeally accap- fed but iz. Milan this awareness is interwoven wll a ‘eeen understanding o! desiga basics, including the puroly acstholic potential, The culccre ia a rich Banonly of invention that is pernaps more noticesh'e ere tan in ofher eties The open acknawlergrren of the crea wie of architosme as an essentia| amuctir- {ng ‘ores moans that Milenese komos sometimes veer off sharply ftom. corensional ideas of decor, ara fem ‘he rather qenorie instances of gpartaneity Walch may bbe pleasing to the eve but bring litle eclvancement 2 the culuze of interior design. Fer th:s reason, many Milanese imeric-s constute zathentic forms of arch: tecture and not wnerely decorative ‘linings! as it were, whence the apparent austerity of Mianese architec: ‘tue and inten design, bot being outviasc expres- sions of the citys characterie:c intellectual zigcz. in the process o: documenting the intricaciee of tis area of dango, the acak also maps current philoss phy 2 madarn ome dee gr through a select gam of bow projects, Tunlrating he diversity present in trond ‘and lypo‘ogicel variety which all testify 19 the sic ping away of cefne: layers of modern dogma and precenstitied linguistic codes, leying bare a tres ‘eur ouflook based: on tae idea of space, Tae lined us hete axe ample evdence that Milas archi- tecture hes come of age ard can exercise its fair in ighty personalizec and often innzvativa poetics, each (cre a tuly contemporary expression of Lome design. Seting aside a projects sefulable close inferrelalin vith its war comet cr host bulding ~ n some eases Ccheracterless ~ ga0a of tasse designs encapaulatas istinct mode of Lving tha: combines the ect o requirements and exrestatone of the cliea! exc dove tall these with the pernonel aptitude of she arch eet {this way ¢he layout oritaria applied are transforma into authentic oxprossiars af ways ef exseriencing the omostic environmert. [many cases the vesticticrs oncd by the site were overcome, o- thel: feanzes imagreted wih the new desig, Decomiag organic componen's of the new scheme Stmniarly the sdiom and architectural vocabulary show remarkable variety, and ratker thar sugges: an uacenlyizg lack of ili focus, they are a physical marfastalion of the arc tect’s personal research itto the significance of inari- of desiga ard afford a bnliant occasion for putting ideas info practice. Instead of amp3jing an unfocused laraism of design language, te often stikang clfer encee of approach and sheer vaziely of results, aclueved ur the projects showcased ee evines an. avecarching unily in balk parseption anc epplicion 4 umly thal is intr-ic to the Milanese acahitectra experience. Tn these projects we discover a substantial distanse fiom *he idan of fe horne as an entity distint fem its architecture, of interiors divorced fom the vcluries ‘and space they inhabit. Instezc xe fc new emphasis or compositor in zhe det a more focused choice of materials, and the rerticulers of the furrish- ‘age ~ whether these be elegant rewezkines of classic design cr custom pieces with a modern thrust, Audit 's by dim of tae structuring “uncton 0° thelr arcaitew- jure that Milanese komes become insvapes of the “ahabitan's psyche: the process of dentica:icn inher ent te the act cf dwelig in a given piace is enacted ‘through the erganization anc form ¢f 3 spaze, ard ‘heace through ite arcaiteoture. This emderses the ‘roton thet the truc home is the form the architecture lends it, a acting wick the inhabitant enbences wth ‘select memories, porsoncl projections ard subjective figures of he cumside wor'd, confirming Wittgens:ein ddiccar. 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