Andrea Branzi
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Andrea Branzi is an Italian architect and designer.
, where he also graduated in architecture. Currently he lives and works in Milan
, Italy
.
His work and interests relate to industrial design, architecture, urban planning, and cultural promotion. He also works as a professor of industrial design at the Politecnico di Milano University.
He founded with Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi and Gilberto Coretti the Archizoom
associates. He is a promoter of the Italian Radical Architecture movement
. From the Radical Period, came the very famous Superarchitettura
theoretical framework, which brought to Anti-Design.
In his career, Branzi wrote many books, among which are Learning from Milan, The Hot House and Domestic Animals (published by MIT press
), 'Nouvelles de la Metropole Froide' (Centre Georges Pompidou) and Introduzione al Design Italiano.
Branzi has collaborated with many Italian architectural magazines such as 'Interni', 'Domus
', 'Casabella
'. He has also been the editor of MODO (1983–1987).
In 1983 he was one of the founders of the 'Domus Academy', the first international post-graduate school of design.
Biography
Branzi was born in FlorenceFlorence
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, where he also graduated in architecture. Currently he lives and works in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
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.
His work and interests relate to industrial design, architecture, urban planning, and cultural promotion. He also works as a professor of industrial design at the Politecnico di Milano University.
He founded with Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi and Gilberto Coretti the Archizoom
Archizoom
Archizoom Association was a design studio founded in 1966 in Florence, Italy, by four architects: Andrea Branzi, Gilberto Corretti, Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi; and two designers: Dario Bartolini and Lucia Bartolini....
associates. He is a promoter of the Italian Radical Architecture movement
Radical period (design)
In Italy, in the second part of the 1960s, the design avant-gardes entered a new period of construction named "Radical".Probably the most notorious result of such avant-garde period is the very famous installation called "Superarchitettura", made in Pistoia in 1966.Within the Italian design...
. From the Radical Period, came the very famous Superarchitettura
Superarchitettura
Superarchitettura is a theoretical & conceptual framework, whose physical definition has been given at the homonymous 1966 exhibition, held at Jolly2, an art gallery of Pistoia, Italy....
theoretical framework, which brought to Anti-Design.
In his career, Branzi wrote many books, among which are Learning from Milan, The Hot House and Domestic Animals (published by MIT press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
), 'Nouvelles de la Metropole Froide' (Centre Georges Pompidou) and Introduzione al Design Italiano.
Branzi has collaborated with many Italian architectural magazines such as 'Interni', 'Domus
Domus (magazine)
Domus is the name of two magazines, one published in Italy and one in the United States.* Domus is an Italian magazine, first published in 1928, which focuses on design and architecture. It is bilingual, with articles printed in both Italian and English....
', 'Casabella
Casabella
Casabella is an Italian architectural and product design magazine with a focus on modern, radical design. It includes interviews with the world's most prominent architects....
'. He has also been the editor of MODO (1983–1987).
In 1983 he was one of the founders of the 'Domus Academy', the first international post-graduate school of design.
External links
- Official website
- Biography at Ketterer Kunst Retrieved 11 September 2010
- Interview at Design Boom Retrieved 11 September 2010