ARCHITECTURAL CLIMATE IN HOLLAND AND ITALY. ON CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY

The conference, promoted by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Rome, in collaboration with IN/ARCH and with NAi, will explore environmental sustainability and energy saving issues by presenting excellent cases in the Netherlands and in Italy. Among the guest speakers: Francine Houben (Mecanoo architecten) will present some of the studio's most recent projects, such as La Llotja in Lleida, Spain, which is nearing completion; Alex van de Beld (Onix) will talk about the Egenes Park complex in Stravanger, Norway, which explores the many applications of wood in architecture. This project is also featured in the recently released book Wood Works Onix (published by NAi Uitgevers), an adventurous exploration of wood architecture by Onix. Among the Italian architects who are presenting at the conference is Cino Zucchi (Cino Zucchi Architetti) who will introduce to the audience his residential buildings in Bologna, Italy, on the former fruit and vegetable market area as well as the U15 office building in Milan. Both projects by Cino Zucchi are currently under construction. Moderator for the conference is Fabrizio Gallanti (Abitare magazine). http://italy.nlembassy.org/l'agenda_culturale/il_clima