Matilde Moro
Vetro, sabbia e CO₂: tutto il vetro è riciclabile, ma non il vetro artistico
Il vetro è riciclabile all’infinito (ma non il vetro artistico, colorato in rosso e blu): la sabbia è sempre più scarsa: l’Europa punta su nuovi modelli circolari, il mercato globale...
Stockholm’s all-wood district: building with wood reduces carbon emissions and stores it
A city of wood: though there has been recent interest in Biophilic Urbanism and the existence of wooden structures, no project of this size has been created out of this...
New Voices in Venice: Azerbaijan, Latvia, Lebanon and more at Biennale 2025
First-time and emerging participants reshape discourse, with Azerbaijan’s “Equilibrium” and Latvia’s border defenses challenging the Arsenale’s traditional Western narrative
Brutalist, Finnish, Rough: rediscovering Alvar Aalto through his Silo in Oulu
Repurposing buildings with the ‘Geoarchaeology’ method: Factum foundations takes on a project in northern Finland – saving Alvar Aalto Silo with Skene Catling de la Peña architects
Dentro il Silo di Alvar Aalto a Oulu, nel nord della Finlandia
In corso la rigenerazione del Silo di Alvar Aalto, esempio di architettura brutalista – «Stiamo lavorando per salvare tutti i materiali, da questo rame nascerà una scultura»
Augustus Hotel & Resort, Forte dei Marmi: being vintage means researching and conservating
«I value work attitude and ethics more than seniority» an interview with Giacomo Maschietto – Augustus Hotel & Resort owner and CEO – on how to face the challenges of...
Bogotá Care blocks: a solution against unpaid work
In Bogotá, 1.2 million women dedicate most of their time to unpaid care work. Mayor Claudia López opened the Care Blocks project
Pain or pleasure? The opioid crisis in US
Pain and Pleasure – The opioid crisis in the U.S. turned into an epidemic. It all started with OxyContin and its marketing campaign by Purdue Pharmaceutics
Translators in Ukraine make humanitarian help possible, being their ears and voice
Ukrainian translators are often women who spent years abroad and learned other languages. They stepped up to help their country. A reportage from the war front
The use of AI in migration flows violates human rights: the European double standard
EU, double standard in the use of Artificial Intelligence: protecting EU citizens on the one hand, violating migrants’ human rights on the other. Facial recognition to lie-detectors to GPS trackers
How to feel alive during the holiday? Try dark tourism
How tv series turned dark tourism form a learning phenomenon to the idolization of serial killers, drug lords, and satanic cults – for the fun of it
Heat decreases productivity: climate change and job loss, Indian textile industry
It will get worse for people living and working in cities. Heat rises and climatic events put jobs, and people’s safety at risk. The system must adapt. The case of...
Digital death and Thanatechnology: What is this? Is it possible to live forever?
Death is the western social taboo par excellence. The digital age makes us question the inescapability of death. Social rituals are affected. Talking about death is a must
From Ukraine. Two million stories to begin to understand the war
Mediterranea Saving Humans activated right after the Russian invasion. Always standing by the civilian population – the only real victims
American pop culture – how Gossip Girl predicted and started the erosion of privacy
«It was once said that a person’s eyes are the window to their soul – that was before people had cell phones» – how American pop culture tell us who...
Nothing is forever, not even diamonds: from the Antwerp diamond district
Scandals linked to blood diamonds are coming back to Antwerp with the war in Ukraine. Zelensky speaks: «peace is more valuable than diamonds in shops»
Art versus gentrification in Queens, New York: Malikah exhibition at MoMA PS1
With rents rising 34% in a year, Malikah works to preserve Little Egypt identity against gentrification. Keeping the dual identity of immigrants intact. The exhibition at MoMA PS1
Humans are still at the center of everything – Before the Storm, Pinault Collection
Deconstructing the Western gaze: a post-naturalist aesthetic, the climate crisis - less a transformation than the visible manifestation. Before the Storm, Pinault Collection
Advertising pollutes the brain – Adbusters fights, est. 1989
The Canadian magazine Adbustes was founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn with a group of anti-capitalist activists. Today, it keeps thriving and fighting, with no ads
Queering, not finding answers: The Current III and the closing of a cycle at Ocean Space
Ocean Space 2023 program unfolded: a platform for inter-trans-cross-disciplinaries discourse. Simone Fattal and Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano use art to question and protest
De Angelis Testa family for Ca’ Pesaro: the biggest art donation since 1960
From artworks by Robert Rauschenberg, Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto to Marina Abramović. De Angelis Testa donation to Ca’ Pesaro and how public and private can come together
BIG and Vestre: the most efficient factory in the world is built in Norway
Transparency, renewable energy, burnt wood and production flows. Optimizing to build the factory of the future: BIG and Vestre present The Plus
Renaissance in Ferrara – Palazzo dei Diamanti re-opening by Studio Labics
Ancient and contemporary meet: architecture is a living art – the heritage of historical buildings must be made accessible and contemporary. Studio Labics vision
Regards Vénitiens: the exploited city seen with a reverse glaze. Nikos Aliagas
Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro hosts an exhibition by the Greek-French photographer Nikos Aliagas. Venice seen from the outside is all about respect and contamination
The failure of FTX means a new crypto crisis: where do NFTs stand?
Is the crypto crisis affecting NFT? Some see them as evil and some as the future of art. A model to be analyzed, to offer new perspectives
Raw materials: What Goes Around Comes Around, Bosco Sodi, Palazzo Grimani in Venice
Art is not fixed: Sodi’s pieces change according to the environment – and people – they are exposed to. Bosco Sodi unveils the latest show at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani in...
«A material waiting for its own language»: Webb Yates, building with stone
Working with natural materials – «What would the retro-futuristic extension of the Tudor era be? ». Steve Webb goes back to the fork of the road where we went wrong...
The new Colosseum floor shows a new face of the roman arena
«The effects of the climate have already affected the monument». To monitor the variables of the environment and using artificial intelligence to take care of it
Migrants are still drowning in the Mediterranean: the European border control policies
By its nature, the sea is a hard place to collect data. Using surveillance data with an inverted logic and data technology, Forensic Architecture denounces the human rights violations in...
Architecture, design, community: improving access to school in Madagascar with 3D printing
Locals were involved, from work to sharing knowledge and design. Architecture must start from togetherness and can help improve access to education globally
Over one billion people worldwide have no identification – blockchain as proof of identity?
Migrations are ever more frequent, but guaranteeing identity when moving to a new country is not easy. Blockchain can help, according to Monique Morrow
Point William: a peninsula in Canada as an experimental site for architecture
2021 RAIC gold medal Shim-Stycliffe architects have developed a twenty-year-long project, on the same site, with the same crew
Heating is the main polluter: Max Fordham and a Net Zero Carbon home in UK
Lead engineer Ali Shaw told us about the journey. From the idea to design and choosing materials. Sharing performance data and costs, he says, is a must to reach climate...
A holistic design approach to operate the first climate neutral airport terminal
«Airports are no longer just about travels; they are civic hubs», says CallisonRTKL, building the first net-zero airport
Henry Glogau makes self-sufficient, sun-powered water distillers in Chile and beyond
Glogau’s structure can be built with local waste: communities can use seawater, rainwater or water from polluted sources. Leftovers become a source of power for LED lights
The first ‘Building Minds’ school in Madagascar will be using 3D printing
«Education is the answer to solving the problems we do have, and a lot of people are not addressing the issue of infrastructure», says Maggie Grouts
The Catholic Church land assets: the first ever map
«Some say that we are witnessing the sixth mass extinction: it is caused by a living organism: us», says Goodlands founder Molly Burhans
Milano Ocean Week – A combination of video and sound: Dineo Bopape at Ocean Space
As part of The Soul Expanding Ocean #3 on show at Ocean Space, Dineo Seshee Bopape experiments with video, audio and physical objects to tell stories of and from the...
Milano Ocean Week: 2021 was the hottest year for the ocean with the worst acidification ever
One Ocean chose Milan, Italian economic capital to host the First Ocean Week. The event will take place every year, and get us closer to the seas
Lands In-between: Georgia, a crossroad between East and West – Professor Kavadze explains
Russia and the west powers have a responsibility: guaranteeing all the in-between lands the right to exist and foster. None of the two can do it on its own
Shigeru Ban – Building temporary shelters for Ukrainian refugees with Paper tubes, fabric and safety pins
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban builds partition systems with paper and fabric to guarantee refugees a human right to privacy
The need for a shift in the hospitality industry. Only a crisis produces real change
«One of the possible outcomes of the financial crisis is that chains will be less inclined to throw away everything they already have and rebuild from scratch»
Global food security is not well managed: the effects of climate change and the war in Ukraine
Wheat is a basic diet element, Russia and Ukraine are among the biggest producers. We followed current patterns across the globe with PhD Jonas Jägermeyr
3D printed house TECLA – using clay as a raw material will bring us a step closer
«The first project of a house that can adapt to different climates». Architect Mario Cucinella, talking about TECLA, a collaboration with Wasp 3D printing
Wasteocene: «extracting water from waste should be made a priority». Matt Boczkowski, Aquaporin
Ninety-nine percent of the world population has PFASs in their bodies from polluted drinking water. Improving water filtration can help regain consumer trust and reduce plastic waste
Vertical Farming, Aeroponics: A forest of energy-efficient buildings communicating with each other
Professor Dickinson Despommier argues urban agriculture as the way to gor to manage feeding the cities of the future. Plenty Inc. start up ready with 541 million dollars
