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Architect
Gabriele Tagliaventi
Gabriele Tagliaventi (Bologna, Italy, 1960)
is full professor of Architecture at the University of Ferrara. Graduated at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Bologna, has been CNR researcher in Münich at the Technical University in 1987-88 and Coordinator of the European Union Program
on Medium-Size Cities in 1993-1996. Authors of various projects of
architecture and town-planning, has received the 1st Prize at the
International Competition for the Reconstruction of the Laeken Street in
Bruxelles (1989), one of the five 1st Prizes at the International Competition
for the Reconstruction of the Warsaw City Core (1992), the 1st Prize at the
International Competition for the Reconstruction of the Marsham Street area
in London (1996).
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Main
Works:
Among his main works are the redevelopment of a mixed-use block in the Urban
periphery of Bologna, Zanolini Street (1988-93), the construction of 2
mixed-use buildings in Laeken Street, Bruxelles (1989-95), the new Urban
Neighborhood "Città Nuova" (1995-2002) in Alessandria (with
Leon Krier), the redevelopment of a mixed-use urban block in Valenza
(1997-2002), Italy, the project for a group of mixed-use buildings in the
Quartier am Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, (2000-2005), the work as
consultant in Urban Renaissance for the Municipality of Bologna since 1999,
the project for a new urban block in the centre of the town of Piove di Sacco
(2002-2005), Italy., the project for the Via della Pietra mixed-use
neighborhood in the periphery of Bologna actually under cunstruction
(2002-2005), the project for a residential urban block in Val d’Europe
(with Maurice Culot, 2005).
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Public Activities:
Since 1992 Gabriele Tagliaventi is the curator of the "A Vision of
Europe" Triennale International Exhibition of Bologna and of the
"Urban Renaissance" and “The Other Modern” travelling
exhibitions in Istanbul, Turkey;
Oslo, Norway;
Bruxelles, Belgium;
San Sebastian, Spain;
Lisbon, Portugal;
Berlin, Germany;
Strasbourg, France
in 1996-2001.
Vice-director of the A&C INTERNATIONAL, journal on architecture
and urbanism, among his various publications are: "Alla Ricerca della
Forma Urbana", Patron Ed. (Bologna
1988); "A Vision of Europe", Alinea Ed., (Florence,
1992); "Garden Cities. A Century of Ideas, Projects, Experiences",
Gangemi Ed. (Roma, 1994); "Urban Renaissance", Grafis Ed. (Bologna
1996), "The Other Modern 1900-2000" (Savona,
2000), “New Urbanism” (A&C Documents N. 1, Firenze,
2002), “Architecture in the Age of Globalization”
. (A&C Documents N. 2, Firenze, 2003),
“Towards a New Urban Renaissance” (A&C Documents N. 3, Firenze,
2004), “The Ecological Alternative to Sub-Urbanization”, (Alinea,
Firenze 2004), “Eco-Urban Architecture (Alinea, Firenze 2005).
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