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Architettura Invisibile

An exhibition in Rome combines Metabolists and Radicals, which developed parallel experiences by sharing the themes of investigation and languages.

Arata Isozaki, Expo'70 Osaka, Festival Plaza and Devices, 1970. Misa Shin & Co

The search for a control of the environment at every design scale, the desire for rede ning the future of society through technology, the development of new ideas for inhabiting the planet: the unbiased architectural experimentations that took place in Japan and Italy in the 1960s and 1970s are at the core of the “Architettura Invisibile (Invisible architecture)” exhibition.

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

Studio Analogique, installation view, Carlo Bilotti museum, Rome

The event arises from an exploration of the historical role, in the course of the 1960s and 1970s, of Japanese architecture avant-gardes that convened in the Metabolist movement and in the Italian Radical Architecture. Curated by Rita Elvira Adamo, the exhibition highlights the similarities and disparities between the two experiences.

Kisho Kurosawa, Capsule Summer House, axonometric view, scale 1:20. Kisho Kurosawa Architects and Associates — Top: Arata Isozaki, Expo'70 Osaka, Festival Plaza and Devices, 1970. Misa Shin & Co. Avove: Kisho Kurosawa, Capsule Summer House, axonometric view, scale 1:20. Kisho Kurosawa Architects and Associates

A wide range of prominent authors, who starting from their innovative experimentations affirmed themselves as protagonists of contemporary architectural research, are part of the exhibition: Arata Isozaki, Archizoom, Superstudio, Kenzo Tange, UFO… their works, that will also be described by means of the publications that contributed to the definition of the reciprocal influences between the researches led in the two countries, will be introduced by a survey of the cultural, artistic, social, political conditions that triggered the rise of these phenomena.

Archizoom, Teatri, 3 prints, 1968. Drawing Matter Collection

The final segment of the exhibition, symbolized by a large inflatable element specifically designed by Analogique and that will be placed on the terrace of the museum, will accommodate design experiences developed in the last years in Japan and Italy that interpret, some 50 years later, the same themes – environment, technology, Inhabitation – investigated by the Metabolist and radical avant-gardes.

Kenzo Tange and Arata Isozaki, Office Building, plan for Tokyo, perspective of the office tower, 1960. Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo

19 January – 26 March 2017
Architettura Invisibile
curated by Rita Elvira Adamo
exhibition design by Studio Analogique
Museo Carlo Bilotti
Aranciera di Villa Borghese
viale Fiorello La Guardia, 6, Rome

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