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Book presentation
Lotus 176 Sustainable Development
November 28 2024, 6.00pm
Free admission upon registration
We introduce Sustainable Development, the second issue of the magazine “Lotus” produced by Editoriale Lotus together with Triennale Milano. On the occasion of the development of the program of the 24th International Exhibition Inequalities, the magazine elaborates some special issues on the theme of inequalities, suggested as a horizon by the manifesto of the next edition. The new issue focuses on the idea of sustainable development by analyzing how it can influence architectural design.
Speakers include:
Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano; Pierluigi Nicolin, Director of “Lotus”; Fulvio Irace, Politecnico di Milano; Giampiero Bosoni, Politecnico di Milano; Sonia Calzoni, Calzoni architetti; and Gaia Piccarolo, Lotus International.
The idea of sustainable development, criticized by many as a contradiction in terms, has prompted a change in sensibility from which many rethinks about the theoretical status of architectural design and its limits have resulted. The reconsideration of the notion of durability induced by the dramatic images of climate change, great migrations, and so on, has led to the introjection of a spirit of thrift and in some cases to an outright renunciation of design. Between the two extreme positions represented by radical acceptance of environmentalist constraints and their relativization, “Lotus” seeks in the architectural solution an intermediate way, which exhibits special care for ecosystems and residual traces.
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