IDD_Bogota

Italian Design Day / Launch of POLITO Studio Latin-America

Organizers:

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotà, Politecnico di Torino, Ordine degli Architetti di Torino, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Ambasciata d’Italia a Bogotà

Partners:

Magalhães Network

Date:

23.03.2022
10:00 – 12:30 (Colombia time)
16.00 – 18:30 (Italy time)

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Description:

In occasion of the Italian Design Day 2022 hosted by Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the project POLITO Studio LatAm will be launched. After having started POLITO Studio China one year ago, POLITO Studio LatAm, aims at the promotion of international models of collaboration within the practice of architecture, in Colombia and other countries of Latin-America. It is a collaborative project between Politecnico di Torino, Ordine degli Architetti di Torino, and Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá (https://www.oato.it/servizi/polito-studio/).

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Meeting ID: 885 7810 6322
Access code: 537468

Languages: Italian and Spanish

Program:

10:00 (16:00 Italy), Institutional greetings with:

  • Michele Cavallaro, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá
  • Maria Adelaida Farah Quijano, Vice-Rector for Outreach and Interinstitutional Relations (Javeriana)
  • Alfonso Gómez Gómez, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design (Javeriana)
  • Giovanni Calvano, Director of International Affairs (Javeriana)
  • Michele Bonino, Rector’s delegate, representative of POLITO Studio (Politecnico di Torino)
  • Paolo Mellano, Director of the Department of Architecture and Design (Politecnico di Torino)
  • Maria Cristina Milanese, President OATO – Ordine degli Architetti di Torino

10:30 (16:30 Italy), Lecture by Prof. Paolo Mellano “The culture of Italian Design in the experiences of internationalization of research between Italy and Colombia”

11:30 (17:30 Italy), Presentation of the collaborative project POLITO Studio between Italian and Colombian architects; with Peter Jaeger, Valeria Federighi, Lorenzo Savio

  • Presentation of the project objectives. Presentation of the results and ongoing activities of the first edition in collaboration with China
  • POLITO Studio LatinAmerica, road-map and call for participation Presentation of the activities of the planning group of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá
  • The word to the participants

12:30 (18:30 Italy) Closing of the event for participants in remote connection