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ABOUT A WINDOW
Torino
2015

   





©ANDREA CASSI, 2020



ANDREA CASSI


Partner at
Carlo Ratti Associati

CoFounder and director of




about


Andrea graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Torino with a thesis on the role of digital technologies in the contemporary city, developed at the Senseable City Lab at MIT. In 2008, his work with Weekend In A Morning “The tree sap, the divers and the silence” was exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
In 2010, with Weekend In a Morning, he won the international competition “Rome City Vision”. He periodically wrote for the architecture magazine “City Vision Mag” and he has been a teaching assistant for the Architecture Design workshop at the Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano.

selected
honours


THE CIRCLE, THE TOWN AND THE BALLOONS international competition Rome City Vision, Roma/Italia 2010, first prize.

TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE international competition Silk Road Map, World Expo Shangai, Shangai/Cina 2010, selected project New Italian Blood.
 

THE TREE SAP, THE DIVERS AND THE SILENCE international competition Everyville, 11° Biennale di Architettura, Venezia/ Italia 2008 progetto vincitore,showcased in the exhibition of Architecture Beyond Building curated by Aaron Betsky during the 11th International Architecture Exhibition organized by Biennale di Venezia.

selected exhibitions
and lectures

December 2019 | THE EYES OF THE CITY, Shenzen Biennale - November 2019 | ROUND TABLE ON PUBLIC SPACE, Singapore, La Fabrique de la Cité - June 2019 | IL NUOVO PAESAGGIO DEL LAVORO, Milano EXPO DAYS 2015 curator of the installation Makr Shakr by carlorattiassociati and SENSEable City Lab, for the exhibition Expo Days for Expo 2015 at Triennale di Milano, April 2013 OUR UNIVERSE -CASSINA curator of the exhibition Our Universe by carlorattiassociati and Cassina during the Design Week 2013 in Milano CIRCO ITALIA curator of the project Circo Italia a digital artwork composed of different artworks made by several invited architects and artists such as: Super!(Patrick Tuttofuoco, Riccardo Previdi, Franceso Simeti), 2A+P/A, Baukuh, Daniele Galliano, Francesco Lipari, Marc, Salottobuono, Alex Pinna, Beniamino Servino, Max Tomasinelli, Yellow Office, 2011/2012 LOVE AND KILL YOUR OWN TOWN we used to sleep Lecture for the Pecha Kucha Night Roma vol.3 - Love and Kill your own town, at the Circolo degli artisti, Roma 2010 WIEN BAUT BERLIN Sekression Project showcased at the exhibition Wien baut Berlin Exhibition in the art gallery Hotel Burgas Gallery,
Vienna 2011 AN INTERNATIONAL VIEW ON ANTWERP AND ITS MISSING TOWER L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux Project showcased at the exhibition An international view on Antwerp and its missing tower for the international competion, Design the absence, Antwerp 2010 ROME CITY VISION the circle, the town and the balloons (progetto vincitore) showcased at La Casa Dell’Architettura, Roma/Italia 2010 LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA the three sap, the divers and the silence project showcased in the exhibition of Architecture Beyond Building curated by Aaron Betsky during the 11th International Architecture Exhibition organized by Biennale di Venezia as a winning project of the international competition Everyville.

selected
publications

SMART CITY with Carlo Ratti, editorial in Courrier des Maires, February 2013
FROM THE MICROCHIP TO THE PLANET with Carlo Ratti, Martine Grange and Jenni Young, in ELISAVA_Design_Review, pp. 66-75, October 2012 THE CIRCLE, THE TOWN AND THE BALLOONS KERB in Journal of Landscape Architecture – RMIT University, June 2012 SCHIKANEDER MEMORIES (BENNY GOODMAN AND THE ANCIENT SMUGGLER), City Vision Magazine n.6, p.48-51, May 2012 DAYTROTTER FREAKSHOW City Vision Magazine n.5, p. 40-41, February 2012 DIALOGO SOMMERSO TRA GLI ABISSI CONTEMPORANEI in City Vision Magazine Issue 4, pp. 20-21,
September 2011 QUANDO I MURI SONO MAPPE, La Valsusa n. 21, p.39, 26 May 2011 ROME CITY VISION pubblicato in .DOC Magazine n.1, pp. 15-16, Febbraio 2011 THE CIRCLE, THE TOWN AND THE BALLOONS in City Vision Magazine Issue 1, Cover + pp. 24-26, September 2010 UN VALSUSINO A COPENHAGEN CON LA BICICLETTA DEL FUTURO, La Valsusa n. 49, p.6, 24 December 2009 LA RESINA, I PALOMBARI E IL SILENZIO in Il Giornale dell’Architettura, October 2008.




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