Lecture "Claudio Silvestrin: Works and Inspiration" (Thursday 17 October at 6:00PM at the Embassy of Italy)
---- This talk will occur within the larger theme "Italian Design in the Second Half of the 20th Century", one of the events celebrating the Year of the Italian Culture in the U.S. A. ----
For details and RSVP follow this link.
Location: Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington, DC 2008
Event sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC and the CUA School of Architecture and Planning. This lecture is also part of the AIA-DC 2013 Architecture Week
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Walton Critic Program Information
Architect Claudio Silvestrin is based in London and Milan and the author of an internationally recognized oeuvre that covers not only architecture but also a wide range of design scales and interests. His works are distinguished by being austere but not extreme, contemporary yet timeless, calming but not ascetic, strong but not intimidating, elegant but not ostentatious, simple but not soulless. His aim is to raise human awareness of an evolution which is not merely technological and material, but which fundamentally encompasses emotion and spirit, man and nature, and has beauty at its compass. He pursues this conviction with a thought process based on depth, integrity, clarity of mind, inventiveness and concern for details. Claudio Silvestrin’s thoughts on today’s challenges as well as his work have been featured in four books, many professional magazines and journals, exhibitions, as well as other media outlets. While he has visited and done work in America, he has rarely lectured or taught in the US. This gives our school and program a special opportunity to learn from a remarkable individual and professional. For more on architect Claudio Silvestrin:, follow this link
During his residence at CUA School of Architecture and Planning, architect Silvestrin will direct at three-week long design studio centered in the intersection between culture and spirituality. As the 2013 Walton Critic, he will participate in the life of the school through guest talks, reviews, and spontaneous meeting with students and faculty. His main public (and free) lecture will be
Can Architecture uplift our spirit and prevent the weight of materialism from crushing us
Wednesday 11 Sept at 6:00PM (at the School of Architecture, CUA campus
In addition, the Embassy of Italy and CUArch will host “Claudio Silvestrin: Works and Inspirations ”, to take place on Thursday 17 October in the evening at the Embassy. This event, part of a special program celebrating Italian culture and design, is included in the 2013 AIA-DC architectural week. For details, go here
Claudio Silvestrin’s residence is made possible in part by the Clarence Walton Fund for Catholic Architecture. Past Walton Critics include architects Antoine Predock (2009), Craig Hartman (2010), Juhani Pallasmaa (2011) and Alberto Campo Baeza (2012.
Julio Bermudez, director, Associate Professor