architectural climate in holland and italy conference

‘road bridge/ citymarker’, sneek, the netherlands, 2008 by onix photo by karel zwaneveld

architectural climate in holland and italy. on construction and sustainability will be held on thursday december 3 at 2 pm at the ANCE auditorium in rome, italy. the conference, promoted by the royal netherlands embassy in rome, in collaboration with in/arch and with nai, will explore environmental sustainability and energy saving issues by presenting cases in the netherlands and in italy.

the conference, which is aimed at architects, contractors as well as at scholars and journalists, will hopefully establish a network of dutch and italian architects and contractors and reveal new market opportunities. ‘a research carried out by the embassy on architecture in italy ‘- says alphonsus stoelinga, dutch ambassador in rome – ‘proves the topicality and the urgency of sustainable architecture. the conference will be a starting point for an exchange of practical experiences. its final objective is to possibly identify opportunities for collaboration between the two countries.’

among the guest speakers: alex van de beld (onix) will talk about the egenes park complex in stravanger, norway, which explores the many applications of wood in architecture. among the italian architects who are presenting at the conference is cino zucchi (cino zucchi architetti) who will introduce to the audience his residential buildings in bologna, italy, on the former fruit and vegetable market area as well as the U15 office building in milan. both projects by cino zucchi are currently under construction.

the conference architectural climate in holland and italy is open to the public. for online registration visit in/arch.

‘road bridge/ citymarker’, sneek, the netherlands, 2008 by onix photo by peter de kan

‘public park’ san dona di piave, italy, 2007 by cino zucchi architetti with gueltrini and stignani associati photo by cino zucchi