LabLitArch @ Princeton University
Very excited to be talking about the LabLitArch at Princeton University next week! https://ams.princeton.edu/events/cosponsoring/mellon-forum-mapping
Entries by Matteo Pericoli
LabLitArch News: Two Illuminating Workshops
From the LabLitArch News page The first workshop was held in April, in collaboration with professor Marco Maggi of USI University of Lugano (CH), Institute of Italian Studies, and organized by the City of Lugano.An array of participants, including USI literary students, graduate design students, and two selfless local architects (Flora and Michela), attended. Professor Maggi’s […]
Architettura letteraria. Una conversazione con Matteo Pericoli
di Marco Maggi Arabeschi N. 12, Dicembre 2018 Con l’aria di disegnare architetture e profili di città, Matteo Pericoli conduce da vent’anni un’indagine profonda e affascinante sul senso dei luoghi e dell’abitare. L’autore stesso la definisce una «ricerca dello spazio attraverso il disegno del dettaglio». All’origine fu Manhattan Unfurled (2001), lo skyline della City di […]
The Routledge Companion on Architecture, Literature and The City
It’s finally here and it is so exciting to see the Laboratory of Literary Architecture in a major academic publication! The Routledge Companion on Architecture, Literature and The City, edited by Jonathan Charley, features a chapter on the LabLitArch, which includes a narrative on the genesis of the laboratory, images, project samples, the Literary Architecture […]
L’Architettura delle storie – RSI Rete 2
Matteo Pericoli: l’architettura delle storie di Alessandra Garzoni In onda: 2 luglio 2019 – ore 8:00 Architetto e disegnatore attivo in Europa e negli Stati Uniti, Matteo Pericoli si interroga da anni sul perché le storie “stanno in piedi”. L’Architettura Letteraria, pratica innovativa di cui si occupa, esplora lo spazio narrativo passando per la costruzione […]
I WELCOME @ DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Prague, March 29, 2018 It’s a great honor to be part of Amnesty International’s “I WELCOME” campaign through this Art for Amnesty project exhibited at DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. When I was asked to participate I wondered: “What do I do?”, “What do I welcome?”, “What have I learned from my predictable […]
New LabLitArch video
A newly edited LabLitArch video. Special thanks to Twin Pixel Video and Al-Johara Beydoun (words). Visit http://lablitarch.com/ for more information.
On Calvino’s Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino As cidades invisíveis com ilustrações de Matteo Pericoli Companhia Das Letras Matteo Pericoli On Invisible Cities In Italy, if you study architecture (but not only), sooner or later you’ll end up having to read Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. It is usually among most design courses’ required readings — and rightly […]
Il cuore di Manhattan: un diario
Di Matteo Pericoli Un diario tenuto dall’1 marzo 2002 al 24 febbraio 2003 che accompagna il disegno a fisarmonica di oltre sei metri in Il cuore di Manhattan (Bompiani, 2003) [Click here for the English version] Nel maggio del 1998 presi per la prima volta la Circle Line, il battello che circumnaviga l’isola di Manhattan. […]
Manhattan Within: A Journal
By Matteo Pericoli A journal kept from March 1, 2002 until February 24, 2003 that accompanies the 22-foot long accordion-format drawing in Manhattan Within (Random House, 2003) [Clicca qui per la versione italiana] In May 1998 I took my first Circle Line tour around the island of Manhattan. That three-hour-long experience was the inspiration for […]