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HOW TO NARRATE THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE? | Centenary of Birth of Architectural Historian Bruno Zevi (1918-2000)

The Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning, the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, cordially invites you to the Annual International Conference of the Avie and Sarah Arenson Built Heritage Center at the Technion to mark the centenary of the birth of the architect, architectural historian, critic, educator, Italian statesman and Jewish activist Bruno Zevi (1918-2000). With the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa and Fondazione Bruno Zevi. In the presence of the Italian Ambassador in Israel, Mr. Gianluigi Benedetti.

Event in the framework of the cultural program “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

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Bruno Zevi holds a prominent place in mid-20th century writing on architecture. After World War II, he was among the first to publish a vision of modern architecture, adapted to the new perspectives of the postwar era. However, not only did he critique aspects of interwar modernism, he also strove to demonstrate how one could approach the entire legacy of architectural history from a modern point of view. The early books that he published in 1945-1950 (Verso un’architettura organica; Saper vedere l’architettura; Storia dell’architettura moderna; Architettura e storiografia, translated into English and other languages) add up to a historiographical construction that relates history to modernity. In that he partakes in the perennial project of retelling and remolding architectural history for contemporary needs.

The conference is therefore dedicated to Bruno Zevi’s version of architectural history, as well as to constructions of the narrative of architectural history in general. The need to rethink the established account in history books and in the classroom, is felt again in recent years in view of ongoing global processes and cultural change.

“Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” is a cultural program, which the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will implement in the Middle East and North Africa during the year 2018, with the purpose of consolidating the dialogue between the two sides of the Mediterranean Sea. A dialogue based on the exchange and enhancement of different cultural and social identities and the combination of tradition, innovation and creativity.

May 7th and 8th, 2018
Architecture Hall, MADATECH – National Museum of Science, Technology and Space
Rehov Balfour 22, Haifa

  • Organizzato da: Technion, Haifa
  • In collaborazione con: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Haifa