Archi-Chemical Reactions
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm |
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| Location: | Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design |
| Cost: | free |
| Contact: | Erin French |
| Phone: | 515-294-7153 |
| Channel: | College of Design |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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The postmodern condition of semantic consumption of architectural space demands a rigorous scientific method of analysis and research. As in a research lab, Cece will address this general statement in his lecture through a limited theoretical tool set of reagents applied to selected projects as elements of a metaphorical chemical reaction.
Alessandro Cece is a registered Italian architect whose theoretical and practical research activity focuses on the philosophies of Peter Eisenman and Manfredo Tafuri, Italian modernism and typological studies. As a designer for Eisenman Architects, Cece participated in a number of international commissions and competitions, and his work was published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Marsilio, Edizioni Kappa, Federico Motta, Electa Napoli and Editrice Universitaria Weger. From 2009 to 2010 he was an editor for the magazine Compasses.
Cece served on the architecture faculty at the Second University of Naples from 2003 to 2009, and since 2010 he has taught interior design as an instructor for the Iowa State University College of Design Rome Program. He holds a doctorate in architectural and urban design from the Second University of Naples and a Master of Science in advanced architectural design from Columbia University.
Cece's presentation is sponsored by the ISU College of Design Rome Program.