studiometrico

The DPA of the Politecnico of Milan (I), with the GRAI of the
Ecole d’Architecture de Versailles (F) and the Raymond Lemaire
International Centre for Conservation in Leuven (B), has
managed a research within the EU programme Culture 2004
concerning the Atlantic Wall, the defence line built by German
occupation forces between 1939 and 1944 along the coasts of
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway.
More than 12.000 concrete bunkers were built, an impressive
number for cost and labour involved.
The project underlines the architectural and cultural value of an
unique transnational heritage, preserving a shared memory on
the European soil.
An heritage to be safeguarded by the construction of the
Atlantic Wall Linear Museum.

The Atlantic Wall Linear Museum exhibition, designed by
studiometrico has been held at the Politecnico di Milano
between 27 october and 11 november 2005.

1 – walkable map

2 – archive drawers

3 – floating tablets

4 – along the wall

photographs by Sabrina Ragucci

Fifty years ago an international group of architects called
Team 10 restored the human scale to architecture.
Although many of Team 10’s once-renowned members
are now forgotten, the group, whose founders included
the Dutch architects Aldo van Eyck and Jaap Bakema,
remains a source of inspiration for contemporary architects.
This first major survey of Team 10’s work draws upon
material from collections around the world, including the
Centre Pompidou, Harvard University, the UniversitÃ
di Venezia, the ETH Zurich and the Fondation Le Corbusier.

the exhibition will be at the NAI in Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
between september 24 2005 and january 8 2006

team 10, spoleto, italy, 1976
[we grabbed this pic from: domus 874, october 2004]

studiometrico in collaboration with
the Institute for psychiatric rehab Fatebenefratelli
of S. Colombano al Lambro, Milan, Italy and with
Prof. Gennaro Postiglione, DPA / Politecnico di Milano
launch a national ideas competition for architecture
students for the design of a bar within a hospital for
psychiatric rehabilitation to be managed by patients.
download competition brief in italian

painting by Ruggero Cazzanello