Venice studio 2021 program

Program Address

Accidental tourist: designing for the Serenissima.

2021 Venice Studio Commencement Lecture by Cino Zucchi

As tourists, we do not see the real Venice; but this happens in every holiday resort, which has to deform its characters according to the simplified expectations of the distracted visitor. Like an answer already contained in a rhetorical question, the visual stereotype of the Venetian environment changes its source, prevents us from experiencing the city as it is. If Marrakech can only be Moorish, Venice can only be Venetian; but this ‘Venetianness’ is shaped by the gradual corruption of the romantic reading that over time has been superimposed on the real Venice.

Cino Zucchi

Born in Milano in 1955, Cino Zucchi graduated at M.I.T. and at the Politecnico di Milano, where he presently teaches. Author of several articles and books on architectural theory and history, he has been the curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale of Architecture and Visiting Professor at Harvard GSD. Together with his studio CZA he has designed and realized several buildings, public spaces and master plans which deserved prizes and mentions.

Nato a Milano nel 1955, Cino Zucchi si è laureato all’M.I.T. e al Politecnico di Milano, dove insegna. Autore di numerosi articoli e libri di teoria e storia dell’architettura, è stato il curatore del Padiglione Italiano alla Biennale di Architettura di Venezia nel 2014 e Visiting professor al GSD di Harvard. Insieme al suo studio CZA ha progettato e realizzato numerosi edifici, spazi pubblici e piani urbanistici che hanno meritato premi e menzioni.