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Architect and co-founder at ARCò - Architecture and Cooperation, specialized in the architecture for development and emergency
Economist with a deep expertise in real estate and head of strategic consultancy at SCOA, he has been adjunct professor in Project Financing
www.ar-co.org
www.scoa.it
Renzo Baccolini
Engineer, founder and director of the journal The Plan
www.theplan.it
Alessio Battistella
Expert on history and design, former editor and vice-director of the journal Domus
Stefano Casciani
Peop and envi Arch prov in ha and But betw whe To b the p arch visio
www.domusweb.it
Fabio Renzi
Cristiana Colli
Journalist, social researcher and communications expert, has designed and organized cultural events dedicated to landscape, architecture, contemporary art and design
Secretary General of Symbola, Fondazione per le Qualità Italiane
www.symbola.net
Edoardo Zanchini
Brian Ford
Architect, former director of the School of Built Environment, University of Nottingham energy and environmental consultant and expert on vernacular innovation
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Architect, vice president of Legambiente and head of the energy and transport sectors
Annibale Rossi
Co-founder and president of Vento di Terra, an NGO active in countries in the developing world and in emergency situations
www.ventoditerra.org
Antonio Navarra
Climatologist, president of the Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici
People have changing needs and face new economic and environmental challenges. Architecture is called upon to provide appropriate responses in harmony with the environment and the cultural context. But there is a clear disconnect between ambitions and results when it comes to sustainability. To bridge the gap we must redraw the professional figure of the architect through new tools and visionary learning strategies.
www.cmcc.it
& Consulting
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Nicola Leonardi
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www.legambiente.it
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“ SOS emerges from a simple but fundamental idea (or a question): the future of our profession. SOS will be the place to build a culture of sustainability through dialogue among various personalities, sharing a common vision of the future. We will discuss climate, philosophy, economic forecasts for the city and the region. SOS will be the meeting place between the culture of sustainability and industry and research. Between ambition and reality. It is important that these worlds meet and that it be a place where young people learn to grasp the complexity of our field. SOS looks at the big goals for the coming decades, basing its approach upon the experience of working on major European objectives on issues of urban regeneration, on reclamation, and on new work tools. SOS is not a traditional school but a space of personal relationships. It will be a place for immersion in the times to come, but also a place of creativity and interaction. SOS is geared to those called to an active and participatory role in their educational process. SOS is a space that does not exist. It is a school but also a start-up, a place for working together and for sharing the experiences of others. SOS will get inside of companies to learn from them, to work with them in their laboratories and to seek new solutions for architecture. ”
The SOS manifesto appeared on Disegno magazine February 2015
SOS LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE BOLOGNA, 17 FEBruary 2015
Mario Cucinella è lieto di invitarla alla conferenza stampa di presentazione del progetto: S.O.S. SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABILITY La prima scuola professionale postgraduate per la sostenibilità in architettura
Con la partecipazione di: Virginio Merola, Sindaco di Bologna Matteo Lepore, Assessore Affari Istituzionali, Servizi Demografici, Relazioni Internazionali, Comunicazione, Marketing urbano, Innovazione e Lavoro del comune di Bologna Alessandro Marata, Presidente Ordine degli Architetti di Bologna Giovanni Ginocchini, Direttore Urban Center di Bologna Nicola Leonardi, Direttore The Plan
Stefano Casciani, Direttore Disegno: la nuova cultura industriale Antonio Navarra, Presidente Centro EuroMediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici Renzo Baccolini, Partner Scoa Luca De Biase, Responsabile NOVA24, Il Sole24Ore -----------------------Seguirà Open-Day per gli studenti
Mario Cucinella with Alberto Bruno, Renzo Baccolini and Stefano Casciani, members of SOS board, present SOS at Bologna Urban center
Mario Cucinella, SOS founder, presents the idea behind the concept
PRESS CONFERENCE AND OPEN DAY, ROME 27 FEBruary 2015
Mario Cucinella with Ermete Realacci, Enzo Cursio, Leopoldo Freyrie, and Mario Abis present SOS
Mario Cucinella with students attending the SOS conference in Rome
Renzo Piano G124 team (Eloisa Susanna, Roberto Corbia and Roberta Pastore) with Francesca Sartogo, president of EuroSolar Italy and Mario Cucinella.
SOS 1st OPEN WEEK URGENCY OF FUTURE TREIA 23-26 JUNE 2015
SOS Open Week Urgenza di futuro 23-25 giugno 2015, Treia (MC)
Nell’ambito del Festival della Soft Economy e del Seminario Estivo di Symbola
Alberto Bruno, SOS director with SOS 1st Open week participants at Treia
Alessio Battistella, SOS course director with the ‘Resilience’ team
The team working on “Architecture as a social business� theme
515 the 31째 International PLEA Conference Passive Low Energy Architecture www.plea2015.it
the 31째 International PLEA Conference Passive Low Energy Architecture www.plea2015.it
PLEA participants in Piazza Re Enzo, Bologna
SOS students at PLEA 2015
SOS students at PLEA 2015 with Mario Cucinella
1st SEMESTER COURSE SEPT 2015 - MARCH 2016 COMMON GROUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN COURSE
lecturers Mario Cucinella alberto bruno GIULIA PENTELLA ANTONIO NAVARRA Andreas Kipar luca de biase carlo ratti RAB BENNETTS Federico M. Butera GAETANO FASANO Chiara Tonelli DAVIDE JABES Brian Ford juan vallejo vivamolaQ roberto corbia Giovanni Formiglio antonella agnoli renato accorinti Gian Luca Galletti iago corazza
milena naldi giovanni ginocchini Guido moretti alessio battistella CATERINA SPOSATO ENRICO BORGARELLO TIZIANA DE MARCO consuelo nava carlo colloca LUCIANO MARABELLO PENSANDO MERIDIANO Edoardo Zanchini MAURO PANIGO PAOLO MARIA LOI PATRIZIA DI MONTE g124 team MASSIMO ALVISI MATTEO LEPORE LAURA LEE KLAUS BODE PETER CLEGG
Davide Jabes lecture at SOS on social research Alberto Bruno lecture on Environmental Design
Alessio Battistella and Roberto Corbia review SOS projects
Mauro Panigo lecture on Green Infrastructure
METROPOLITAN CITIES LECTURES CYCLE SAIE FAIR, BOLOGNA 14-17 OCTOBER 2015
Antonio Navarra president at CMCC, Gian Luca Galletti Italian Minister of the Environment and Mario Cucinella discuss the roadmap to COP21
The SOS area at SAIE: the wall displaying the results of SOS workshop on metropolitan cities
SOS students discuss with Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Minister of the Environment their vision on metropolitan cities
SOS students meets representatives of Bologna urban planning office to discuss the city strategic plan
SOS students with Antonio Navarra, Gian Luca Galletti, Alberto Bruno and Mario Cucinella at SAIE
1st SEMESTER COURSE SEPT 2015 - MARCH 2016 PROJECT SITES
bologna
stretto di messina
stretto di messina
Punta Faro, Messina
SOS students with SOS course director Roberto Corbia meet Renato Accorinti Major of Messina
SOS students with Prof. Consuelo Nava in Reggio Calabria
Stretto di Messina - site project
Stretto di Messina project wall at SOS
BOLOGNA
Bologna, view of the city from the hills
Site visit with the SOS students in Bologna
Project site in Bologna - “Prati di Caprara”
Bologna project wall at SOS
SOS OPEN SHARING IDEAS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY WITH THE COMMUNITY
Edoardo Zanchini, vicepresident of Legambiente Italia
Antonio Navarra, president of Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
The 1st SOS OPEN
Luca De Biase, editor and Journalist at SOLE24ORE
SOS Staff Mario Cucinella Founder
“ SOS emerges from a simple but fundamental idea (or a question): the future of our profession. SOS will be the place to build a culture of sustainability through dialogue among various personalities, sharing a common vision of the future. We will discuss climate, philosophy, economic forecasts for the city and the region. SOS will be the meeting place between the culture of sustainability and industry and research. Between ambition and reality. It is important that these worlds meet and that it be a place where young people learn to grasp the complexity of our field. SOS looks at the big goals for the coming decades, basing its approach upon the experience of working on major European objectives on issues of urban regeneration, on reclamation, and on new work tools. SOS is not a traditional school but a space of personal relationships. It will be a place for immersion in the times to come, but also a place of creativity and interaction. SOS is geared to those called to an active and participatory role in their educational process. SOS is a space that does not exist. It is a school but also a start-up, a place for working together and for sharing the experiences of others. SOS will get inside of companies to learn from them, to work with them in their laboratories and to seek new solutions for architecture. �
Alberto Bruno
People haveDirector changing needs SOS and face new economic and environmental challenges. Architecture is called upon to provide appropriate responses in harmony with the environment and the cultural context. But there is a clear disconnect between ambitions and results when it comes to sustainability. To bridge the gap we must redraw the professional figure of the architect through new tools and visionary learning strategies.
Roberto Corbia Course Director
Alessio Battistella Course Director
Caterina Aprile Assistant
Federica Nasturzio
Valentina Porceddu
Maria Teresa Miele
Luca Caruso
Valentina Torrente
Francesco Visco
Anna Devigili
Cecilia Patrizi