Considering the rapid production of new technologies in current times, subjectivity is the predominant feature of all branches of art, including architecture. The image of the project often prevails over its content.
The “Places” instead, are still considered fundamental references for generating the project’s content, allowing us to re-write and recompose the historical components of the space. Therefore, the “Place” would stimulate innovation in architecture, and “Architecture” would expose the importance and significance of the place.
Innovation is represented not just by defining the structure of an object, but by re-writing its historic constituents. The process and definition of projects are regenerated through the “re-composition” of the components that reveal the place. In this sense, the more relevant the historical components are, both in their elements and contextually, the more stimulating the definition of architecture becomes.
Decomposing means exploring and highlighting in detail all fundamental elements of the objects; that is, understanding the necessary limits of history and its significance. Time, in this context, has no fixed limit and is no longer solely defined by history; instead, it represents the regenerated form of spaces and places.
Re-COMPOSE reveals the transformation of place, the history of its context, and history in general. In this sense, the 2023-24 exhibition features students’ work from the architecture and interior design programs that respond to the re-composition of “places” and “spaces,” through a variety of small-scale projects and strategies aimed at regenerating more complex urban public spaces.