Milano Arch Week will celebrate its third edition between Tuesday 21 May and Sunday 26 May, with sponsorship from the Triennale di Milano, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Municipality of Milan. The event is being organised in collaboration with the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, with Triennale president Stefano Boeri responsible for artistic direction.
Boeri was present at the press conference held in Sala Alessi at Palazzo Marino to unveil the event, alongside Mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala, Polytechnic University of Milan Chancellor Ferruccio Resta, Triennale di Milano artistic director Lorenza Baroncelli and Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation general secretary Massimiliano Tarantino. The speakers explored the links between Milano Arch Week and the themes of the XXII Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival, curated by Paola Antonelli, which encourages reflection on architecture and the complexity of contemporary urban life.
The event will address the question of how to “rebuild” our interrupted relationship with nature – taken as a complex web of environmental, social, cultural and economic issues – within the current state of urbanisation around the world.
The Milano Arch Week calendar includes lectures, talks, workshops (with participation open to young students) and itineraries. There’ll be plenty of big names from the world of architecture taking part in the event, including Al Borde, Ash Amin, Paola Antonelli, Assemble, Kunlé Ayademi, Alessandro Balducci, Said Berkane, Tatiana Bilbao, Mario Botta, Andrea Branzi, Alfredo Brillembourg, Bros, Frida Escobedo, Fala Atelier, Kristina Ford, Yuri Grigoryan, KayOne, Kosmos, Winy Maas, Giancarlo Mazzanti, Luca Mercalli, Saketu Mehta, Italo Rota, Pierre Sauvêtre, Salvatore Settis, Urbz, James Wei Ke, Eyal Weizman, Ma Yansong, Cino Zucchi and Sharon Zukin.
Milan is a city in a constant state of evolution and change. It’s vital, then, that we maintain a focus on the future. As such, the new Urban Center – which will be installed in the Palazzo dell’Arte from 1 March – will become the epicentre of a far-reaching process of reflection on the main challenges facing the capital of Lombardy between now and 2030.
One of the most notable new features for 2019 is a significant collaboration with Open House Milano, an event running alongside Arch Week that will see public and private buildings of particular architectural interest open their doors for free visits at the weekend.
