Exhibition opening: “Architetture e Paesaggi d'acqua. Strumenti retorici, immagine costruita”

A large painting realised by famous artist, designer and scenographer Marcello Nizzoli in the 1930s, describes, in the form of a map, the land reclamation of Emilia Romagna landscape.

Starting from this 20 sq.m. wide artwork, the exhibition traces a map of all the interventions carried out in the early1900s by Consorzio di Bonifica, which have completely made-up the current landscape of the Po valley, from the province of Reggio to the Lombard province of Mantua. A collection of photographs and fact sheets prepared by the Consorzio between 2010 and 2011 for the census of its architectural and environmental heritage.

15th -28th October 2011
Palazzo delle Bonifiche, Corso G. Garibaldi 42
Reggio Emilia

Speakers:

Carlo Quintelli, director of Festival di Architettura 6
Marino Zani, president of Consorzio Bonifica dell'Emilia Centrale
Domenico Turazza, director of Consorzio Bonifica dell'Emilia Centrale
Rosalia Vittorini, president of Do.co.mo.mo Italia (DOcumentation, COnservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the MOdern Movement)

Andrea Aleardi, president of AAA Italia - Associazione nazionale Archivi di Architettura contemporanea
Chiara Visentin, Università di Parma, Facoltà di architettura, exhibition curator
Federica Ottoni, Università di Parma, Facoltà di architettura
Andrea Zamboni, Università di Bologna, Facoltà di architettura Aldo Rossi