Event Type : Exhibitions

Exhibition of Paolo Ventura’s works – open 

Paolo Ventura, an international Milanese artist and photographer, mixes painting and photography. In “Milano Proiezioni Astratte” the immortalized buildings are reworked with color by the artist to create a metaphysical urban vision.

“I start with a photograph I take with my mobile phone, I print it, and then with a brush and a few colors I begin to eliminate everything that gets in the way of my thinking. It’s interesting how a different place quickly appears, almost a theatrical scenography suspended between the curtain’s rising and the performance’s start. I feel like I’m walking in a city late at night, but with a light that illuminates it, an eclipse in reverse. For me, Milan is a city drawn in the sky by hundreds of cables and wires that cross each other, run parallel, chase each other, and turn. In addition to creating an abstract projection of the city, these cables hold the buildings together like immobile puppets. A large pair of scissors could cut one of these cables and everything would collapse” (Paolo Ventura)

Annex

Colophon

Poster

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability, aims to describe, also to non-specialist visitors, cultures and aspects of fashion that can be found in the Archival Fonds and Library Collections of the Politecnico di Milano, or that are connected to it through the personal and design history of the authors involved. The five themes are thus found throughout the exhibition panels and tables, dedicated to the figures of Gianfranco Ferré and Renzo Piano; but also Marina Spadafora, promoter of ethical and sustainable fashion; Andrea Pfister, fashion designer; and Elsa Haertter, fashion photographer.
Fashion emerges as a transversal language. Through archive materials, designs, images and original objects, the visitor is invited to discover how it is not just clothing or an accessory, but cultural vision, design research and social identity. A reflection on the power that fashion has to narrate the world, change perspectives and create relationships between disciplines.

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability will be open until September 15, 2025 at the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Candiani Campus, with the following hours:

• Exhibition Hall: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Originals Room: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Curated by:
Giovanni Maria Conti and Roberto Dulio
with Paola Bertola and Federica Vacca
and Campus Life Area, Politecnico di Milano

To book special openings or guided tours for groups, contact archivio@polimi.it

Exhibition of Paolo Ventura’s works – open 

Paolo Ventura, an international Milanese artist and photographer, mixes painting and photography. In “Milano Proiezioni Astratte” the immortalized buildings are reworked with color by the artist to create a metaphysical urban vision.

“I start with a photograph I take with my mobile phone, I print it, and then with a brush and a few colors I begin to eliminate everything that gets in the way of my thinking. It’s interesting how a different place quickly appears, almost a theatrical scenography suspended between the curtain’s rising and the performance’s start. I feel like I’m walking in a city late at night, but with a light that illuminates it, an eclipse in reverse. For me, Milan is a city drawn in the sky by hundreds of cables and wires that cross each other, run parallel, chase each other, and turn. In addition to creating an abstract projection of the city, these cables hold the buildings together like immobile puppets. A large pair of scissors could cut one of these cables and everything would collapse” (Paolo Ventura)

Annex

Colophon

Poster

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability, aims to describe, also to non-specialist visitors, cultures and aspects of fashion that can be found in the Archival Fonds and Library Collections of the Politecnico di Milano, or that are connected to it through the personal and design history of the authors involved. The five themes are thus found throughout the exhibition panels and tables, dedicated to the figures of Gianfranco Ferré and Renzo Piano; but also Marina Spadafora, promoter of ethical and sustainable fashion; Andrea Pfister, fashion designer; and Elsa Haertter, fashion photographer.
Fashion emerges as a transversal language. Through archive materials, designs, images and original objects, the visitor is invited to discover how it is not just clothing or an accessory, but cultural vision, design research and social identity. A reflection on the power that fashion has to narrate the world, change perspectives and create relationships between disciplines.

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability will be open until September 15, 2025 at the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Candiani Campus, with the following hours:

• Exhibition Hall: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Originals Room: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Curated by:
Giovanni Maria Conti and Roberto Dulio
with Paola Bertola and Federica Vacca
and Campus Life Area, Politecnico di Milano

To book special openings or guided tours for groups, contact archivio@polimi.it

From May 6 to June 13, 2025, the 12th edition of MANTOVARCHITETTURA will take place, whose theme, “Architecture and Conflict,” will address the problem of armed conflict, forced migration, and climate change in contexts such as-among others-Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan, and Yemen. Within this framework, MANTOVARCHITETTURA 2025 investigates the connection between architecture and conflict by analyzing the complexity of this binomial according to different cultural and disciplinary perspectives, and through the dialogue between multiple historical-critical narratives, in a contemporary perspective.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA invites students, professionals and citizens to an open discussion on the implications of architecture in these scenarios, stimulating a deep and multidisciplinary dialogue. The event investigates four different perspectives of conflict: architecture and armed conflict, conflicting memories, conflicts of interest and inner conflict. These paths offer alternative and complementary viewpoints to analyze architecture’s contribution to understanding and managing conflict.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA is an event launched in 2014 within the UNESCO Chair in Architectural Preservation and Planning in Heritage Cities, favored by the international dimension in which Mantova and the Politecnico di Milano are placed. The main protagonists have always been the students, who have the opportunity to listen to and meet architects from all over the world who develop the new architecture starting from the knowledge of the ancient roots of this art, thus making the confrontation between masters and students lively, in a perspective founded on the value of history as a ground on which to cultivate the design of living spaces.

Discover the full program on the website mantovarchitettura.polimi.it

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability, aims to describe, also to non-specialist visitors, cultures and aspects of fashion that can be found in the Archival Fonds and Library Collections of the Politecnico di Milano, or that are connected to it through the personal and design history of the authors involved. The five themes are thus found throughout the exhibition panels and tables, dedicated to the figures of Gianfranco Ferré and Renzo Piano; but also Marina Spadafora, promoter of ethical and sustainable fashion; Andrea Pfister, fashion designer; and Elsa Haertter, fashion photographer.
Fashion emerges as a transversal language. Through archive materials, designs, images and original objects, the visitor is invited to discover how it is not just clothing or an accessory, but cultural vision, design research and social identity. A reflection on the power that fashion has to narrate the world, change perspectives and create relationships between disciplines.

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability will be open until September 15, 2025 at the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Candiani Campus, with the following hours:

• Exhibition Hall: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Originals Room: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Curated by:
Giovanni Maria Conti and Roberto Dulio
with Paola Bertola and Federica Vacca
and Campus Life Area, Politecnico di Milano

To book special openings or guided tours for groups, contact archivio@polimi.it

From May 6 to June 13, 2025, the 12th edition of MANTOVARCHITETTURA will take place, whose theme, “Architecture and Conflict,” will address the problem of armed conflict, forced migration, and climate change in contexts such as-among others-Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan, and Yemen. Within this framework, MANTOVARCHITETTURA 2025 investigates the connection between architecture and conflict by analyzing the complexity of this binomial according to different cultural and disciplinary perspectives, and through the dialogue between multiple historical-critical narratives, in a contemporary perspective.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA invites students, professionals and citizens to an open discussion on the implications of architecture in these scenarios, stimulating a deep and multidisciplinary dialogue. The event investigates four different perspectives of conflict: architecture and armed conflict, conflicting memories, conflicts of interest and inner conflict. These paths offer alternative and complementary viewpoints to analyze architecture’s contribution to understanding and managing conflict.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA is an event launched in 2014 within the UNESCO Chair in Architectural Preservation and Planning in Heritage Cities, favored by the international dimension in which Mantova and the Politecnico di Milano are placed. The main protagonists have always been the students, who have the opportunity to listen to and meet architects from all over the world who develop the new architecture starting from the knowledge of the ancient roots of this art, thus making the confrontation between masters and students lively, in a perspective founded on the value of history as a ground on which to cultivate the design of living spaces.

Discover the full program on the website mantovarchitettura.polimi.it

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability, aims to describe, also to non-specialist visitors, cultures and aspects of fashion that can be found in the Archival Fonds and Library Collections of the Politecnico di Milano, or that are connected to it through the personal and design history of the authors involved. The five themes are thus found throughout the exhibition panels and tables, dedicated to the figures of Gianfranco Ferré and Renzo Piano; but also Marina Spadafora, promoter of ethical and sustainable fashion; Andrea Pfister, fashion designer; and Elsa Haertter, fashion photographer.
Fashion emerges as a transversal language. Through archive materials, designs, images and original objects, the visitor is invited to discover how it is not just clothing or an accessory, but cultural vision, design research and social identity. A reflection on the power that fashion has to narrate the world, change perspectives and create relationships between disciplines.

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability will be open until September 15, 2025 at the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Candiani Campus, with the following hours:

• Exhibition Hall: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Originals Room: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Curated by:
Giovanni Maria Conti and Roberto Dulio
with Paola Bertola and Federica Vacca
and Campus Life Area, Politecnico di Milano

To book special openings or guided tours for groups, contact archivio@polimi.it