natureartifice workshop
The Workshop offered the opportunity to activate a transversal observation lens between the natural and artificial dimension of contemporary and future reality, to generate a new taxonomy of the contemporary project. The condition of the continuous need for transformation, adaptation and metamorphosis of contemporary living and environmental systems arises as a central question.
Interdisciplinary Workshop_Nature & Artifice
Politecnico di Milano, School of Design
Professors: Elisa Cattaneo, Emanuele Coccia, Giovanna Piccinno
Partners: Andrea Branzi, Bruno Zamborlin, Lorenzo Palmeri, Matteo Ghidoni_Salottobuono, Quiet Ensemble, Francesco Micheli, Campari Italia, Vincenzo Napolano and Stavros Katsanevas
Role: Teaching Assistant
Student work shown, by: Preethisakana Mathiesekar
Interdisciplinary Workshop_Nature & Artifice
Politecnico di Milano, School of Design
Professors: Elisa Cattaneo, Emanuele Coccia, Giovanna Piccinno
Partners: Andrea Branzi, Bruno Zamborlin, Lorenzo Palmeri, Matteo Ghidoni_Salottobuono, Quiet Ensemble, Francesco Micheli, Campari Italia, Vincenzo Napolano and Stavros Katsanevas
Role: Teaching Assistant
Student work shown, by: Preethisakana Mathiesekar
Guided by
philosopher and author of the book “ The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture“ -
Emanuele Coccia’s lectures on plants and the environment, students had to choose from a collection of images coming from NASA’s
Earth Observatory mission and translate them into collagages that use the environment as the main subject.