At the lecture "Architecture and Interior Design" Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas will talk about their vision of the most pressing problems of modern architecture and design. The Fuksas couple are known not only for their buildings, but also for their industrial design. So, this year they headed the jury of the competition for the best design-project of a door handle, organized by the factory - Valli & Valli - ASSA ABLOY, the Triumfalnaya Marka company and the ProjectNEXT agency. After the lecture, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas will announce the names of the winners and prize-winners of the competition. The visit of Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas to Moscow takes place within the framework of the EXHIBITALY program - “Italian excellence today”.
After the lecture, Massimiliano Fuksas will announce the names of the winners and prize-winners of the competition for the best design-project of a doorknob. The competition, organized by the ASSA ABLOY - Valli & Valli factory, the Triumfalnaya Marka company and the ProjectNEXT agency, was held in the spring of 2012. Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas headed the jury of this competition. This competition has been held in Russia for the second time: the pen, designed by the Russian architect Arseny Leonovich (architect bureau Panacom) in 2004, is already being produced and successfully sold.
The lecture will take place on September 26, at 19-30, in the Central House of Architects (Granatny lane, 7, building 1, metro station Barrikadnaya). Free admission
To the attention of media representatives
September 26, at 18-00, in the White living room The Central House of Architects will host a press conference by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. Attention! This will be the only opportunity to chat with Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas.
Accreditation is required, e-mail: [email protected]
Entrance only for media representatives upon presentation of a passport and journalist ID.
Press conference participants:
- Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas.
- Ekaterina Yablonskaya, Deputy General Director of the Triumfalnaya Marka company.
- Luca Zardoni, Export Director Valli & Valli - ASSA ABLOY.
- Lorena Merone, Product Manager Valli & Valli - ASSA ABLOY.
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas - world famous Italian architects, whose projects have become a symbol of modern architecture. Flamboyant expressive buildings around the world, such as the Armani Boutique on Fifth Avenue in New York, the Rho-Pero Exhibition Center in Milan, the Perez Peace House in Tel Aviv, the Ferrari Research Center in Maranello, Italy, are among the most notable buildings our time.
TRIUMPHAL MARK - since 1995 has represented leading Italian factories producing doors and door fittings in Russia, such as GAROFOLI, MASTER, RIMADESIO, LUALDI, VALLI & VALLI, supplying products to private and public facilities, and also takes part in architectural and construction exhibitions, organizes professional competitions in the field of industrial design, creates and conducts special sponsorship programs.
Valli & Valli - ASSA ABLOY - the world leader in the production of door and window handles, founded in 1934. Pens for this factory were created by such masters of architecture and design as Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Sir Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Ettore Sottsass, Antonio Citterio, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid and many others. Since 1995, the products of the ASSA ABLOY - Valli & Valli factory have been represented in Russia by the TRIUMPHAL MARKA company.
The Union of Moscow Architects is a creative union and public organization uniting more than 4 thousand architects from Moscow and the Moscow region. One of the priority tasks of the AIA is the development of a dialogue between society and the architectural professional workshop and the integration of Russian architects into the world cultural community.
