Kenzō Tange Lecture

Labics The Architecture of Public Space

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Event Location

Piper Auditorium

Date & Time
Free and open to the public
Host
Grace La
Lecturers
Maria Claudia Clemente
Francesco Isidori
LectureArchitectureKenzō Tange Lecture

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About this Event

Labics is an architecture and urban design practice, founded in Rome in 2002 by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori. Among its major completed projects are: the MAST Foundation in Bologna, the Città del Sole complex and the Cu.Bo university building in Rome, Piazza Fontana in Rozzano, the Jacaranda nursery in Milan, the restoration of Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara and the recently completed renovation of the Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Projects currently under construction include: a residential complex in Milan, the restoration of Crypta Balbi complex in Rome, the redesign of the Archaeological Footpath in the Roman Forum, and the protection of an archaeological thermal bath along the Via Appia Antica (Rome). In 2024, Labics won the competition for the new floor of the Colosseum Arena.

Labics has exhibited its work on several occasions, including at the 11th, 12th and 14th Venice Architecture Biennale and in the MAXXI museum in Rome. Among several publications, Labics has published: Structures (Park Books, 2018), a reflection on the relationship between structure and architecture, and The Architecture of Public Space (Park Books, 2023), a work on the theory and strategies of public space design.

In 2026 Labics has been awarded as Architect of the Year from the German magazine A&W and in July will open a site-specific installation inside Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin.

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Labics is an architecture and urban design practice, founded in Rome in 2002 by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori. Among its major completed projects are: the MAST Foundation in Bologna, the Città del Sole complex and the Cu.Bo university building in Rome, Piazza Fontana in Rozzano, the Jacaranda nursery in Milan, the restoration of Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara and the recently completed renovation of the Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Projects currently under construction include: a residential complex in Milan, the restoration of Crypta Balbi complex in Rome, the redesign of the Archaeological Footpath in the Roman Forum, and the protection of an archaeological thermal bath along the Via Appia Antica (Rome). In 2024, Labics won the competition for the new floor of the Colosseum Arena.

Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori stand smiling in an architecture studio, surrounded by shelves of scale models, sketches, and drawings pinned to the wall, with a wooden floor and large window in the background.

Labics is an architecture and urban design practice, founded in Rome in 2002 by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori. Among its major completed projects are: the MAST Foundation in Bologna, the Città del Sole complex and the Cu.Bo university building in Rome, Piazza Fontana in Rozzano, the Jacaranda nursery in Milan, the restoration of Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara and the recently completed renovation of the Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Projects currently under construction include: a residential complex in Milan, the restoration of Crypta Balbi complex in Rome, the redesign of the Archaeological Footpath in the Roman Forum, and the protection of an archaeological thermal bath along the Via Appia Antica (Rome). In 2024, Labics won the competition for the new floor of the Colosseum Arena.

Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori stand smiling in an architecture studio, surrounded by shelves of scale models, sketches, and drawings pinned to the wall, with a wooden floor and large window in the background.

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