Elisa Burnazzi
- Site : www.burnazzi-feltrin.it
- Adresse : via Gocciadoro 160 38123 Trento
BRIEF C.V.: Architect Elisa Burnazzi was born in Rimini in 1974 and she graduated from IUAV in 2001. She accomplished her training in prestigious firms, such as the Land Studio, Milano (architect Andreas Kipar). In 2003 Elisa Burnazzi, together with Davide Feltrin, founded the practice Burnazzi Feltrin Architects.
PRIZES: In 2016 Elisa has been shortlisted, the only Italian, for the international award “The Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture” aimed to emerging women architects and organized by The Architectural Review. In the same year the website Archdaily has listed Elisa among the 15 women architects who have designed exceptional projects all over the world.
LECTURES: In 2017 she has been a teaching assistant for the Urban laboratory at the University of Trento. In the last few years she has been invited as a lecturer to several conferences, talks and seminars, such as the 57°10 Lecture Series at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment in Aberdeen and Space&Interiors, an event curated by Stefano Boeri Architects, part of the FuoriSalone 2018 in Milan.
BOOKS: This year she has been featured in the ebook Architette=Women Architects, Here we are!, a collection of 365 profiles of women architects from all around the world. Elisa Burnazzi is author of many articles and books about architecture, such as the volume titled “Palazzo Ranzi in Trento, un cantiere alle soglie d'Italia”, which is a detailed research about Trento's Architecture and Sculpture in the last XIX Century. In 2016, she has written the essay “What does architecture mean to you?” for The American Architecture Prize 2016 catalogue.
MEMBERSHIPS: In 2016 and 2017 she has been invited to join the jury panel of national and internationals awards. In 2015 she has been president of the Local Planning Authority of Trento and member of the Committee for spatial Planning and Landscape for the municipalities of Trento, Aldeno, Cimone and Garniga. Since that year she has been a councillor, the person in charge of the Competition commission and a member of the Equal Right panel, for Ordine degli Architetti PPC della Provincia di Trento (Provincial Architecture Association).
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Multi-aged community centre
Poggio Picenze, a town located in Abruzzo, an Italian region, was badly damaged by the earthquake of the 6th April 2009. Five people died and one thousand were living in a camp. The photograph of a mother and her baby, published on many Italian newspapers, gave the way to start a private collection funds, managed by a steering committee (composed of Associazione Nazionale Cantanti, La Provincia editoriale, and some others) to built a new civic centre. In 2011 the company, which was constructing our first building, PF single family house, and which was involved in the town reconstruction, called us to design this building. Our goal as designer was to build an architecture which was not only functional, but also able to touch people's feelings. While the building's zig-zag shape, a reinterpretation of Burri's Grande Cretto in Gibellina, evokes the destructive event, the greened façades and roof inspire hope for the future. The roof resembles the mountain topography and clematis climb on ropes. The building links the landscape with the earth. The architectural plan consists of a main building and 2 pergolas for parking cars and bikes. 2 multi-poropouse rooms, a small library with internet workstations and a music room face the main hall. There are also covered and open spaces. Even with limited funds, and burned by bureaucratic glitches, all the players collaborated and finally the construction started in January 2014, in a snowy winter. Italian people say “a snow year, a rich year”. Indeed one year later, the building was completed. The adults used the centre for training courses, for dancing, or for parties. The local rugby team use the spaces for the third half time. And the children for kung fu and gym practice, and for doing homework. Seen from the urban park the architecture becomes a part of this nature. This project started with a photograph of a sad mother and her child and finishes with photographs of happy children's. This is the power of architecture.
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