Art Incubator

9. July 2012

Stefano Boeri is one of the few practices of international renown that has managed to overcome the difficulties intrinsic to the situation Italy presents for architecture studios and to make of these a virtue. His career as an architect has gone hand in hand with a commitment to teaching, criticism, publishing, politics and cultural agitation, and the projects he has tackled in these fields are numerous.

General view

The new 2G62 brings together 15 of Stefano Boeri’s works, an abundant oeuvre unusually productive in terms of Italian parameters, extending from apartment blocks and offices to a shopping mall in Beijing or a small art centre in Milan (The Art Incubator). Moreover, 2G62 includes paradigmatic works like the remodelling of La Maddalena Arsenal (Sardinia), the apartment towers of the Vertical Forest in Milan and the Centre Régional de la Méditerranée in Marseille.

Longitudinal section

Two introductions, by critics Alexei Muratov and Bart Lootsma, provide a framework for Stefano Boeri’s personal trajectory in the Italian and international context, while the “nexus” section presents a text by the architect himself and a set of graphic materials that, akin to a professional biographical album, sum up the complementary activities that have shaped the career of the Milanese architect.

Interior view

Exterior view

Art Incubator
2010
Milan, Italy

Architects
Boeri Studio
Stefano Boeri
Gianandrea Barreca
Giovanni La Varra
Chiara Quinzii
Marco Brega

Collaborators
Alessandro Agosti
Daniele Barillari
Frederic De Smet
Kristina Drapic
Marco Giorgio
Ingel Lengwenus

Structural engineer
Patricio Bonelli

Photos
Iwan Baan