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"We’re looking forward to many more launches in other Swiss casinos in the near future and we’re confident that SYNOT will become an inherent part of the Swiss market product mix.“         indispensable guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington follow the latest on tariffs and executive orders Stay on top of the latest events in US politics with the FT’s trusted and impartial coverage Insight and analysis on US politics from commentators such as Ed Luce and James Politi This subscription does not include access to ft.com or the FT App Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times Al Borde - from left to right Esteban Benavides has won the 2024 BancaStato Swiss Architectural Award 2024 Promoted by Fondazione Teatro dell’architettura in collaboration with Università della Svizzera italiana - Accademia di architettura for its 9th edition and for the first time the accolade has the support of Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino and will from now on be called the BancaStato Swiss Architectural Award Amounting to 100,000 Swiss francs (105,000 euros) this international prize is given every two years to architects of any nationality who have demonstrated a special sensitivity to ethical contributed significantly to contemporary architectural culture and thus helped to improve the quality of human life while encouraging public and professional debate on architecture’s role in current society who have to be less than 50 years of age (at the time the competition is announced) must have completed at least three major works and made a relevant contribution to contemporary architectural culture On the jury chaired by Mario Botta sat Walter Angonese and they unanimously decided to grant the distinction to Al Borde for these three works: the Learning Viewpoint in the protected Cerro Blanco forest 2021-2022; the Raw Threshold Pavilion in Sharjah 2022-202); and the Yuyarina Pacha Community Library in Huaticocha Their projects involve the respective communities and fuse these with modern experimentation besides reinterpreting local materials innovatively thereby defining a contemporary vernacular architecture The awarding ceremony will be held on 8 May 2025 at the auditorium of the Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio of the Università della Svizzera italiana Mirador Aula en el bosque protegido de Cerro Blanco there arent any match using your search terms Having moved from Italy to Switzerland in 1977 the company is now making the journey back 48 years later as production in Italy proves to be more cost-effective based in Mendrisio and part of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group has decided to relocate its cutting department to its production site in Oleggio (Novara) It will result in a “redundancy programme affecting around 80 employees” who will have to decide whether to relocate or accept a severance package The situation in Switzerland’s “fashion valley” will be examined in detail in the upcoming April 2025 issue of La Conceria and university professors will provide insights into what is happening in Canton Ticino All you need to know about the leather industry The report on the implementation of the Convention, due by States Parties every 6 years, includes a section on the elements inscribed on the Representative List. Read more on periodic reports Switzerland Inscribed in 2019 (14.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity The Holy Week processions take place in the historic town of Mendrisio on the evenings of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday the city’s lights are turned off and the streets are lit by the glow of ‘transparencies’: translucent paintings mounted on wooden frames and illuminated from within made using a specific painting technique developed since the late 18th century the 260 transparencies depict biblical scenes and symbols The Thursday procession is devoted to staging the Passion and the Stations of the Cross and involves around 270 extras The sounds of trumpets and drums set the pace and fill the streets with a contemplative atmosphere The Good Friday procession is more austere: hundreds of children and adults march along carrying over 500 ceremonial objects including 320 lanterns representing symbols of the Passion of Christ The choreography and scenography of the processions foster a contemplative atmosphere and the transparencies promote local craftsmanship Hundreds of men and women volunteer to organize the practice and a significant portion of the population supports it by attending the processions The Fondazione Processioni Storiche di Mendrisio is committed to preparing and organizing the Processions with wide community participation and ensures the transmission of related knowledge by its members and beyond Password forgotten? Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker It’s been quite a few years, but Eddy Merckx Bikes are back and even all-road & gravel options in steel these are the most accessible Merckx bikes yet all of the new carbon bikes are available in a new limited Eddy Merckx Retrosonic edition with styling inspired by a classic 1980s Merckx Panasonic team bike The newly updated 2024 Eddy Merckx Bikes range is a mix of newly refined bikes and some carry over models that we’ve seen evolves over the years Merckx carries over the same carbon 525 road race bike One we’ve been keeping tabs on since it re-entered the race scene four and a half years ago And still promises a balance of race-ready geometry and ultimate stiffness from the ultra-hi-mod carbon frame A somewhat new road addition is the Merckx Mendrisio focused more on longer endurance road rides The Mendrisio has almost exactly the same 525 geometry But it opts for a more compliant hi-mod carbon layup and the option for 1-piece or conventional cockpits Merckx calls this new Pévèle their in-between bike where you can use their online customization tool to build it more as road or gravel the long-running Strasbourg gravel bike gets a ground up overhaul to make it a modern gravel machine The Strasbourg borders on mountain bike territory And you can even set it up with a gravel suspension fork Its geometry is again more relaxed than the road race bikes with a lower center of gravity But the Strasbourg retains a relatively steep head angle and low frame Stack for a quick handling ride quality it also gets all of the adventure-ready bikepacking mounts & for fenders Merckx have a new limited edition paint scheme dubbed Retrosonic Developed as a “tribute to the legendary Panasonic cycling team that rode Eddy Merckx bikes in the 1980s“ the retro blue paintjob will be available on all of the 4 new carbon bikes The limited edition Eddy Merckx Retrosonic finish will be available starting February 24th to coincide with the start of the spring’s cobblestone classics it already became clear that a ‘truthful interpretation’ would work very well because the frame of our carbon bikes is simply different from the steel from the original Corsa road bike Beyond the current range of the four bikes above, there is also still the carry-over custom Merckx Corsa for road or gravel in titanium you just have to get in touch to figure out what you need Eddy Merckx Bikes says they will introduce 3 all-new bikes this coming year “There will be sporty e-bikes and an addition in the performance segment The cooperation with the UCI ProTour Team Flanders – Baloise will also be further anchored.” We’ll keep our eyes open to see what all that will entail All of the revamped Eddy Merckx Bikes are available as separate framesets or customizable complete bikes The top-tier 525 road frameset sells for 3500€ with complete customized Shimano 105 Di2 builds from 5000€ The Mendrisio frame is much more affordable at 2000€ The all-road Pévèle brings it back up to 3000€ for a carbon frameset While the carbon gravel Strasbourg starts at 2500€ for a frameset and Rival 1×11 mechanical builds from just 3000€ if the Merckx site numbers add up correctly Both the Pévèle & Strasbourg are also offered in aluminum & steel framesets That unquestionably helps lower the complete bike cost of entry as low as 1800€ with SRAM Apex 1×11 All of the Merckx bikes are meant to be customized & ordered online then delivered to your local bike shop for pick-up That means you can adjust color or even semi-custom paint jobs to your liking plus dial in fit with options like component sizing and cockpit style Eddy Merckx Bikes offers the custom paint schemes at no additional cost in 2024 So there’s no reason not to get a one-of-a-kind Merckx bike built-to-order in Belgium by the Belgian Cycling Factory next to Ridleys Therefore expect a bit of time from bike order to pick-up EddyMerckx.com Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com Cory has been writing about mountain bikes gravel bikes & bikepacking for over 25 years even before the industry created some of these names Cory was a practicing Architect specializing in environmental sustainability has designed bike shops & bike components Cory travels extensively across Europe riding bikes meeting with key European product developers industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed but the way brands price framesets is super annoying How can there be only a 300 Euro difference between a frameset and a full build Those seatstays are buzzkill in more ways than one – Full disclosure- rimmer post (runs for cover) that’s putting it on a slippery slope towards actually having a modern bike and that way lies cables inside headsets and frames that look ugly as sin because someone thinks we all need to save 5W at 40kph… No thanks I’d rather have it hidden and gain 5w of drag if that was the only way to get internal housing Or totally integrated front ends are hideous is EM going to be a reseller for the classic model equipment and parts ( cassettes but don’t want to deal with solvents Simpyfast claims their Lube Cube is the easiest way Peak Performance expands on their MTB specific clothing with new pants Apparently that’s an option when you’re designing products for the GOAT We spotted Cofidis racing an all-new prototype wireless 13-speed Campagnolo Super Record 13 WRL SC road groupset Canyon Bicycles is now selling select models directly through Amazon.com Want wireless shifting but don’t want to have to buy a whole new drivetrain Be protected from the sun with the new UV Hooded Trail Shirt… OrNot The new Van Nicholas Astraeus is a beautiful titanium road bike that’s limited to just 50 frames Eddy Merckx Bikes has announced it will restart production after a three-year pandemic-enforced hiatus in which the brand virtually vanished from view The 2024 range includes the existing 525 race bike and all-new Strasbourg gravel bike and Pévèle all-road bike.  Eddy Merckx Bikes will also offer a custom-built option the retro-inspired Corsa in titanium or steel.  the bikes will only be available in the UK and Europe founded and named after the five-time Tour de France champion says the bikes are designed and built in Belgium.  an integrated cockpit and aggressive geometry the brand says the “fast and feisty” 525 is designed to be at home in the cobbled and windy Belgian classics.  including the distinctive S-shaped seatstays for seated comfort But now consumers will be able to buy a complete bike from €5,649 for a build with Shimano 105 Di2 R7100 and Forza Levanto db carbon wheels The Mendrisio is named after the Swiss town where Merckx won his second world championship in 1971 performance-focused but comfortable” endurance road bike has a similar form factor to the 525’s drag-reducing profile It also uses a round seatpost instead of the aero-profiled one seen on the 525 Like the 525, the Mendrisio is only available in carbon and starts from €2,699 for a build with 12-speed, mechanical Shimano 105 and Forza Norte db aluminium wheels. The frameset costs €1,999 The Pévèle is a brand new all-road bike intended for long road rides and fast gravel rides Available in aluminium, steel or carbon form, the frame has clearance for up to 42mm-wide tyres and has multiple mount points for accessories. It’s also compatible with internal cable routing for dynamo lights.  Named after the Mons-en-Pévèle cobbled secteur from Paris-Roubaix The alloy model starts the range at €1,828 The carbon model is priced from €3,299.  The Strasbourg is the brand’s new gravel bike and also comes in steel Made for “extremely challenging terrain”, the Strasbourg has a maximum tyre clearance of 45mm when set up with a 1x drivetrain and is compatible with suspension forks.  Strasbourg is where Merckx outsprinted great foe Roger de Vlaeminck on a dirt track to win a stage of the 1971 Tour de France However, this bike is more geared towards bikepacking than gravel racing.  The frame is dotted with mounting points for bikepacking bags The brand claims its low centre of gravity provides stability on rough ground.  Available from €1,799 in aluminium or €2,149 in steel prices start from €2,999 for the carbon version.  in steel or titanium and in standard sizes Despite its classic round tube shapes, Eddy Merckx Bikes says the Corsa’s tapered head tube makes it compatible with fully integrated cable routing The frameset can accommodate mechanical or electronic groupsets and has clearance for 30 Prices for the non-custom frames start at €1,995 for steel and €3,490 for titanium Eddy ‘The Cannibal’ Merckx sold his bike brand in 2008 and Belgian Cycling Factory The AG2R La Mondiale (now Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) WorldTour team rode Eddy Merckx bikes until the end of the 2020 WorldTour season. Back then, the team chose from a rim-brake and disc-brake 525 race bike.  Eddy Merckx Bikes ceased production at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic causing a lack of availability for consumers Its bikes didn’t disappear completely from the highest level Team Flanders – Baloise continued to ride Eddy Merckx models at UCI WorldTeam level and as wildcard entries to spring classics such as Paris-Roubaix.  Eddy Merckx Bikes says it updated and expanded its range for its 2024 return to mass production.  ADMIRAL Casino in Mendrisio Switzerland has been nominated at the World Casino Awards in the category "Europe's Best Casino Entertainment Venue 2023" for the second consecutive year This also marks the third nomination within a single year for the property ADMIRAL Casino was nominated for the World Casino Awards; and in May 2023 it received the “Excellent” quality seal at the Swiss Location Awards The casino is now running again for the title of Europe's Best Casino Entertainment Venue a title that last year was won by the Casino of Monte Carlo Last year's winner is again a contender for the coveted award and Bad Homburg.  “This nomination stands as a testament to the dedication and hard work of the entire staff at the casino who strive daily to establish the ADMIRAL Casino as a leading gaming destination in Switzerland and Europe” Chairwoman of the Non-Executive Board ACE Swiss Casino AG holding company and a sister company to Novomatic AG  Casino ADMIRAL Mendrisio boasts an extensive array of gaming offerings and 14 tournament Poker tables; these host the weekly Admiral Poker Room tournaments and major poker events such as La Notte degli Assi there are 336 Slot Machines and 63 Jackpot Slots featuring the Mendrisio Jackpot and the Admiral Jackpot The venue is further enhanced by two Admiral Cafés with a menu highlighting seasonal delicacies Those interested in voting at the World Casino Awards can do so at the following link Voting is now open and will continue until December 4 The event also marked the opening of the Swiss Architectural Award 2022 exhibition promoted by the Academy of Architecture of Università della Svizzera italiana will remain on view at the Auditorium of Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio until October 22 each of which are placed in locales characterised by different topographies Tiantian held a public lecture delineating the evolution of her work as an architect while also describing the contexts of the locales she works in The architect is also set to begin her collaboration with the Università della Svizzera italiana as a Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio The jury for this year’s Swiss Architectural Award (SAA) was chaired by Mario Botta and comprised the likes of Walter Angonese winner of the seventh SAA edition with the Paris-based studio Bruther; Dieter Dietz Director of the Section d’Architecture located in the Songyang and Jinyun counties are balanced designs that take into consideration the need for meaningful spaces in these locales Tiantian’s designs are respectful of the unadulterated landscapes they are placed on they are built to revive these scantly populated locales in order to hear her point of view about her win and know more about her practice and future plans Almas Sadique: Tell us about your first reaction upon hearing the announcement of your win Almas: What are some of your goals and expectations regarding your upcoming role as a Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio Xu: I am very honoured to be the first Chinese visiting professor at the Academy in Mendrisio, so I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the culture and heritage, at the same time how modern architecture can become an effective solution to integrate and revive heritage in rural context Almas: How was your experience of being a major part of the exhibition at Auditorium of Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio Xu: Every candidate has a strong portfolio Collectively the exhibition represents the architectural practice and thinking of a new generation Almas: If there is one piece of advice that you would like to share (with younger architects) after all your years of experience What are some differences in the way you approached your first project versus your most recent one Xu: Our rural experience didn’t establish from the day one It took years of communication and engagement with rural communities It’s also a process building up our knowledge and experience Almas: What are some of your childhood experiences and exposure as an architecture student that inform your architectural practice Xu: I would say the childhood experience growing up in the family house The integration with its ecological surroundings creates layers of courtyards and seemly endless space Almas: Could you tell us about some of the common challenges you face while developing your projects Quarry or Tulou was an entire new subject for us In the beginning every theme is unknown and challenging Almas: What is one project that you hold close to your heart and one that you feel could have been done differently through intense labour work for living and surviving and the surgical incision and extraction with indigenous knowledge manually created the quarry as spectacular architecture Our role is rather to facilitate with necessity Almas: Can you tell us about some contemporary phenomena in the Chinese architectural landscape that you would like to improve Xu: Iconic architecture is still very popular It tends to over design which becomes another way of decoration Xu: Our current project is on a small island called Meizhou island Instead of working on a large-scale iconic museum we proposed to break it down to smaller cultural facilities scattering on the island with different village communities The program of these smaller buildings is based on the very specific living and ecology on island: mangrove research and cultivation wastewater filtration for vegetable farm irrigation We started from learning marine ecology and island living from the beginning instead we are working on designing a specific ecosystem.  The Swiss Architectural Award 2022 exhibition is on display at the Auditorium of Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio from May 5 to October 22 Almas forayed into writing to fulfil her nascent aspiration of exploring latent tales and forging immersive narratives Apart from researching and writing on and about the latest creations and creators from the architecture and design fraternity she endeavours to explore the socio-political cultural and temporal factors that impact and are impacted by every kind of design and creative intervention From vernacular knowledge to modern sustainability Middle Eastern pavilions serve as living archives of architectural thought offering fresh frameworks for global adoption STIR engages with the curators of the Togo Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation the book presents a fictional story depicting algorithms exercising control over humans and how this affects the built environment Tipnis shares how the toolbox democratises the practice of restoration via DIY resources to repair tangible urban heritage made of common building materials Exclusive preview for subscribers. 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more efficiency to your bottom line If you’re going to Anaheim for IPC APEX EXPO 2025 consider this issue of SMT007 Magazine to be your golden ticket to planning the show The GPV Executive Leadership Team met with the MDs and local management teams from our German Swiss and four Nordic Operating Business Units The meeting was hosted by GPV Electronics CH in Mendrisio the Executive Leadership Team and local management discussed site status and challenges for the coming period including country specific implications operational challenges as well as organisation and factory setup On the agenda was also our updated strategy – M.O.R.E 28 – and a tour around the production facilities of the hosting site in Mendrisio “This is the second year where we cluster our sites according to geographical location German and Nordic sites are clustered as our so-called proximity sites sites facing similar situations and challenges The meeting has been both productive and very inspiring and it was a pleasure to meet our many dedicated people during our site tour in Mendrisio as well,” says Bo Lybæk the entire Executive Leadership Team – CBO Thomas Kaiser and COO Martin Kjærbo – participated in the Site Engagement Meeting various Functions met with the ELT in Switzerland at what we call Function Engagement Meeting (FEM) earlier in the week the Mendrisio Museum of Art is hosting a major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Enrico Castellani (Castelmassa one of the great masters of twentieth-century art With sixty works spanning the artist’s entire career entitled simply Enrico Castellani and curated by Barbara Paltenghi Malacrida and Federico Sardella in collaboration with the Fondazione Enrico Castellani aims to offer a journey through his artistic research The exhibition has the support of the Simplon Bank the contribution of the Republic and Canton of Ticino and the media partnership of RSI Rete 2.Paintings prints and unpublished documents make up the exhibition itinerary organized chronologically through the museum’s rooms Each room is dedicated to a specific moment in Castellani’s extraordinary research allowing visitors to fully immerse themselves in his artistic world From his first drawings in the 1950s to his last works in aeronautical aluminum the exhibition aims to offer a complete and in-depth view of Castellani’s artistic practice Enrico Castellani’s presence on the twentieth-century art scene was not only influential but also extremely charismatic thanks to his rigorous and constant research around the concepts of space and time and their unique and innovative representation Enrico Castellani took an important step in his artistic education by moving to Belgium after a brief period at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels he decided to devote himself to architectural studies at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture et des arts décoratifs de La Cambre he came into contact with the artist Piero Manzoni resulting in a deep friendship and a prolific artistic partnership the two founded the magazine “Azimuth” and the almost eponymous gallery “Azimut,” which in just eight months organized as many as thirteen exhibitions aiming to explore the most innovative artistic trends both in Italy and abroad Although Castellani’s early works reflect some influence from abstract expressionism especially Mark Tobey’s sign painting he developed a distinctive personal artistic style in the late 1950s enlivened by carefully studied sequences of reliefs and depressions captured the attention of the European cultural scene Invited to participate in internationally important exhibitions such as Monochrome Malerei (Leverkusen Castellani also achieved a consistent presence at the Venice Biennale he continued to develop his distinctive visual alphabet with determination becoming a landmark in the international art scene His works are shown in prestigious exhibitions such as Vitalità del negativo nell’arte italiana 1960/70 (Palazzo delle Esposizioni L’art en Italie depuis 1959 (Centre Georges Pompidou His career culminated with the award in 2010 of the Praemium Imperiale for painting Enrico Castellani passed away in Celleno in 2017 The exhibition organized by the Mendrisio Art Museum in collaboration with the Enrico Castellani Foundation represents the first presentation of his work in a Swiss museum and the first retrospective since his passing The bilingual (Italian/English) catalog features new reproductions of all the works on display and five essays focusing on specific aspects of Castellani’s work and life Ester Coen analyzes the beginnings of his career and the Azimut/h experience Paolo Bolpagni the musical aspects of his compositions Fulvio Irace reflects on the artist’s relationship with architecture Federico Sardella offers an overview of his artistic production through a geographical prism and Barbara Paltenghi Malacrida provides an assessment of the critical reception of his work The appendix includes a new biographical note and an updated exhibition and bibliographical history the Mendrisio Museum of Art presents a series of collateral events each year that aim for interaction with other arts such as music and theater On the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to Enrico Castellani the Museum commissioned the creation of a new musical composition by Italian composer Carlo Boccadoro one of the most important figures in contemporary music titled Il muro del tempo (The Wall of Time) will be performed in the halls of the Mendrisio Museum of Art by drummer Jeff Ballard and timpanist Lorenzo Malacrida in its premiere on April 27 ‘scuola universitaria professionale della svizzera italiana’ by kengo kuma and associates switzerland image © kengo kuma and associates kengo kuma‘s design for a two-phase addition of  a mendrisio-based campus to ‘la scuola universitaria professionale della svizzera italiana (SUPSI)’, an institute of higher education for applied sciences in the italian-speaking region of switzerland, has been unveiled. in collaboration with local architects studio d`architettura martino pedrozzi the proposal seeks to link parts of the city divided by an expansive railway system by overturning the track as a constraint on the architecture a ‘skywalk’ and large underpass renew the entire circulation of the existing buildings while connecting the university to the city by keeping access and movement central to the creation of the architecture the structure becomes a balance of infrastructure and artificial landscape while forging a new typology of an urban building for the region the campus will act as a catalyst for future urban development by freeing the north side of the site for future projects sloped in two directions and punctured with subtle gestures of vertical circulation the building is made up of narrow nodes that extend over the entire extent of the site while the footprint of the building connects these areas of program with a sequence of open the main green-covered promenade creates new standards for sustainable practice while a block-long green wall reinvents the possibilities of urban shade screen the building envelope is comprised of thin slabs of stone alternating with aluminum panels– its pattern determined by optimal daylight orientation the technology of the building provides a very high level of thermal insulation with large windows that provide natural light to the interiors and solar gain during the winter season a wealth of outdoor spaces is bolstered by a smattering of ample terraces and shelters positioned in the cool shade of the structure circulation-filled plazas also accommodate the university’s extensive public programming which include an on-campus kindergarten this mixed demographic carries into the main space; on the ground floor there are classrooms dedicated to continuing education as well as the main cafeteria where the large and bright triple height volume looks on to the outdoor covered area in front of the laboratories The latter glazed space can be completely opened in good weather and animated by the presence of students and professors using the open-air seating the sloping roof form also creates an exterior inhabitable landscapeimage © kengo kuma and associates long continuous sight line through the sloping structureimage © kengo kuma and associates study modelsimage © kengo kuma and associates interior view of the lobbyimage © kengo kuma and associates ramps and stairs create many half levels that visually communicate with one anotherimage © kengo kuma and associates integration with exterior green spaceimage © kengo kuma and associates the campus would integrate an overpass bridge into it’s designimage © kengo kuma and associates the proposed building in context image © kengo kuma and associates modelimage © kengo kuma and associates elevationimage © kengo kuma and associates section modelimage © kengo kuma and associates roof plan viewimage © kengo kuma and associates site plan image © kengo kuma and associates (left) circulation linkage to city transport(right) pedestrian access (left) vehicular circulation(right) bicycle circulation (left) program axonometric(right) high public concentration areas (left) vertical circulation points(right) rooftop promenade status: competition finalistprincipal: kengo kumapartner: yuki ikeguchi,design team: marcin sapeta ania popieralska, local architect: studio d`architettura martino pedrozzi hiroaki saito (kkaa),civil engineer: furst laffranchi bauingenieure gmbh wolfwil.structural engineer: weinmann-energies sa echallens,electrical engineer: mab-ingenierie sa AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style By 2018-01-09T15:09:37+00:00 The construction work included a tunnel between Induno and Varese a bridge over the River Laveggio and stations at Stabio The grade-separated alignment is suitable for 100 km/h running and the boundary between the Swiss 15 kV 16·7 Hz and Italian 3 kV DC electrification systems is located several hundred metres inside Switzerland SWITZERLAND: The first of five Stadler Flirt 3 electric multiple-units ordered by Swiss Federal Railways to work TILO cross-border services began running in Switzerland on September 29 the five six-car EMUs were ordered in 2017 to work local services linking the southern .. EUROPE: The much-delayed cross-border link between Stabio in Switzerland and Varese in Italy forming part of the Ferrovia Mendrisio – Varese project will open for public services on January 7 In an initial step on December 10 cross-border operator for Ticino and Lombardia TILO will extend Route S40 between .. SWITZERLAND: The first section of the FMV cross-border rail link will open for revenue service on December 15 following a formal dedication on November 27 attended by representatives from canton Ticino the cross-border transport operator for Ticino and Lombardia Site powered by Webvision Cloud Italian road captain steps up and fights for bronze with 15km solo chase reviving memories of when she won the world title in Mendrisio in 2009 "This bronze medal is as special and shimmers just as bright my Mendrisio gold medal," Guderzo said happily after the podium ceremony I hoped and believed that the Italian team could ride well a get a medal but I honestly didn't think I'd be the one to do it." Guderzo was the road captain and role model for her younger Italian teammates but stepped up to fight for a medal after the tough Innsbruck circuit shook out the peloton and Anna van der Breggen made her 40km solo attack to win by over three minutes After young teammate Elena Pirrone's chase group was caught Guderzo attacked on the final climb and gave her all in a 15km time trial to the finish She finished 5:26 down on Van der Breggen but was 47 seconds ahead of Emilia Fahlin (Sweden) who finished fourth 68 riders failed to finish the tough 155km race "I think this was a very hard Worlds for everyone," Guderzo said "I had cramp with two laps to go and honestly thought I'd get dropped and would need to ease up But I dug deep to hang on to convince my teammates to fight on I placed myself as well as I could and then saw the Canadian rider attacked and so knew I had to help again by chasing the moves That lead me to suffer all the way to the finish." Guderzo finished third in the 2004 world championships in Verona and has always been loyal to the Italian team helping national coach Dario Savoldi develop a generation of successful female riders who have outshone the Italian men year after year Guderzo started the season with the Hitec Products team but switched to the Italian Bepink team in July and she worked hard to be at her best for Innsbruck I lost my grandfather and a lot of things stopped me being at my best," she revealed Italian coach Dino Savoldi knows how much I love being part of the Italian team and how much I love pulling on the Italian Azzurra jersey "He knows I'm ready to die for the Italian team He also knows how much I've worked in the last six weeks even if there weren't the results to show it Today I died time and time again with each kilometre as I fought for the bronze medal but it was worth it." 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Francesco Poli and Barbara Paltenghi Malacrida thanks to the collaboration of the André Derain Archives and loans from several major French museums 25 designs for costumes and theater scenes to trace Derain’s multifaceted artistic activity Derain and Matisse painted seascapes together in the South of France in Collioure; the two gave birth to the Fauve movement between 1905 and 1910: their paintings were characterized by vivid colors and the latter held the French artist in high esteem: it was Derain who introduced Picasso to the world of African art and Cubism while Picasso’s fortunes grew throughout the century Derain’s suffered a sharp decline after World War II due in part to art galleries and the market The initiator of Cubism was Georges Braque and the latter befriended Derain around 1909 so much so that for several years they painted together in the Parisian Ruche district Braque greatly appreciated Derain’s primitivism and in turn the latter was inspired by Braque’s modern classicism Alberto Giacometti also particularly esteemed Derain especially his ability to change styles by drawing on ancient art Derain always remained connected to figurative painting The exhibition catalog documents his production with historical photographs Some of the artist’s theoretical texts translated into Italian for the first time The exhibition will be open to the public until Jan Collection René et Madeleine Junod) © 2020 the Mendrisio Museum of Art is hosting a major exhibition dedicated to A.R one of the most important German artists of the second half of the twentieth century together with other painters and fellow artists (Baselitz Immendorff and Kiefer) was able to express the contradictions of post-Nazi Germany and the East-West conflict through a highly original language albeit conceived in traditional forms of expression and including more than 40 large-format paintings and more than seventy works on paper and artist’s books) intends to retrace the main stages of one of the most significant exponents of international art of the 1970s and 1980s Retrospectives over the past two decades (Frankfurt Oxford and The Hague) have provided a broad overview of Penckian’s most important production the Mendrisio Museum of Art aims to present the creative journey of A.R Penck (for the first time in the Italian-speaking cultural sphere) through his multifaceted expressions trying to provide the public with the tools to be able to understand the complex and profound structure of this great protagonist of contemporary art.Born in Dresden (his real name was Ralf Winkler) Penck for decades was active in East Germany with works of clear socialist inspiration managing to capitalize on conditions then openly hostile to avant-garde art: while socialism denied the modern artist any function Penck was able to transform over time the function of his own painting into an element in dialogue with the social and political system It was not until the early 1970s that Penck was able to participate in exhibitions; not in his homeland In 1972 he exhibited at documenta 5 in Kassel called by Harald Szeemann; in the early 1980s he was among the protagonists of the exhibitions A New Spirit in painting (London) and Zeitgeist (Berlin) A paradox of divided Germany is precisely the fact that his work so strongly linked to the analysis of the socio-political situation is recognized and appreciated only in the West after yet another clash with the authorities Penck is now considered one of the leading figures on the world painting scene and has already attracted great interest even in New York Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring admire him for his vigorous monumental painting capable of delineating the complexity of the world with the spontaneity and immediacy of a graffiti artist In 1984 he was celebrated with a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale; in 1988 the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin consecrated him definitively with a major retrospective The foundations of his monumental painting date back to the late 1960s with the birth of the Standart project (still unexplored in all its complexity) Standart symbolizes the artist’s self-consciousness in line with Bauhaus ideas: the transformation of modern society according to aesthetic criteria with which the entire figurative universe of A.R which is the starting point of the exhibition organized by the Mendrisio Museum of Art where a large number of his masterpieces will be on view In addition to presenting large-format paintings the Mendrisio exhibition highlights for the first time through many artist’s books (displayed on special projectors) the structural coherence of Penck’s work from sketch to monumental work: a mimesis of nature His scientific training (from philosophy to cybernetics) led him to orient himself to the evolutionary model by searching for new forms Penck draws on the legacy of the historical avant-garde While in the West modern painting is now regarded as a historically concluded experience Penck continues to perceive it as the result of collective action triggering a bursting evolution of the image that the one that brought him international fame (often perceived solely as a stylistic figure not as an element of an elaborate communication system) A.R Penck instead reveals himself to be the artist who was able to transform the figurative field into a megaphone through which to spread his theoretical and aesthetic convictions His monumental painting relates both to the historical genre to which he gives voice through an entire bestiary of totemic figures or archaic animals The highlight of the last phase of his work Penck pursues the idea of a visionary image capable of representing in a single perspective the choral nature of the world And he does so by favoring the medium of painting ideal for narrating the epos of human history in various formats Penck also figures among the protagonists of sculpture in the last three decades: he has been involved in sculpture since his youth and his first plastic group consists of models made from poor materials as part of the Standart project; in the mid-1970s he made wooden sculptures with an axe Beginning in 1984 he concentrated on the bronze casting technique working on different formats until he reached the monumental dimension with a path similar to that already followed in painting “Penck’s art is analytical,” writes Simone Soldini wild or childish; its foundations rest on rationality Each of his images is constructed to represent a concept Let us try to summarize it by taking from the writings-manifestos or artist’s explanations but probably also refers to ’banner,’ that is This is how his writing-manifesto opens: ’Standart refers to a method of making information products [...] once it has been perceived in its totality is a standart.’ A situation experienced and brought back into painting through a theory of signs and symbols Recreating it involves a (trained) capacity for overall perception for analysis and reconstruction: ’making visible the logic of human interactions.’ But not only that Standart is a system of signals made in such a way that it is not only perceived and imitated multiplied and operationally modified’ Which makes it a system within everyone’s reach Standart’s emblematic symbol is a figure of man reduced to his essence (head and sex well highlighted) that is a little bit reminiscent of the primitive and a little bit of the automaton of the future In his writing-manifesto Penck also specifies that his Standart is an evolving model “had a gift for drawing out of oppressive conditions a greater capacity for production and he takes seriously the warning given to him by the voice of the people He decided to adhere to the so-called Bitterfeld Way a programmatic guideline addressed to artists that foregrounds the need to give voice and representation to workers’ lives The artist’s primary duty is to adopt a language close to the people held regularly in Dresden beginning in 1946 typical subjects of socialist realism are displayed side by side machinists and engineers are depicted in their everyday reality appearing almost indistinguishable from one another Penck achieves a decisive understanding of the mechanism of modern art: ’He who does not stand out For information you can visit the Mendrisio Art Museum website First-ever Australian men's road World Championship win Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Alejandro Valverde (Spain) rides to the start of the World Championship road race in Mendrisio Switzerland on Sunday.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Fans were out in force today supporting their national heros.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)The shadow of a bridge cuts through the peloton early in the race.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)The World Championship peloton races through Mendrisio Switzerland on Sunday.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Olegs Melehs (centre Latvia) leads the early breakaway.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans wins the World Championship for Australia(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Elite men's road race World Championship podium: Alexandr Kolobnev (Russian Federation) Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spain)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans (Australia) was emotional on the podium(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans (Australia) during the race(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans (Australia) in his new rainbow stripes(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans gets congratulations from his wife after winning(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans smiles as he presents his medal and jersey in Mendrisio Switzerland.(Image credit: Sirotti)Cadel Evans (Australia) rode away from the rest in the closing stages of the World Championship race.(Image credit: Sirotti)Yes you're about to become World Champion.(Image credit: Sirotti)Evans (Australia) starts to realise what is happening.(Image credit: Sirotti)Kolobnev (Russia) leads Rodríguez (Spain) over the line.(Image credit: Sirotti)Kolobnev (Russia) outsprints Rodríguez (Spain) at the finish.(Image credit: Sirotti)Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) crosses the line.(Image credit: Sirotti)Matti Breschel (Denmark) Alejandro Valverde (Spain) and Damiano Cunego (Italy) approach the finish.(Image credit: Sirotti)Victory today rounds off what has been one of the most tumultuous seasons in Cadel Evans' career.(Image credit: Sirotti)Tears of joy: Cadel Evans (Australia) on the podium in Switzerland.(Image credit: Sirotti)Evans' displays his medal to the assembled masses.(Image credit: Sirotti)It was an emotional day for the family Evans' wife Ciara watches her husband collect the rainbow jersey on Sunday evening (Image credit: Sirotti)The World Championship podium: Alexandr Kolobnev (2nd Australia) and Joaquím Rodríguez (3rd Spain) (Image credit: Sirotti)Cadel Evans (Australia) crosses the line the new World Champion.(Image credit: Sirotti)Evans' celebrations were reserved as he crossed the line but emotions bubbled through to the surface on the podium.(Image credit: Sirotti)Evans shows his appreciation to the crowd final attack.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans (Australia) rides toward the finish alone.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia) rounds a bend.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cadel Evans (Australia)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia) with his World Championship silver medal.(Image credit: Sirotti)Cadel Evans (1st Australia) got the better of Alexandr Kolobnev (2nd Russia) and Joaquím Rodríguez (3rd Spain) (Image credit: Sirotti)Cadel Evans (Australia) waves to his wife as he exits the podium ceremony.(Image credit: Sirotti)Damiano Cunego (Italy)(Image credit: Sirotti)Alessandro Ballan (Italy)(Image credit: Sirotti)Italians Michele Scarponi and Damiano Cunego(Image credit: Sirotti)Pre-race favourite Damiano Cunego (Italy) pre-race.(Image credit: Sirotti)Damiano Cunego and Ivan Basso(Image credit: Sirotti)Sefano Garzelli (Italy) awaits the start.(Image credit: Sirotti)Now-former World Champion Alessandro Ballan (Italy) before the race.(Image credit: Sirotti)Luca Paolini was a member of the Italian train.(Image credit: Sirotti)The course wore away at the peloton today and only the strongest remained to finish at the business end of the race (Image credit: Sirotti)Samuel Sanchez (Spain) corners during the race.(Image credit: Sirotti)Tom Boonen (Belgium) was in the front end of a big mid-race split.(Image credit: Sirotti)Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) played his hand today He finished 26th.(Image credit: Sirotti)Italy were at the head of affairs all day.(Image credit: Sirotti)Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) bides his time in the peloton.(Image credit: Sirotti)Filippo Pozzato (Italy) played domestique today.(Image credit: Sirotti)Stuart O'Grady (Australia) follows the pace set by Marzio Bruseghin (Italy) big attack: Jose Rujano (Venezuela).(Image credit: Sirotti)Jose Rujano (Venezuela) on the attack.(Image credit: Sirotti)Plenty of colour as the peloton climb in Mendrisio Switzerland.(Image credit: Sirotti)The scene at the start of the 2009 Elite men's World Championship road race.(Image credit: Sirotti)Giovanni Visconti (Italy) leads the peloton.(Image credit: Riccardo Scanferla)A deflated Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) crosses the finish.(Image credit: Riccardo Scanferla)Evans finishes in Mendrisio Switzerland.(Image credit: Riccardo Scanferla)Wow Cadel Evans (Australia) poders his World Championship victory That is not a sentence that many would have imagined at 10:30 am in Mendrisio when 202 riders set out for 19 laps of a 13.8km circuit it was the Australian who appeared alone at the finish His opportunistic attack at the foot of the final climb brought him a success that was as spectacular as it was surprising Evans takes emotional, historic world championship win for Australia Evans was perhaps not versed in the art of victory celebrations before patting his chest and kissing the ring that dangled on a chain around his neck - his wedding ring who had set his heart on doing the double after winning Thursday's time trial was a key protagonist over the crucial final two laps opening the throttle and bridging the gap to a dangerous looking lead group that had just formed Oliver Zaugg (Switzerland) and two survivors of an earlier move in Luca Paolini (Italy) and Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) Damiano Cunego (Italy) and Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) were among those who followed in Cancellara's wake though the rest of a diminished field - down to not many more than 20 bodies - was not far behind Zaugg put in a power of work for his Swiss teammate but they were caught and the Italians took over Filippo Pozzato and Ivan Basso leading up the second climb the summit of which came only 2.8km before the line it was a familiar figure out front on his own that he would be less than happy to have to present the rainbow jersey to Alejandro Valverde of Spain who remains under suspicion for his alleged involvement in Operacion Puerto But the idea of presenting it instead to the rider now on the attack must have filled him with a similar dread The escapee was Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) who recently returned from a two-year ban for blood doping but attacked again going through Mendrisio building a healthy-looking lead until a counterattack by Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia) helped bring him back had another dig on the final downhill section between the two climbs this time opening the gap with another skillful descender who ignored the Swiss rider's invitation to come through and capitalise on their advantage Yet that move did prompt the crucial selection with most of the Italians eliminated - only Cunego was left Joaquin Rodriguez and three-time champion Oscar Freire - and apparently all the cards It was inevitable that a Spaniard would attack launching a cheeky attack up the left side before the climb of Novazzano - the final climb of the race It was cheeky because the road split in two at this point when the border disappeared and the road opened back up no doubt hoping that a teammate would come up from behind Cancellara cut a forlorn figure on the front of the chase group - a misnomer since it wasn't actually chasing - looking around for help Evans had 13 seconds over Kolobnev and Rodriguez at the top of the climb He put his head down and raced for the finish "I've been thinking about this race for two years," said a tearful Evans But surely even he - in his wildest dreams - couldn't have foreseen this outcome The first half of the world title race was dominated by an early break which went clear as early as the first lap Yukiya Arashiro (Japan) and the surprise infiltrator fresh from his four stage wins at the Vuelta a Espana Thirty seconds clear at the end of the first lap of 13.8km with its two testing climbs and very little respite in between they had doubled that advantage a lap later A chasing group of four then formed behind them on the third lap Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukraine) and Olegs Melehs (Latvia) and they came together on the climb out of Mendrisio - the Acqua Fresca - to make a lead group of 10 With none of the major nations represented - apart from Greipel for Germany - they were able to capitalise on the peloton's indifference steadily building a lead that nudged ten minutes after six laps that the race proper began for at least one of the Italian team - Marzio Bruseghin The Lampre veteran put in an incredible shift leading the bunch for lap after lap - he led them through the start/finish area for an incredible six laps in succession - and almost single-handedly reduced the break's advantage By the time that Bruseghin clocked off - his shift ending after eleven laps or with almost two-thirds completed - it was down to around six minutes but his clocking off coincided with a more significant development involving four of the Azzurri including the defending World Champion Alessandro Ballan Greg Van Avermaet and Francis De Greef (both Belgium) Paul Maertens (Germany) and Johnny Hoogerland (Netherlands) formed a dangerous-looking nine-man group - so dangerous that they were hunted down by a counter-move of 20 men That group included former champion Tom Boonen and two more Belgian teammates another Italian - Luca Paolini - as well as Michael Rogers (Australia) Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) and two more Spaniards in Juan Jose Cobo and Carlos Barredo As the two groups merged to form one of some 29 riders it was initially the Norwegian team of Edvald Boasson Hagen who led the chase Stuart O'Grady and Matthew Hayman all prominent The Ballan group gained a minute-and-a-half on the peloton while the break continued to dangle out front and it was down to a precarious 36 seconds It looked then as though it would all come back together the gap stretched back out - to two minutes over the next lap As is often the case in the World Championships the race didn't erupt until the final two laps The Italians and Spaniards predictably massed at the front but it was to be a race with a twist - and one that justified all that work by the Cyclones could celebrate Australia's first ever world road race champion He is also a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the 1998 Tour de Langkawi Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France will be published by Yellow Jersey in May 2011 Sky’s the Limit: British Cycling’s Quest to Conquer the Tour de France will also be published by HarperSport in June 2011 CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE SINCE 1980 More... The first signs of the return to a figurative painting capable of delineating the complexity of the world with spontaneity and immediacy had already occurred from the early seventies Then the phenomenon spread and merged within the current of the Transavantgarde which had illustrious champions in Enzo Cucchi and Julian Schnabel to break up a discourse of linear experimentation and to indicate other (and apparently retroactive) expressive possibilities “Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute”) under the direction of the legendary Harald Szeemann the first edition not to be under the leadership of the founder Arnold Bode It is there that a consistent patrol of painters (Baselitz which went against the modern tradition of the neo-avant-garde with a presence of works that caused a scandal because mixed with a preponderant situation entirely dominated by procedural and conceptual art Subsequent stages to confirm this unstoppable new way of reading the new times were then three exhibitions that marked an era: “aperto 1980” (Magazzino del Sale signed by Achille Bonito Oliva and Harald Szeemann); “A New Spirit in Painting” (Royal Academy Joachimides) and “Zeitgeist” (Martin-Gropius-Bau But a further consideration must also be made: if it had not been for the Michael Werner gallery (at the time with its headquarters first in Berlin and then in Cologne) with all its organizational and promotional efforts and financial support it is probable that this generation of authors (of which AR Penck was a part) would not have had this unexpected international success and at the market level would not have touched the staggering value that partly make their works Within this framework and at the end of a long journey and a profitable activity AR Penck (1939-2017) is one of the most important German artists of the second half of the twentieth century also because he was able to express the contradictions of post-nazi Germany and the East-West conflict through a very original language even if conceived in traditional expressive forms a retrospective at the Mendrisio Art Museum (including over 40 large-format paintings over fifty works on paper and artist’s books) with the ‘intent to retrace the main stages of his journey for decades Penck (pseudonym of Ralf Winkler) worked in East Germany focusing on works of clear socialist inspiration but managing over time to transform the function of his painting into an element of dialogue with a more enlarged social and political system precisely because of the paradox of Germany divided by the Iron Curtain has been recognized and appreciated only in the West so much so that on 3 August 1980 he decided to leave the GDR The “Standart” figure concentrates the whole figurative universe and the symbolic image of A.R and this “icon” is the starting point of the exhibition organized by the Mendrisio Museum of Art marked by a rough and almost engraved painting brings to mind the static nature and the synthetic strength of the rock engravings of the Camuni Thanks to his famous stylized figure (the one that brings him to the apex of international fame and not as an element of an elaborate communication system) Penck reveals himself as the artist who has been able to transform the figurative field into a megaphone through which to spread their theoretical and aesthetic beliefs His monumental painting is linked both to the historical genre If we were to ask ourselves the rhetorical question whether art (and style) was born from the Egyptians whether it was born from the line or from the color from the decorative sign or from the narrative sign here then that Penck would reply: “Art is born before any classical instance it is born before any geometric module or rule it is born with a radical and primitive sign it is born thanks to a self without sweetness” a sign that transports towards a second nature facing with force the place usually reserved for the deeds of heroes and which he delivers into the hands of an anonymous figure and absolute: a universal and visionary image capable of representing the chorality of the world in a single perspective The retrospectives that have been dedicated to him in the last two decades (Frankfurt Oxford and The Hague) have provided a broad overview of his most important production the Mendrisio Art Museum project aims to present the creative path of this giant of contemporary art through its multiform expressions trying to provide the public with the tools to be able to understand its complex and profound structure was organized with the support of the Winterhalter Foundation Mendrisio and of Repubblica and Cantone Ticino ASSOCIAZIONE JULIET – via Battisti 19/a – 34015 Muggia (TS) Juliet art magazine è pubblicata a cura dell’Associazione Juliet - direttore responsabile Alessio Curto autorizzazione del Tribunale di Trieste registro informatico C.F./P.IVA 00699740320 | c/c postale 12103347 | SWIFT UNCRIT M10MC | IBAN IT75C0200802242000005111867 | UNICREDIT Banca Trieste the Mendrisio Art Museum will host the major anthological exhibition"Max Beckmann Drawings and Graphics."Along the exhibition route 80 graphics and 2 sculptures will be on view to the public to cover the most salient chapters of one of the greatest masters of modern art and all the techniques he used It will also be an opportunity to admire much of his graphic production completed between 1917 and 1925 and after World War II The anthological exhibition will proceed chronologically and thematically allowing visitors to understand the evolution of the artistic language of Max Beckmann (Leipzig focused on a previously unseen aspect of the painter’s art namely the search for certain central elements in his works and plants; starting with common objects found in paintings or works on paper Gohr investigates their meaning and significance The artist’s self-portraits constitute a very strong contemporary biographical and historical record while the mythological and allegorical inventions are significant The anthological exhibition was made possible thanks to the support of the Beckmann family and the Artist’s Archive For info: www1.mendrisio.ch to noon and 2 to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m Self-Portrait on Green Background with Green Shirt (1938-1939; oil on canvas Museum der bildenden Künste) Nachlass Mathilde Q Characterised by an alternation of curved and squared lines that wrap within a circular floor plan to the large domed roof Teatro dell’architettura is crossed by two red and grey floors unfolding around the void of the central atrium the visitor becomes involved in a mutual relationship with the photographs on display by constantly exchanging the roles of observer and object of the gaze itself the places primarily chosen by the photographers' gaze should not be conceived as eye-catching views that open before us like imaginary windows but rather as actual characters that make this space their dwelling 'What Mad Pursuit' is on view at the Teatro dell’architettura in Mendrisio Eleonora is an art historian based in Venice During her contemporary art history studies at Ca’ Foscari University she specialized in the relation between textile while mostly focusing on North European and Baltic cultures Eleonora has a certificate in Curatorial Studies and co-curated the exhibition Non Playable Character (NPC) at “Pier Fortunato Calvi” State First Grade Secondary School She is also deeply interested in illustration and publishing and has collaborated with ATPdiary Exclusive preview for subscribers. 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Learn More by Eleonora Ghedini | Published on : Sep 04 the Swiss Architectural Award conferred by the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio has made a place for itself among the major international accolades by recognizing emerging figures who have at least three major built works to show and whose constructions are notably sensitive to landscape and the ethical and aesthetic challenges of the discipline the biennial prize was unanimously granted to Bruther the studio established in Paris in 2007 by Stéphanie Bru (1973) and Alexandre Theriot (1972) Characterized by a broad outlook where architecture Bruther has managed to combine acceptance of the functional issues raised by today’s world with experimentation in projects situated halfway between rigor and freedom among which the jury has highlighted three remarkable buildings: the Saint-Blaise Center in Paris (2014) and Maison Julie-Victoire Daubié residence Swiss Architectural Award 2020 Underscoring the fact that in Venice significant design opportunities have often been missed The project for the Palazzo dei Congressi and the Biennale Pavilion an exhibition open at the Teatro dell’Architettura in Mendrisio dedicated to the relationship between the Estonian-born American master and La Serenissima he loved the city he called “a pure miracle” who studied in Philadelphia where he grew up went to the lagoon for the first time in 1928 during an educational trip aimed at exploring the historic architecture of the Old Continent Also because in 1968 he received a commission to design the Palazzo dei Congressi and the Biennale Pavilion from Giuseppe Mazzariol (1922-1989) – art historian then director of Fondazione Querini Stampalia and Venetian university professor and politician – on behalf of the Venice Tourism Board (Aast) Carlo Scarpa and Dino Buzzati in front of the model of the Palazzo dei Congressi project Kahn presented his project in an exhibition held at the Palazzo Ducale in 1969 that showed off the three models on different territorial scales at the time a Corriere della Sera correspondent described it as follows: “It is a clear solemn and in no way provocative invention” However – as had happened a few years earlier to Frank Lloyd Wright with the house for students-architects on the Grand Canal and to Le Corbusier with the new hospital in the San Giobbe area – the project remained on paper adding to the pages of a story that continues to this day: that of a Venice that misses its date with modernity Sketch of the cross-section and the floor plan with a detail of the interior of the hall (Courtesy Canadian Centre for Architecture Curated by Elisabetta Barizza in collaboration with Gabriele Neri the exhibition – which also inaugurates the exhibition programme of the new space designed by Mario Botta on the USI campus – is sponsored by Mendrisio’s Fondazione Teatro dell’Architettura and the Academy of Architecture of the Università della Svizzera Italiana It unfolds across the building’s three floors through seven thematic sections in which the projects developed between 1968 and 1972 and the master’s relationship with the lagoon city The Giuseppe Mazzariol and the idea of Venice section ties in to current events through the famous art historian’s vision for the future of Venice Mazzariol was against the museification of the city and its reduction to a “tourist ruin” and proposed re-launching its role as a meeting place between the west and the east through new works An issue that is still keenly felt today in Venice and in the rest of Italy Published by Mendrisio Academy Press and Silvana Editoriale the bilingual catalogue (Italian/English) contains essays by the exhibition’s curators as well as the first-hand account of Mario Botta (young assistant to Mazzariol at the time of Kahn’s projects for Venice) and texts by Fulvio Irace and Werner Oechslin and website in this browser for the next time I comment Abitare.it e Style.corriere.it rifiutando tutti i cookie di profilazione ad eccezione di quelli tecnici necessari Naviga il sito di Abitare.it con pubblicità profilata e senza abbonarti By subscribing you will reject all but technical cookies on Iodonna.it By clicking "accept" you will allow to process your personal data by us and third parties and be able to browse Abitare.it website without a subscription will host the exhibition Koen Vanmechelen - The worth of life - 1982/2019 from October 4 sponsored by the Architecture Theater Foundation will extend to the exterior and three floors of the building where more than sixty-five works by the artist The exhibition will present works created between 1982 and 2019 to trace Vanmechelen’s artistic journey 1965) has pivoted his work on the relationship between nature and culture juxtaposing animal or plant hybridization projects with the contamination of figurative arts His art is an expression of an aesthetic of wonder and an ethic grounded in the value of life from his first wooden sculptures in the 1980s to the development of an extensive research program aimed at the generation of new poultry breeds to the recent creation of a biodiversity park called Labiomista where works and birds of the most diverse species coexist The artist’s imagery revolves around the figure of the hen as a symbol of biocultural evolution art is based on the re-invention of nature asking it to materialize the visions of his imagery For info: www.usi.ch The Worth of Life (2019) © Koen Vanmechelen Fabian Cancellara has been selected as the winner of the 35th Mendrisio d'Oro Italian Marco Pinotti was so impressed with Cancellara's speed that he said "The time that Cancellara rode maybe I could have done on a Vespa." The Swiss award is not only destined for home riders; two years ago the award went to Paolo Bettini after a year that included winning in the Olympics and in 2005 the winner was Tom Boonen in recognition for his blistering season Cancellara listed his objectives to La Gazzetta dello Sport a very fascinating race for the pavé climbs and the crowds I would like it to rain the day of Roubaix then I can demonstrate that I am also the strongest in the rain and mud." Monday 25 September 6.30 p.m.Inaugural lecture and aperitive Join us at the Archizoom gallery for the opening of the exhibition Territory as Palimpseste. The Legacy of André Corboz which runs from 26 September to 5 December 2023 we’ll be welcoming curators André Bideau and Sonja Hildebrand for an introductory talk on the exhibition From the 1970s the Genevan thinker André Corboz challenged notions of landscape which was undergoing spectacular spatial change The exhibition provides an overview of his work and reaffirms the relevance of his activities as a cultural critic André Bideau is an architecture theoretician He holds a M.Arch from ETH Zurich and a PhD from Zurich University Since 2014 he teaches history and theory of architecture at Accademia di architettura Mendrisio He is also co-director of the MAS program in the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich In 2017 he was a co-founder of Zentrum Architektur Zürich where he serves on the advisory board and has curated several exhibitions Bideau’s research and teaching address intersections of architecture production urbanization and urban governance under the socio-economic dynamics of postmodernism and Post-Fordism He has lectured and published extensively on this subject in particular on the work of O.M.Ungers in Frankfurt Working with the holdings of the library at Accademia di architettura Mendrisio (Fondo Corboz) since 2020 Bideau is lead researcher and co-curator of the André Corboz exhibition project Sonja Hildebrand is full professor of the history of modern and contemporary architecture at the Accademia di architettura Mendrisio she has served USI as Prorector for Research in the Humanities and Equal Opportunities After studying at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and Freie Universität Berlin she earned her doctorate in art history at Technische Universität München in 1997 Before joining the Università della Svizzera italiana in 2011 she researched and taught at the Technical University of Munich she was a substitute professor at the Institute gta at ETH Zurich She curated exhibitions at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich the ETH Zürich and the Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio Research projects and publications deal with topics in the history and theory of architecture and urbanisation from the 19th to the 21st centuries If a GC guy is going to win a one-day race – This story was originally published in RIDE Cycling Review (issue 46) The world championship was in his European backyard; Cadel Evans was on roads he would conquer It was a beautiful moment for cycling – one earned in style by an honest guy The victory in Switzerland was achieved a short distance from where Cadel Evans lived at the time You can repeat it with a grunt of breath at the end of each word and think: that’s it he unleashed his power and did what many believed he could: become the best bike rider in the world Now he could purge himself of what had burdened him Success is what he always strived for but it had often eluded him because of reasons beyond his control victory was his and it came in the form of a world championship title near the Australian’s Swiss base support and knowledge that an ambition could be achieved How else could he have found the power to push on the pedals faster than you could say the words but the road race in Mendrisio was identified long ago as something he believed he could succeed in He had never been bold enough to suggest this in the lead-up to the race in Switzerland at the end of the season but his body language at last revealed what everyone knew he wanted to express: these are my worlds Evans finished third in Vuelta a España of 2009 which was also the first year in which he took a backward step in his quest for victory in the Tour de France Before 27 September 2009 there was Cadel – a bike rider in his prime a regular contributor to the results sheet a guy with impressive ability who had become an integral character of a sport going through significant change An honest force who often came close to victory but because finishing second in the Tour de France is not something that escapes the headlines He kept Aussies awake longer than most would have liked during the cold month of July as he plied his trade on the roads of Europe He wants to be on top of the general classification In the world championship he wore his country’s colours and while it was his audacious attack in the closing kilometres that earned him the right to salute – one that was later politely declined in favour of a gentle wave of the hand and a few well-aimed kisses – it was a team effort Cadel’s worlds had been promised for so long that when the moment was realised ‘All the way’ is his approach; time is of the essence This was the maiden one-day race victory for the GC Guy A rainbow jersey – won near his European home a year before the worlds were contested near his Australian home “I didn’t know if I had a lead of five seconds or 50,” he said two days later He generally doesn’t like to watch footage of himself compete unless it’s a time trial and he can observe his position and consider improvements Silver and bronze – Alexandr Kolobnev and Joaquin Rodriquez – had lost their race seven kilometres earlier There was a look to the left by the Russian opening up a margin that would eventually be sufficient should he opt for an animated gesture as he crossed the line He eventually stopped pedalling but didn’t take a hand off his handlebars There was no gesture to fire a pistol or do something else he could later trademark Why expect the norm from a man who was doing something out of the ordinary He laughs when reminded that he raced to the line like time mattered I’ve lost world titles because of a puncture or a crash near the finish before it’s never over until you cross the finish line so I was taking no chance.” Since his teenage years Cadel had been a rider destined to win a world championship when half a lifetime of toil was rewarded in Mendrisio There’s a lot more to winning a bike race than simply being the fastest rider in the field Before 27 September there were numerous articles that examined the nature of the world championship road race and the conclusion was that this one-day contest near the end of the season was a lottery Escapes could be made and allegiances formed – national pride or professional commitments could the next it could be considered a climbers’ course On the menu in 2009 was a circuit that suited the characteristics of several riders but one knew it intimately Cadel was a local and also one of the favourites in the part of Switzerland he has adopted as his home away from home He married a girl who grew up just south of the Italian border and the couple eventually settled in Stabio in the Ticino canton [his now ex-wife] Chiara Passerini was there that day So were many others who believed that this rider from Australia could finally prove that he was the best “I had no knowledge of cycling as a sport,” said Chiara of her life before being introduced to her future husband “My dad knew a little but nobody in my family knew who Cadel was he’s mountain biker.’ But that’s all I knew.” He has won the MTB World Cup (twice) and the ProTour (in a year when the winner was determined by performance in all the major races including each of the Grand Tours – Giro He was the first Australian to lead the Giro d’Italia and the first from his country to finish on the podium of the GC rankings at the Tour (which he did twice the first time with the second-smallest margin in the event’s long history) Cadel has won a time trial stage of the Tour (retrospectively) and was voted the most popular athlete in Australia in a poll conducted by a leading Australian media organisation He has taken the sport of cycling to a new level in the land where he was born and yet it was in his adopted country that he would pull off the biggest victory of a career that is far from over Cadel had also fallen short of some of his aspirations But this didn’t mean he had surrendered hope; there was still unfinished business to attend to You don’t walk away from something just because of a setback Had he done that he would have quit cycling a long time ago Simon Gerrans and Alejandro Valverde (above) were captains of their teams for the road race in Mendrisio Early in his biography Close To Flying – which was being finalised in the week the world championships were held – Cadel explains the satisfaction generated by the sensation of a perfect day on the bike He talks of freedom and the pleasures of cycling how a trail could seem like nature’s roller coaster Ever since he’s been working on becoming the best bike rider in the world It is a ride that has taken him up mountains and through valleys There were moments to celebrate and close calls to frustrate all of which contributed to a great sense of satisfaction when he did finally achieve what he always believed possible When he eventually reached that finish line in first place His simple gestures were the antithesis of what is expected of a world championship winner “I had so much personal satisfaction from that result that I didn’t need to be exalted,” he said of his subtle salute “It’s funny to look back on the 2009 season I had so many obstacles to overcome that people aren’t aware of – things that I can’t really talk about because of professional reasons Matters beyond his control burdened him during the season Well before racing commenced he prepared an itinerary that he felt would best suit his objectives At the top of the list were two races: the Tour de France and the world championship everything else could be slotted in to ensure the best possible results from three weeks in July and the final Sunday of September Not every problem was disastrous but he became overwhelmed; from team politics to equipment concerns to stupid incidents that took away the chance of victory despite all other elements falling into place ‘One day your honesty and effort will be repaid’ Wes Sulzberger and Stuart O’Grady lead the peloton on the 16th of 19 laps of the 262.2km race in Switzerland’s Ticino canton (above) Mick Rogers was the lone Aussie in an escape group but he was outnumbered by Italians and Spaniards so Neil Stephens made the call to chase Cadel has the rainbow jersey but the efforts of these men — along with Allan Davis Matt Lloyd and Simon Gerrans — helped him win What had kept him motivated for all these years – the hope that one day he could prove to himself that he was  the best in the world – became a reality in Mendrisio And he stood on the podium just three kilometres from his Swiss home with friends neighbours and relatives all on hand to witness the occasion stunning teamwork and surety of his strength The images of Cadel on the podium show a man carefully surveying the scene as though his eyes were lenses and his mind was the hard drive that was uploading all that he saw before him It needed to be recognised and appreciated otherwise it  might have seemed like just another sequence generated by his imagination “It’s a sickening feeling that you have on the podium when you’re standing there in second or third place and the guy next to you is putting on the rainbow jersey In 2009 it was a different sensation altogether I woke up at 3.00am the morning after the race and I was pissed off at myself; I thought I had a race to ride my recovery is going to be compromised.’ It took a moment to dawn on me: ‘That’s right “That’s what can happen after a three-week stage race I got so used to waking up and thinking about what I had to do I realised it had already been run and won and… oh that’s the rainbow jersey hanging there on the wall I went riding to clear my head but I didn’t ride with the rainbow jersey on My life has not changed one little bit and that’s just fine I do have a nice jersey and a gold medal hanging in my apartment and amongst my little family of friends and supporters I’m very satisfied with our efforts this year.” 2018 – Do you have appointments for March 31st between 13.00:19.00 PM and XNUMX:XNUMX PM one of the most important outlets in the area which is celebrating three years of activity in that location Alessandro Vanotti will be present for the occasion Alessandro is a very frank and easy-going guy and it is always interesting to chat with him perhaps to get some training advice or to hear some episodes of his professional career Santini will give everyone who passes by a gadget to celebrate the day The Santini store inside Fox Town is number 213 and is located on the second floor For more information there is the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1845526995748224/ Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" © Cyclinside - all rights reserved - Reproduction of photographs and texts for more than 10 percent is prohibited It is mandatory to indicate the link to the page © Cyclinside - all rights reserved - Reproduction of photographs and texts for more than 10 percent is prohibited It is mandatory to indicate the link to the page.