WAVE SPRING EXPERIMENTS

We have just uploaded Wave Spring – an experiment in which a system of plywood sheets behaves as a wave spring to create a basic principle for a furniture system.

UNPLUGGED ITALY PUBLICATION

We are pleased to let you know that AION will be featured in a forthcoming book entitled “Unplugged Italy”, edited by Gennaro Postiglione and published by LetteraVentidue Edizioni.

The publication features eight young Italian studios, all participants of “Unplugged Italy” conference series which took place in Oslo this year. See Abitare Online for more information about this event.

The book launch is estimated for March 2010.

Unplugged Italy
Editor | Gennaro Postiglione
Publisher | LetteraVentidue Edizioni
Format 17×22 cm, pp 272
Italian & English Text

IN GEAR IS ONLINE

Please, click here to see In Gear – a small intervention we are currently working on!

ORIGAMI PAVILION FEATURED ON ABITARE ONLINE

The Origami Pavilion completed last June in collaboration with prof. Luigi Alini and the students of the 2nd Year Design Lab of the Faculty of Architecture in Siracusa has been featured on Abitare Online. Follow the link to read more.

LOST HIGHWAY PROJECT IS ONLINE

Please, clike here to see Lost Highway, a single family house we are currently working on!

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ORIGAMI CARDBOARD PAVILION

We would like to announce that the origami cardboard pavilion will be soon erected in the courtyard of Palazzo Impellizzeri and the opening evening will take place on the 26th of June at 6.30 p.m.

The project is a collaboration between the 2nd-year Design Studio run by prof. Luigi Alini at the Catania Faculty of Architecture in Siracusa, studio AION and the International Paper company from Catania.

More details about this project will appear in our academic section soon.

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PARASITES

We are happy to announce that AION will give a lecture entitled “Parasites” at the Faculty of Architecutre, University of Catania as part of the “In Ombra” conference series meant to promote young architects active in Sicily. The event will take place on the 11^th of June at Palazzo Impellizzeri in Siracusa.

Please visit the following website for more info: www.inombra.it

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UNPLUGGED ITALY

We are happy to announce that AION is part of Unplugged Italy, Italian Architecture in Oslo – an exhibition and a series of lectures aimed to promote young Italian architecture abroad.

The event is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo together with: The National Museum of Art Architecture and Design, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and DPA Politecnico di Milano. The exhibition is hosted by the Oslo School of Architecture and will remain open till Sunday, the 26th of April.

Both the lecture and the exhibition present the following AION projects: Artificial Biotic CorridorsCaterpillar and Continuous Laminae.

Please, follow the following link to read more:

www.abitare.it/events/unpluggedd-italy-2-italian-architecture-in-oslo

www.lablog.org.uk/2009/03/17/unplugged-italy/#more-1760