What happens when architecture embraces cutting-edge technology without losing sight of people, the environment, and quality of life?
At the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Mario Cucinella will invite audiences into a timely conversation about the future of building. In dialogue with Claudio Pagliara, he will discuss how 3D printing is opening new possibilities for designing buildings and cities in ways that are more sustainable, intelligent, and responsive.
Internationally acclaimed and widely recognized, Cucinella is the founder of MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects and SOS – School of Sustainability, and has long been a major voice in the global conversation around architecture, climate, materials, education, and social innovation. His work shows how design can be both a creative vision and a practical response to the defining challenges of our time.
More than a technical talk, this event will be a journey through the ideas that are changing the way we inhabit the future: from the evolution of construction systems to the cultural meaning of architecture, and the role designers play in a world that urgently needs new, sustainable, and deeply human solutions.
Bio:
Mario Cucinella was born in Palermo in 1960 and graduated in Architecture from the University of Genoa in 1986. In 1992, he founded MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects in Paris, where he serves as creative director. The firm now has offices in Bologna and Milan.
In 2015, he founded SOS – School of Sustainability, a postgraduate program dedicated to the themes of sustainability.
The significance of his work and his constant commitment, as both an architect and educator, to environmental and social issues have been recognized with the International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2016 and the Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects in 2017.
In 2018, he served as curator of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Arcipelago Italia.
On June 20, 2024, MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects received the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award for the project Museo d’Arte Fondazione Luigi Rovati.
He is the author of numerous publications. Among the most recent are: Città foresta umana. L’empatia ci aiuta a progettare (2024, Giulio Einaudi Editore), Il futuro è un viaggio nel passato. Dieci storie di architettura (2021, Quodlibet), Architettura dell’educazione (2021, Maggioli), and Building Green Futures (2020, Forma).
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