Laura Cardia

Sep 20, 2024 | casafacile.it | Laura Cardia

Erba Brüsca è il nome piemontese dell’acetosella, una pianta il cui stelo sa di vino e di aceto. «Da bambina lo succhiavo spesso perché era come se stessi bevendo il vino e mi sentivo grande» racconta Simona Da Giau. «L’ho scelto come nome del mio brand di ceramista per esprimere la mia passione sconfinata per le piante, il fil rouge della mia vita. Ho fatto il liceo artistico per amore della ceramica, mi sono laureata in Botanica e oggi vivo nel verde della collina di Superga, a Torino».

Aug 19, 2024 | casafacile.it | Laura Cardia

La storia di Tufa - Piccole sculture ricorda un po’ i ‘Quattro amici al bar’ di Gino Paoli. Un gruppo di giovani di Matera si frequenta nei Sassi e, un po’ per scherzo e un po’ per gioco, inizia a realizzare piccole sculture con il tufo, poi a mano a mano tutti prendono altre strade.

Nov 28, 2023 | abitare.it | Silvia Icardi |Leonardo Lella |Beppe Finessi |Laura Cardia

The new issue of Abitare is on thenewsstands from tomorrow 29 November. Highlights include Renzo Piano’s ScienceGateway at Cern, an educational centre composed of a technological footbridge that runsbetween lecture halls and auditoriums; a portrait of Alberto Meda, whose work is celebrated by a monographicexhibition in Milan; Sara Banti’s reportage from the Chicago Biennial. An interview with Danish architect-urbanist Jan Gehl, theorist of the pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly city.

Nov 27, 2023 | abitare.it | Laura Cardia

At the beginning of the century, the former CEAT cable and tyre factory in Borgo Rossini – a lively district of Turin where Cino Zucchi’s Nuvola Lavazza is also located – was converted into a residential building. We are talking about one of the first and most significant reconversions in the area, where numerous industrial spaces now house offices, studios and homes. And it is in this building that the interesting flat refurbished by Velvet Studio for a young businessman is located.

Aug 22, 2023 | abitare.it | Laura Cardia

In the Eixample, Barcelona’s fashionable shopping district, Aureli Mora and Omar Ornaque’s AMOO studio has renovated a small flat of just 47 square metres, employing brilliant solutions based on colour and geometry to release the space from its existing orthogonal rigidity. Recurrent ideas in their work, through which they are able reshape spaces in an unusual way.