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O arquiteto Marco De Michelis estará pela primeira vez no Porto, a 17 de dezembro, para a apresentação de “Heinrich Tessenow as a modern architect”. A conferência acontecerá na Casa das Artes – Porto, pelas 18:30, no âmbito da celebração dos 100 anos do nascimento de Mário Bonito.

Marco De Michelis estudou arquitetura em Veneza, onde foi docente de História da Arquitetura e fundador e reitor da Faculdade de Artes e Design. Foi bolseiro da Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Berlim e Munique) e do Getty Center, em Santa Mónica, CA. Entre 1999 e 2003, foi nomeado “The Walter Gropius Professor” pela Bauhaus University, de Weimar e, em 2005, foi-lhe atribuída a “Mellon Senior Fellow” pelo CCA/Montreal. É Professor Convidado em Hamburgo e em Leeds; na Cooper Union, na Columbia University e na New York University/IFA.

Publica extensivamente sobre arquitetura e arte contemporânea, nomeadamente sobre Heinrich Tessenow, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Bauhaus, Bruce Nauman. Foi o editor de “Ottagono” (1989-1991) e o curador principal da Trienal de Milão, entre 1993 e 1996.

Marco De Michelis será apresentado por José Miguel Rodrigues.

Architect Marco De Michelis will be in Porto for the first time on December 17 presenting “Henrich Tessenow as a modern architect”. The conference will take place at Casa das Artes – Porto, at 18:30, as part of Mário Bonito’s 100 years celebration.

Marco De Michelis studied architecture in Venice, where he has taught history of architecture and was the founding dean of the faculty of arts and design. He was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Berlin and Munich) and a scholar at the Getty Center in Santa Monica, CA. From 1999 to 2003 he was appointed the Walter Gropius Professor at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. 2005 he has been appointed Mellon Senior Fellow at the CCA/Montreal. He has been visiting professor in Hamburg and in Leeds; at Cooper Union, at Columbia University and at New York University/IFA.

He has published extensively about contemporary architecture and art, including  Heinrich Tessenow; Walter Gropius; Ludwig Hilberseimer; Bauhaus; Bruce Nauman. He was the editor of “Ottagono” (1989-1991) and the chief curator at the Triennale in Milan between 1993 and 1996.

Marco De Michelis will be present by José Miguel Rodrigues.