Architecture in Murano

Future Scenarios

Involving professors and third-year Architecture majors, this project challenged students to design the future of the furnace and Murano while exploring topics such as climate change, heritage, relationship with nature and depopulation. The final outputs were delivered at the end of the course in the form of an at-scale model.

Architecture of the fourth machine age. A hand book

Through a collection of theoretical essays, the volume investigates contemporary architecture’s ability to shape the co-existence of humans, machines, and natural landscape. The research also addresses practical questions — how should a glass factory be designed in the present, as part of Murano’s historical context?

The publication builds upon the 2022 curricular course carried out at IUAV.