Mirko Zardini Explained

Mirko Zardini
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Curator, editor, architect

Mirko Zardini (Verona, 1955 -)[1] is the former Director and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] He is an architect who teaches, curates exhibitions, and writes about contemporary architecture and urban issues.[3] Zardini is an active member and former trustee of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), is on the Executive Committee of the International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM),[4] and is a member of the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO).

Canadian Centre for Architecture

Zardini was senior consulting curator of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) from 2003-2005 and was appointed director and chief curator in 2005. He has shaped the institution's collection, research, exhibitions, programs and publications to emphasize the CCA's role as a venue for critical discourse about contemporary culture and the relationship of architecture to politics and society.[5] His thematic approach often juxtaposes contradictory ideas to highlight the complexity of social and urban issues.[6]

The CCA's collection of international architectural archives has received significant additions during Zardini's tenure, most notably those of Pritzker-prize-winner Álvaro Siza Vieira,[7] Abalos & Herreros[8] and Foreign Office Architects.[9] A research project on the early application of digital tools in architectural design developed in collaboration with architect Greg Lynn resulted in the exhibition series "Archaeology of the Digital"[10] [11] [12] and also led to the acquisition of digital project archives by the featured architects including Chuck Hoberman, Shoei Yoh, and others.

The exhibition program developed under Zardini has been recognized internationally. Design Observer named "Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture" the best exhibition of 2012[13] and published a review stating "it is worth noting that this show is just the latest in a series of inventive exhibitions that engage in social themes (energy consumption, proactive urbanism, war) undertaken by the CCA under Zardini, shows that together reassert that institution's place as a center of architectural culture."[14] About the exhibition "Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War", curated by Jean-Louis Cohen, The New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff wrote "Simply put, it's one of the most important architecture exhibitions I've seen in years."[15] The Globe and Mail described Zardini's exhibitions as "suggestive, poetic", and "fascinating", noting their role in critically examining architecture's relationship to the environment.[16]

Zardini is an advocate for online access and the need to strengthen long-distance research tools and collaborative digital projects for a global audience. In his 2012 text "A Project for Two Buildings", Zardini outlines his vision for an institution with "two buildings: the physical one, anchored to a specific place, and the digital, accessed online from any place at any time."[17] Zardini oversaw the redevelopment of the CCA's website as a publishing platform dedicated to shaping architectural discourse, which allows the institution "to frame contemporary problems in a different way, to have a critical attitude about how architects work, and to show the inherent contradictions."[18] The website was designed by Studio Lin, New York, and developed by Brazen, Montreal.[19] [20] Zardini launched the CCA's digital book publishing initiative with an electronic version of the exhibition catalogue for "Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture" and then created a digital-only epub series featuring individual projects from the "Archaeology of the Digital" exhibitions.[21] The series was designed and developed by the New York-based graphic design studio Linked by Air and features technical innovations such as interactive slideshows and responsive design within the standard formats of reflowable e-books.[22]

Exhibitions

Exhibitions organized and co-organized by Mirko Zardini at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)

Other exhibitions organized and co-organized by Zardini

Editorial work

Zardini was editor of Lotus International magazine from 1988 to 1999,[33] and editor of Casabella magazine and Quaderni di Casabella from 1983 to 1988. He has also guest edited an issue of El Croquis magazine (number 105 dedicated to Bolles+Wilson architects in 2011),[34] the February 1999 issue of Archi Magazine, and served on the editorial board of Domus Magazine from 2004 to 2005.

Zardini also contributes articles to other publications including Places Journal[35] and Volume magazine.[36]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mirko Zardini Lars Mueller Publishers . 30 May 2024.
  2. http://www.canadianarchitect.com/news/mirko-zardini-appointed-as-new-director-of-the-cca/1000040145/ "Mirko Zardini Appointed as New Director of the CCA"
  3. Web site: icam. www.icam-web.org. 18 May 2019.
  4. Web site: icam. www.icam-web.org. 18 May 2019.
  5. Andrade, Sérgio C. "Entrevista Mirko Zardini" Público (Lisbon, Portugal), 6 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. Makovsky, Paul. "2012 Game Changers: Mirko Zardini", Metropolis Magazine (New York, NY), January 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Álvaro Siza fonds. Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). www.cca.qc.ca. en. 2020-05-25.
  8. Web site: Ábalos&Herreros fonds. Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). www.cca.qc.ca. en. 2020-05-25.
  9. Web site: Foreign Office Architects fonds. Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). www.cca.qc.ca. en. 2020-05-25.
  10. Web site: Archaeology of the Digital. Canadian Centre for. Architecture (CCA). www.cca.qc.ca. 18 May 2019.
  11. Web site: Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines. Canadian Centre for. Architecture (CCA). www.cca.qc.ca. 18 May 2019.
  12. Web site: Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention. Canadian Centre for. Architecture (CCA). www.cca.qc.ca. 18 May 2019.
  13. Lange, Alexandra and Lamster, Mark. "Lunch With The Critics: Third-Annual Year-End Awards" Design Observer, 10 December 2012. Retrieved on 21 July 2015
  14. Lamster, Mark. "Life Support: Can Architecture Make Us Healthy?" Design Observer, 6 January 2012. Retrieved on 21 July 2015.
  15. Ouroussoff, Nicolai. "Wartime Architects: Creating Amid Chaos" The New York Times, 1 June 2011. Retrieved on 21 July 2015.
  16. Bozikovic, Alex. "Looking to Canada's past in hopes of a greener architectural future" "The Globe and Mail", 23 December 2016. Retrieved on 29 December 2016.
  17. Zardini, Mirko. "A Project for Two Buildings". icamprint 04, p.30. International Confederation of Architectural Museums (Vienna, Austria), 2012 . Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  18. Taylor-Foster, James. "Steffen Boddeker Interview with Mirko Zardini" "ArchDaily", 9 June 2016. Retrieved on 29 December 2016.
  19. Web site: "Studio Lin". studiolin.org. 18 May 2019.
  20. Web site: Principal. Principal. 18 May 2019.
  21. Web site: Canadian Centre for Architecture Books on Apple Books. iTunes. 18 May 2019.
  22. http://www.linkedbyair.net/ArchaeologyOfTheDigital "Linked by Air on Archaeology of the Digital"
  23. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/calendar?event=39571 "It's All Happening So Fast"
  24. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=3449 "Rooms You May Have Missed"
  25. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=3178 "Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture"
  26. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=2864 "Other Space Odysseys"
  27. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=2689 "Actions: What You Can Do With the City"
  28. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=2684 "1973: Sorry, Out of Gas"
  29. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=2807 "Sense of the City"
  30. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/explore?event=2715 "out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark"
  31. Sulcas, Roslyn. "An Architect and a Sociologist to be Honored at Swiss Pavilion in Venice", The New York Times (New York), 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  32. Marcoaldi, Milano Franco. "piccola apologia dell' asfalto", La Repubblica (Rome, Italy), 31 March 2003. Retrieved on 21 July 2015.
  33. Web site: About. www.editorialelotus.it. 18 May 2019.
  34. Web site: El Croquis. Editorial de Arquitectura, Construcción y Diseño.. El Croquis. 18 May 2019.
  35. Web site: Mirko Zardini. placesjournal.org. 18 May 2019.
  36. Web site: A Few Centimeters of Asphalt. Volume. 18 May 2019.
  37. https://www.japsambooks.nl/products/it-s-all-happening-so-fast "It's All Happening So Fast"

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