Leonardo and Laura Mosso

Structures, Systems, and Voids
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-0356-2956-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Applied Virtuality Book Series

Structures, Signs, and Voids offers the first comprehensive monographic study of Leonardo Mosso and Laura Castagno-Mosso in over forty years, highlighting their distinctive position beyond Italy’s dominant postmodern narratives. Their work forms an original synthesis of emerging computer technologies, philosophical and political inquiry, and a linguistic exploration of structural nodes. Far from being limited to its historical moment, their research anticipates today’s discussions on digital tools in architecture, often constrained by efficiency-driven approaches. Central to their contribution is a dual commitment to computational experimentation and a radical vision for social and political transformation. Their relevance extends well beyond national boundaries, as demonstrated by exchanges with Nove Tendencije, Alvar Aalto, and Konrad Wachsmann, underscoring the European and international scope of their architectural thought. - The first authoritative monograph on the work of Leonardo Mosso and Laura Castagno-Mosso
- Houses and cities as flexible modular systems
- Flexible structures as logical systems of rods and nodes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bottazzi, Leonardo

Hovestadt, Ludger

Bühlmann, Vera

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architekten & Architekturbüros

Über Autor(innen)

Roberto Botazzi is an architect, researcher, and educator based in London. He is Associate Professor at the Bartlet School of Architecture, UCL, where he directs the Master in Urban Design. He studied architecture at University of Florence (Italy) and University of British Columbia (Canada). He lectured and exhibited internationally including the Pompidou Centre and Ars Electronica. He has been Visiting Professor at the Politecnico of Milan and Visiting tutor at the Innovation Design Engineering [IDE] at the Royal College of Art His publications include: Digital Architecture Beyond Computers (Bloomsbury, 2018), Walking Cites: London (Camberwell Press, 2017; Routledge, 2020, co-editor) and Architecture, Energy, Matter: DS18 2013-2015 (University of Westminster, 2016, co-editor) along with numerous articles on architecture and computational design. His research analyses the impact of digital technologies on architecture and urbanism.