{"id":419,"date":"2021-07-20T18:09:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dar-architettura.com\/bios\/manfredo-di-robilant\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:09:46","slug":"manfredo-di-robilant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dar-architettura.com\/en\/bios\/manfredo-di-robilant\/","title":{"rendered":"Manfredo di Robilant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"419\" class=\"elementor elementor-419 elementor-151\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab71dd9 h1-page-title elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab71dd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d107821\" data-id=\"d107821\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed7f352 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed7f352\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Manfredo di Robilant<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62998cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62998cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f350308\" data-id=\"f350308\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148c730 bios-single-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"148c730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Manfredo di Robilant is an architect and associate professor of Architectural Design at the Polytechnic University of Turin, from which he holds a Ph.D. in History of Modern Architecture. He has been Research Associate to the 14th Venice architecture Biennale and Visiting Scholar at CCA Montr\u00e9al. The core of his research is the relationship between utilitarian needs and symbolical values in architecture. On these topics he gave talks at Washington University in St. Louis, Institut f\u00fcr Kunstwissenschaft in Bremen, Strelka Moscow, Harvard GSD, Domus Academy, Milan Polytechnic, Tirana Polytechnic, Tu Delft.<\/p><p>Among his publications, the books dedicated to ceiling and window (Marsilio, 2014) for the 14th Venice architecture Biennale (with Rem Koolhaas, AMO, Harvard GSD), the essays \u201cThe Aestheticization of Mechanical Systems: Gio Ponti\u2019s Montecatini Headquarters, Milan, 1936\u201339\u201d in \u00abJSAH\u00bb, Vol. 77, 2, June 2018; \u201cGridding of the Sky. The Roof of the Neue Nationalgalerie\u201d, in Neue Nationalgalerie. Mies van der Rohe\u2019s Museum (Deutsche Kunstverlag, 2021); \u201cUtility vs\/and\/or Symbol. The ceiling as an architectural litmus test\u201d in \u00abWorld Architecture\u00bb, 393, 2023; \u201cThe Marginalization of the Visual in architectural Theory: Origins, Consequences, and Challenges\u201d in \u00abLimaq\u00bb, 16, November 2025. He edited the book Gio Ponti: More Than One (Lars M\u00fcller, 2025, with Manuel Orazi).<\/p><p>Works by him has been published on \u00abDezeen\u00bb, \u00abDomusweb\u00bb, \u00abArchitectural Record\u00bb, \u00abThe Architects Newspaper\u00bb, \u00abAbitare\u00bb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manfredo di Robilant Manfredo di Robilant is an architect and associate professor of Architectural Design at the Polytechnic University of Turin, from which he holds a Ph.D. in History of Modern Architecture. 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