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SUMMARY:Neighbours Vol. 7: Form of Life: An Anthropological Gaze on Archit
 ecture\, Gianfranco Bombaci / TPOD\, THEMA\, HITAM
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DESCRIPTION:Gianfranco Bombaci\nABSTRACT\nArchitecture organizes life\, an
 thropology interprets practices\, meanings\, and social relations. The wor
 k of Gian Piero Frassinelli is emblematic of an anthropological perspectiv
 e on architecture\, understood as a cultural practice shaped by everyday l
 ife\, labor\, rituals\, and modes of inhabitation. Emerging within the rad
 ical context of Superstudio\, Frassinelli’s work helped redefine archite
 cture not primarily as the production of buildings\, but as a critical fra
 mework for understanding how human life is organized\, represented\, and i
 magined. Beginning with his thesis project\, the Centre for Anthropologic
 al Studies in Florence\, and continuing through subsequent research devel
 oped within Superstudio\, such as The Twelve Ideal Cities and The Five F
 undamental Acts\, Frassinelli consistently sought a new foundation for arc
 hitectural principles: less prescriptive\, and more open to mediation with
  the needs and practices of real life. This trajectory remains highly rele
 vant today: recent collaborations between Frassinelli and the Rome-based o
 ffice 2A+P/A extend this perspective through contemporary research\, curat
 orial practices\, and pedagogical methods\, investigating anthropology as 
 a neighbouring discipline capable of challenging architectural assumptions
  and methodologies. \n\nBIO\nGianfranco Bombaci is a PhD architect and ac
 ademic. He is a founding partner of 2A+P/A Associates\, an architectural p
 ractice based in Rome that works across a wide range of scales and program
 s\, including public and private buildings\, housing complexes\, urban spa
 ces\, event pavilions\, temporary installations\, and interior design. Alo
 ngside professional practice\, he advances his research through curatorial
  initiatives such as the architecture magazine San Rocco\, of which he wa
 s a co-founder and member of the editorial board. He is also one of the cu
 rators of CAMPO\, a space in Rome dedicated to debating\, studying\, and c
 elebrating architecture. He has taught at numerous international schools a
 nd universities as a visiting lecturer and workshop leader. He is currentl
 y Head of the Design School at IED Rome\, Associate Lecturer at the Royal 
 College of Art\, and Unit Master at the Architectural Association in Londo
 n. His interest in anthropological approaches to architecture led him to c
 urate the book Design e antropologia (Quodlibet\, 2019) an anthology of 
 texts by Gian Piero Frassinelli\, former member of Superstudio.
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