Università Iuav di Venezia | |
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| Motto | Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas[1][2] |
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Motto in English | Strength, Functionality, Beauty[3] |
| Type | State-supported |
| Established | 1926; 99 years ago (1926) |
| Rector | Benno Albrecht[4] |
Academic staff | 526[5] |
Administrative staff | 250 |
| Students | 4997[6] |
| Location | , 45°25′59″N12°18′54″E / 45.4331°N 12.3149°E /45.4331; 12.3149 |
| Colors | IUAV |
| Affiliations | EAAE,EUA,CTBUH,VIU, Michelangelo Foundation |
| Website | www |
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Iuav University of Venice (Italian:Università Iuav di Venezia) is auniversity inVenice, Italy. It was founded in 1926 as theIstituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia as one of the first architecture schools in Italy. The university offers several undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses inarchitecture,urban planning,fashion,arts, anddesign.[7][8]
It is a design-themed university focusing on the teaching, research, and practice of the design of living spaces and environments (buildings,cities,landscapes andterritory) and in the design of everyday use objects, offashion and ofgraphics. It has also a more recent courses invisual arts,theatre andperforming arts, andmultimedia events.[9][10]
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In 1926Giovanni Bordiga andGuido Cirilli founded the Scuola Superiore di Arti, a branch of theAccademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.[11] It was the second architecture school in Italy after that ofRome. In 1940 The Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia was founded. In the year 1963-64 Iuav moved toTolentini with 1000 students enrolled and later in 1970Giovanni Astengo coordinates Italy's first course in Urban Planning inPreganziol, but University reform in 1981 as the Urban Planning becomes a degree programme atCa' Tron. By the beginning of the 90s, particularly in the year 1993 12,000 students were enrolled in 3 degree programmes (Urban and Regional Planning, History and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, and Architecture).[12]
By the academic year 2000/2001 the Institute became a university with 3 faculties:
and in 2013 three new departments were opened:
In the academic year 2001/2002, in parallel with the 75thanniversary, theIstituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (Iuav) officially changed its name toUniversità Iuav di Venezia and while the four letters of "Iuav" were no longer anacronym, the university decided to retain theabbreviations and use it as the university's name.[13]
In 2002, the Iuav organized an international competition "newlogo Iuav" for the design of the new institutionallogo of the university. Internationally known designers, specialized in the design ofbrands and logos were invited to participate in the competition, seven of the ten graphic designers selected have joined the competition.[14] The jury, composed of Giovanni Anceschi, Enrico Camplani, Marino Folin, Bob Norda, Sergio Polano, Leonardo Sonnoli, Pierpaolo Vetta, chose the logo designed by the Frenchgraphic designerPhilippe Apeloig, rather than designing an abstract symbol or a figure based on existing motifs, he developed a logo based almost entirely on the four letters I, U, A, and V, arranged vertically, a simple but richly connoted design that aims to represent past, present and future.[15] The new logo replaces the historicseal with the effigy of the lion ofSt. Mark, redesigned byMassimo Scolari, who for years had been the symbol of the Iuav.
The old Logo –seal andcoat of arms – of the University consisted of the frontal image, closed in circular field, of the wingedLion of Saint Mark regent the opengospel with the inscription "Pax tibi Marce Evangelista mei", the idea was not exclusive to Iuav and was used by otherVenetian institutions. What distinguished the version of Iuav university were the two circular crowns bearing the words "University Institute of Architecture of Venice" and "Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas" words used byVitruvius which was one of the early definitions of architecture, but the addition of two new faculties and the consequent transformation of the university fromIstituto Universitario toUniversità Iuav Università degli Studi, già IUAV (which has changed to Università Iuav di Venezia) made it possible to change the logo because the Iuav was no longer the Istituto Universitario and the Vitruvius's definition of architecture is no longer sufficient to represent the other two faculties that today with thefaculty of Architecture make up the Iuav University.
However, currently the old logo is used as the University Seal to distinguish logo and seal but with one modification of the university name from "University Institute of Architecture of Venice" to "Iuav University of Venice".[1]
Internationally renowned architects asCarlo Scarpa,Giuseppe Samonà,Manfredo Tafuri,Aldo Rossi,Giovanni Astengo,Giancarlo De Carlo,Gino Valle,Michele De Lucchi,Nanda Vigo [it],Alejandro Aravena, andEgle Renata Trincanato [it] were part of the school's history as students and/or tutors. Also Notable scholars and professionals such asLe Corbusier,Louis Kahn,Frank Lloyd Wright and, more recently, Judith Clark,Richard Serra, and Fabrizio Barozzi have been hosted as visiting professors at Iuav and have taught and tutored students in Iuav through the years.[16]
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Tolentini is the Headquarters of Università Iuav di Venezia. The Tolentini building complex is located nearPiazzale Roma and comprises the Tolentini church convent complex and a few other neighbouring areas. In 1958, the Italian State, owner of the former convent, gave Iuav access to the building began construction work. The renovations of the whole complex took place between 1960 and 1965, project and work direction by the architect Daniele Calabi and the engineer Mario Bacci.[17]In 1985, the entrance area was transformed according to a project by Carlo Scarpa, work direction by architectSergio Los, and structural calculation by the engineer Carlo Maschietto.[18][19]
Palazzo Badoer In 1974, Iuav also bought the palace belonging to the Santa CaterinaSisters of Charity of Nevers. Construction work and adaptation of the palace to Department of Architecture began in April 1978.Palazzo Badoer has been the home to the Iuav School of Doctorate Studies since 2008.[20]
Cotonificio veneziano History was inaugurated in 1883. In the previous year, a cotton spinning and production company was set up in Venice. Partially destroyed by a fire in 1916, the cotton mill (cotonificio) was rebuilt. About a thousand workers worked here: it remained operative until 1960, and then was abandoned for thirty years before restoration in the 1990s.Restored by the Venetian architecture studio ofGino Valle, the main building now houses an important part of the university: classrooms, the “Gino Valle” exhibit space, the “Archivio Progetti” (which includes a study room with nine consultation seats), the exhibition hall, a main office and a deposit. The exhibition room is permanently set up with an exhibition of models belonging to the collection of the “Archivio”, and it hoststemporary exhibits that display original documents from the archive funds. It is now the seat of “Archivio Progetti”, ArTec Archives on Techniques and Materials for Architecture and Industrial Design, infrastructure management,auditorium, “Gino Valle” exhibit space, Gradoni room, teaching activities.[21][22]
Ca' Tron is the seat of exhibition spaces, and Ir.Ide research infrastructure. Was purchased by Iuav in 1972, and restored on a project by Architect L. Bellemo. Consolidation work, space reorganization, and space recovery were carried out for the new functions of the building. Two large salons, on the ground floor and on the first floor, offer students spaces to gather together. Thepalazzo is an exhibition venue for artistic events, available for both university and external users.[23]
Mestre is the seat of LabSCo Construction Sciences Lab, FisTec Environmental Engineering Physics Lab. The headquarters of the Construction Sciences Lab,Environmental Engineering Physics Lab and TerraLab forEarth Sciences, inaugurated in 2003, is located in Mestre, on an area granted by the municipality toVenetian universities for the construction of a scientific development pole. The central core of the building consists of a “contrast structure” – a reinforced concrete grid of beams, developing underground – and a "bridge structure”, supported by two series of pillars. The building was conceived as a protection shell, lowered from above, for the virtually pre-existent central core. The interior space is modulated by natural light, penetrating from below and from above. Light enters from below – through a perimeter glazed window between the shell structure and the ground; and from above – through a series of smaller skylights crowning the greater central one. A vertical axis ideally connects the hypogeum structure to the light box of the largeskylight, creating a symbolic space with industrial features. The two halves of the roof terrace, connected by an outer passage, define a cantilevered garden. The shell of the building is covered in a marble slab finishing. The skylights are lined with quartz zinc plates. A slight depression in the ground isolates the area of the new laboratory: this tank is made ofopus signinum, mixing scales from the same marble of the façade in the concrete mixture.[24][25]
Campo della Lana is the seat of administration office, infrastructure management, financial and human resources offices, student service offices, another building isCasa del gondolier seat of Lama –laboratory for the analysis ofantique materials whileMagazzino 6 & Magazzino 7,Masieri, andTerese are seats of teaching activities.[26]
Iuav offers 4bachelor's, 6master's degree, and 1 PHD programmes covering the fields ofarchitecture,design,fashion,visual arts,urban andregional planning andtheatre. This in addition to 19Postgraduate specialisation course and 7 advanced specialisation programs.
Bachelor's Degree Programs (All in Italian):[27]
Master's degree Programs (Taught in Italian & English):[27]
Iuav has 2 English taught Master's degree programmes, the first master's degree in English: theMA in architecture was launched in 2019,[30] and in year 2021 the second English taughtMaster of Science in Urban Planning for Transition was introduced.[31]
PhD research areas:[5]
For 2021-2022 academic year, number of students enrollments are as per the following:[5]
The University has a library dedicated to architecture and other design disciplines in Italy. The Iuav library, located inTolentini, is open to institutional users and, subject to authorization, also to the external public. It houses a wide and rare collection of volumes, databases andjournals especially focusing on architecture,urban planning and the arts. For some years collections on design, fashion and theatre have been growing. Specific keynotes, handbooks and general publications to support the teaching of the University are available. Moreover, the library holdings include dissertations (since 1983), and some valuable items: theDaniela Palazzoli Special Collection; theItalo ZannierSpecial Collection, a remarkable collection of books and journals on thehistory of photography, owned by the popular photographer and critic, and the personal collections of the architects Mario Labò,Giovanni Sardi andGiorgio Wenter Marini, which include some antique books and publications of the first half of the 20th century, also it holds a considerable range of international magazines and books and is open till late evening.[32]
The Università Iuav di Venezia Library System promotes cooperation and projects which aim to improve and develop the dissemination of information on the subjects of Architecture and Urban Planning, with agreements and membership of TheNational Library Service of Italy (Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale– SBN), Archinet andUrbandata Associations[33] and theUniversity of Padua and theCa' Foscari University of Venice phaidra Library System.[34]
Iuav Library produces the most importantItalian Architecture andUrban Planning Periodical Index in cooperation with the Italian Association of Architecture Libraries (Coordinamento Nazionale Biblioteche di Architettura - CNBA). More than 7,000 new records are added to the database every year. This catalogue and otherbibliographic and full-textdatabases are also accessible to Iuav users from outside the University network with user ID. The discovery tool primo.iuav.it provides access to all the information resources mentioned above, as well as to the Projects Archive, the Map Collection and the Slide Collection catalogues anddigitalized images.[35]
The Labs constitute a research infrastructure supporting also the educational activities of various degree programs as well as the more in-depth analysis of specific topics for master theses and PhD dissertations. They support research and other work in the fields of building sciences, conservation andArchaeological science studies,structural analysis, building physics,environmental monitoring, representation, photography,topography, cartography, geographic information systems, material and components characterization.[36]
The lab system offers tools and support for:
Below is the list of the labs
ArTec Archives on Techniques and Materials for Architecture and Industrial DesignThe lab collects and archives examples of materials, products and innovative building techniques for researcher, student and professional use.
CIRCE Cartography LabThe lab operates and does research in the field of map-making and the representation of urban and regional phenomenon; it collects, retrieves, archives, processes and broadcasts itscartographic, photographic, aerial, satellite and surveyingpatrimony online and through information systems.
CIRCE Photogrammetry LabThe lab focuses on the technical and scientific issues involved in the surveying and digital representation of architecture; it has considerable experience in surveying cities, geographical regions and objects (statues, molds, artefacts, stones) and in using tools and techniques includingterrestrialtopography,GPS,photogrammetry (close range and aerial), laser-scanning and image processing.
CIRCE Geographic Information LabThe lab is active in the field of geographic information systems, using the majorGIS software tools on the market and developing applications with Open Source tools; it designs and develops online services and makes it possible to download the university's cartographic and aerial photographic resources.
Me.La Multimedia LabThe lab concentrates on analysing and experimenting with systems and methods for producing and representing what is created in the fields of visual arts, theatre and architecture; it works with entities involved in regional management and the protection andconservation ofcultural heritage, as well as research institutes and industry at large.
Photo LabThe lab works actively throughout the region on digital andanalogical photographs for architecturalreportage and documenting exhibitions and events; it supports studio and camera work for reproducing works of arts, models and documents; covers the entire range of photographic production, from digital shots to darkroom printing, from processing images to transferring data between different reproduction systems.
LAMA Lab for Analysing Materials of Antique OriginThe lab conducts research on the chemical-physical characterisation of stone and litoid materials used in buildings of art-historical interest and determines the phenomena of deterioration and alteration to which they are subject; doesarchaeometry studies to define the provenance and production techniques and/or workmanship of stone, litoid and ceramic products, as well as studies to help identify pictorial techniques in paintings and the characterisation, identification and behaviour of antique materials.
FisTec Building Physics LabThe lab is active in various fields interested inapplied physics in relation to the built environment: acoustics, lighting techniques, the thermophysics of buildings and materials, ambient comfort and interior environmental quality; it is also involved in environmental verifications for analysis and conservation in the field of architectural andcultural heritage.
LAR Project Support LabThe lab's three divisions support individual works or urban scale projects throughout all phases of development and in the management of their eventual output: from conceptual drawings torealistic renderings, from virtual to physical rendition, from animation to film sequences, from online circulation to complex archiving.
LabSCo Construction Sciences LabThe Lab began testing construction materials in the late 1940s and, in 1961, became Italy's officiallaboratory (Laboratorio Ufficiale della Repubblica italiana). It supports research and outside projects on issues regarding Law 1086/71 and for experiments leading to new patents; it is actively involved in quality control in companies manufacturing concrete and steel forreinforced concrete and prestressed concrete in Italy and abroad. LabSCo is currently a European leader in studies on full-scale structures.
| Architecture & Built Environment rankings | |
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| QS World[37] | 51-100 (2020) |
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| QS World[38] | 101-150 (2020) |
Foremost experts in the fields of architecture, planning, design and arts as well as artists are part of the university's history, including:Le Corbusier,Louis Kahn,Frank Lloyd Wright,Carlo Scarpa, Carlo Aymonino, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti, Gino Valle,Aldo Rossi, Giovanni Astengo,Giancarlo De Carlo,Tadao Ando and Richard Serra.[39]
Iuav has established agreements with important Italian and foreign cultural institutions, museums and universities such asLa Biennale di Venezia,Teatro La Fenice,Palazzo Grassi,Musei Civici Veneziani,Triennale di Milano,Parsons School of Design,MIT,[40]Illinois Institute of Technology,UNSW Sydney[41] andTongji University. Iuav students are involved with all of these institutions on a regular basis.[42]
As of 2020 and According toQS World University Ranking, Università Iuav di Venezia is among the best 100 universities around the world in the field of Architecture, it gained around hundred position going from position 151-200 (2018) to that of 51-100 (2019 & 2020). An improvement of about 100 positions that places Iuav architecture courses among the best in the world and largely first in Italy for growth intensity. Since 2019, Iuav is among the best 150 universities around the world in the field ofArt &Design on the report ofQS World University Ranking for best Art & Design universities for the year 2019 & 2020.[38]
Also, as one of the finest architecture universities in Europe, it was listed inDomus Magazine's Guide to Europe's Top 100 Schools of Architecture and Design selected across Europe.[43][44]
Nationally, according toLa Repubblica-CENSIS University Rankings (2017) Iuav was ranked 2nd afterPolytechnic University of Milan(PoliMi) and followed byPolytechnic University of Turin(PoliTo) according to the classification and evaluation parameters of The Italian polytechnics. While in the 2020La Repubblica-CENSIS ranking for Best Architecture Faculty 2019-2020 for the three-year degree courses, the Iuav (110 points) was in first place – first also in terms of career progression and international relations – followed by theUniversity of Sassari (104.5 points) andCamerino (99.5 points). The Polytechnic of Turin and Milan are in fifth and sixth place respectively (95 and 94 points).[45][46]
Among the rectors who have taken place so far are:
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