Research: "The Archetype in Architecture". From the prefiguration of the form to the consolidation of the type
Giorgio Pettenò (Dolo, Venice 1963) graduated in architecture at the Iuav University of Venice with supervisor Gianugo Polesello. He carried out research at the Iuav from 1996 to 2000 and was an assistant to Gianugo Polesello in the Architectural Design course from 1995 to 2002. He worked at the Studio Canali Associati in Parma from 1996 to 2000, dealing with the projects for the construction of the new plants Prada Industrialists in Tuscany, for the construction of a new residential complex in Alba and for the renovation of the former Tobacco Factory in Milan, also participating in the competitions for the extension of the Innsbruck Town Hall and for the new museum complex the "City of Cultures" in the area of the former Ansaldo of Milan. He opened his own studio in Venice in 2000 by participating in the following international design competitions: “New Scandiano Exhibition Center” (RE), 2002 (1st prize); "Telecommunication tower" in Sogliano al Rubicone (FC), 2004; “New Pantelleria airport”, 2004; “Expansion of the Biscaretti di Ruffia Automobile Museum” in Turin, 2005; “Student accommodation on the ETH-Hönggerberg campus” in Zurich, 2008; "Kinder garden in Cazzago S. Martino" (BR), 2009; "New reception sleeve of Villa della Regina" in Turin, 2010; "Kinder garden in Lugano" (Canton Ticino), 2011; "Senior City in Cortina d'Ampezzo" (BL), 2013; "Kinder garden in Tenero" (Canton Ticino), 2013; "Church of the Madonna del Carmine in S. M. la Carità" (NA), 2014; “Primary school in Ursy” (Canton Fribourg), 2014; "National Swimming Sports Center at the Tenero CST" (Canton Ticino), 2017; “Auditorium di Tivoli” (RM), 2021. The main works carried out are: “Restructuring and expansion of the Gorizia exhibition center”, 2003/04; “Relais Agriturismo Ormesani in S. Liberale di Marcon” (VE), 2000/08; "Logistics headquarters in Quarto d'Altino" (VE), 2006/08; "OVV Travel Agency in Quarto d'Altino" (VE), 2010/11; “SK Apartment on the Giudecca” (VE), 2010/12; “Winter Garden at the Relais Ormesani di Marcon” (VE), 2017. In addition to his professional activity, Giorgio Pettenò has dealt with two MURST 60% researches within the DPA of the Iuav University of Venice: “Architecture and the central and monumental areas” and “The Centuriations of central Veneto, the case of Camposampiero, a university settlement hypothesis/project” coordinated by Gianugo Polesello. As a speaker he has participated in the following conferences: “An urban project for the market town. The new Scandiano exhibition centre”, Architectural design laboratory, A. Dal Fabbro, University of Trieste, 2004; “Relais Agriturismo Ormesani”, Meeting with Giorgio Pettenò, Architecture Mondays, INA, Veneto Section, 2008; "Complex simplicity, the drawings of Gianugo Polesello", Study day on the occasion of the inauguration of the exhibition "Gianugo Polesello, Master of the indecipherable", Iuav University of Venice, 2012; “The archetype as a project idea”, Projects by Giorgio Pettenò, Course of Elements of Composition, A. Dal Fabbro, Iuav University of Venice, 2019. Written publications: “Complex Simplicity. The drawings of Gianugo Polesello” in Iuav university journal N°144, 2012; “The relationship between liturgist, architect and artist in the design of a new church” in Chiesa Oggi, N°106, 2015. Published projects: “Exhibition Center in Scandiano” in Area N°65, 2002; "Industrial building in Quarto d'Altino" in M. Mulazzani, Almanacco di Casabella, Architetti italiani 2008, Mondadori, Milan 2008; "Farmhouse in the venetian countryside" in Costruire in Laterizio N°130, 2009; “Ormesani Logistics” in D. Longhi, Novecento. Architettura e città del Veneto, Il Poligrafo, Padua 2012; “Relais Agriturismo Ormesani” in D. Longhi, Novecento. Architettura e città del Veneto, Il Poligrafo, Padua 2012.