On Wednesday, 7 October 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at Stazione Rogers in Trieste, Riva Grumula 14, Pierluigi Grandinetti will present his book The Architectural Project: Forms, Theories, Tools. The Role of Architectural Composition.

An architect, a student of Gianugo Polesello, and former Full Professor of Architectural and Urban Composition at Università Iuav di Venezia, Grandinetti has developed, throughout his teaching and research career, a reflection centred on the project as a tool for knowledge and transformation, on the methods of architectural composition, and on the relationship between new interventions, existing structures, and historic space.

The volume brings together a long-standing theoretical and teaching experience developed within the Venice School, exploring the forms, theories, and tools of architectural design and examining the role that architectural composition continues to play in contemporary architectural education and practice.

Joining the author will be Giovanni Fraziano, former Full Professor of Architectural and Urban Composition at the University of Trieste, and Graziella Bloccari, President of the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservationists of the Province of Trieste.

The meeting is curated by Thomas Bisiani for Stazione Rogers and by Adriano Venudo and Giuseppina Scavuzzo for the University of Trieste, and is part of the series “Archiletture. Three meetings on design, theory and the city”.

The initiative is organised within the framework of the cooperation agreement between the Municipality of Trieste and the University of Trieste and the agreement between the University of Trieste and the Stazione E.N. Rogers Cultural Association.

The event is also part of the activities of the Interuniversity PhD Programme in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the Universities of Trieste and Udine. Participation in the conference series entitles PhD students to 1 ECTS credit.

The event is accredited by the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservationists of Trieste and participation entitles attendees to 2 professional development credits (CFP). Registration is available through the Services Portal, course code ARTS 499.

For information:
avenudo@units.it
tbisiani@units.it