Empathic Journeys. Interconnections between mental comfort, body, habitat, real, virtual

SERIES: Visual energies between bodies and museum spaces
SPEAKER: Patricia Urquiola
DATE: Thursday 10 November, 6 p.m.
PLACE: Sala del Refettorio

Design as a function-hybridization and representation. Building space-empathetic interactions and time. A factory that is converted into a museum. A display about evolution. Places of employment and hospitality that transform into galleries. The conversion of old structures into something useful. Ephemeral architecture as a test of endurance and capacity.

She studied at the Polytechnic in Milan and Madrid, graduating alongside Achille Castiglioni.
She worked together with Piero Lissoni and Vico Magistretti.
Later, she established her own business in Milan, where she worked in the fields of product design, interior design, architecture, art direction, graphics, and consulting.
She is a professor at numerous colleges.
Member of the Design Museum Advisory Board for the Milan Triennale and the Milan Polytechnic.
Spain's Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
Art Director of Cassina.