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Andrea Ponsi

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Andrea Ponsi
File:Andrea Ponsi.jpg File:Andrea_Ponsi.jpg
BornViareggio, Italy
🎓 Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania, Architectural Association, University of Florence
💼 Occupation
Architect
👶 Children1
🌐 Websitestudioponsi.it
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Andrea Ponsi is an Italian architect.

Early life and education[edit]

Ponsi was born in 1949 in Viareggio, Italy. He graduated from the School of Architecture of the University of Florence in 1974. In 1977 he completed an Architectural Association graduate diploma and was given a fellowship to do post-graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1978. He has written on Analogy and Design.[3]

Career[edit]

His work is published in the magazines Domus, Interni, Wallpaper and Casabella Japan. In 2000 he won the international competition for the design of the Palos Verdes Art Center in Los Angeles.[1] He designed the Tiburon House in Tiburon, California in 2008.[1][4] His research focuses on the role of analogical thinking in the design process and the use of metals specially copper.[1][2] In 2008, he co-founded with his son Luca the architectural firm Studio Ponsi-Architecture and Design based in Florence.[5] Ponsi draws with pencil and watercolor.[6][3]

Publications[edit]

  • Disegnare Analogie LetteraVentidue Edizioni, Syracuse, Italy[1]
  • Analogy and Design. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, US[3]
  • San Francisco – A map of perceptions University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville[7][8]
  • L’architettura dell’analogia LetteraVentidue Edizioni, Syracuse[9]
  • Pipe Garden Alinea Editrice, Florence,Italy[2]
  • Florence – A map of perceptions University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville. Reprint 2012[10]
  • Thinking Lines Mandragora Editrice, Florence,Italy. Introduction by Richard Ingersoll.[11]
  • Florence: a map of perceptions Festina Lente editori, Florence, Italy[12]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ponsi, Andrea. Disegnare Analogie. Siracusa: LetteraVentidue Edizioni S.r.l. ISBN 9788862421874. Search this book on
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ponsi, Andrea. Pipe garden. Italy: Alinea. p. 48 pp. ISBN 8860553105. Search this book on
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ponsi, Andrea. Analogy and Design. Virginia: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813937663. Search this book on
  4. Ponsi, Andrea (1996). Firenze. Una mappa sensibile. Italy: Festina Lente. p. 50 pp. ISBN 8885171257. Search this book on
  5. "Studio Ponsi". Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  6. "Andrea Ponsi: 'I draw, therefore I am'". Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  7. Ponsi, Andrea. San Francisco: A Map of Perceptions. Virginia: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813936352. Search this book on
  8. "S.F. through Italian eyes in Andrea Ponsi's 'Perceptions'". 19 March 2015.
  9. Ponsi, Andrea. L'architettura dell'analogia. Siracusa: LetteraVentidue Edizioni S.r.l. p. 192 pp. ISBN 9788862420891. Search this book on
  10. Ponsi, Andrea. Florence, A Map of Perceptions. Virginia: University of Virginia Press. p. 88 pp. ISBN 9780813931814. Search this book on
  11. Ponsi, Andrea. Thinking Lines. Italy: Mandragora. p. 48 p., ill. ISBN 978-8874610051. Search this book on
  12. Ponsi, Andrea (1996). Firenze. Una mappa sensibile. Italy: Festina Lente. p. 50 pp. ISBN 8885171257. Search this book on

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