Andrea Branzi

Andrea Branzi was born in Florence in 1938. Graduating in Architecture in 1966, he has lived and worked in Milan since 1973. He is one of the protagonists of radical Italian architecture and helped found the group Archizoom, which he was a member of from 1964 to 1974. Within this context he developed the project No-Stop-City (1962-1972), infinite "quality-less" cities in which street furniture is the only architectonic element. From 1974 to 1976 Branzi became a member of Global Tools, counter-school of architecture and design, going on to work with industrial and avant-garde design studios (Alchimia and Memphis), taking an interest in design research and promotion, which for him implies fresh relationships between man and objects. He was the founding member of the Domus Academy school of specialization, which he directed for some years, and director of the magazine Modo. In 1987 he was awarded the Compasso d'Oro for his achievements. He is the author of publications such as La casa calda (1982), Animali domestici: lo stile neo-primitivo (1986), Nouvelle de la métropole foide (1991), and Il Design italiano. 1964-1990 (1996), and has also been commissioner of numerous exhibitions.