On the occasion of the 20th edition of the Giornata del Contemporaneo (Contemporary Art Day), themed around accessibility, architects Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara will hold a conference to present research conducted by the Dogma studio on "Urban Villas."

Urban villas are a housing typology that spread across Europe starting in the 19th century, as a product of mere urban speculation. According to Dogma, this typology represents a possible model for future modern and accessible real estate solutions.

The event is part of the larger initiative "Dogma: Urban Villa", an exhibition dedicated to urban villas and their potential, which will be held from October 4, 2024, to February 9, 2025, at the Flanders Architecture Institute.

Pier Vittorio Aureli is an architect and professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he directs the "Theory and Project of Domestic Space" lab. He has taught at the Architectural Association in London and the Yale School of Architecture. Aureli studied at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV), the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, and holds a PhD from the Technische Universiteit Delft. He has published several books and essays, including "Architecture and Abstraction" (2023), "Il Progetto dell’Autonomia" (2008), "The Possibility of an Absolute Architecture" (2011), "Less is Enough" (2013), and "The City as a Project" (2014).

Martino Tattara is an architect and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of KU Leuven. He studied at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. His main area of research and theoretical interest is the relationship between architecture and large-scale urban design.

Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara are co-founders of Dogma, a research laboratory focused on the relationships between architecture, political theory, and the form of cities and urban space.