02/12/2008

GRANITIFIANDRE AT THE SYMPOSIUM "ON MATERIALITY OF ARCHITECTURE"
18th December 2008

On the 18th December at 6.00 p.m. inside the Auditorium Umberto Agnelli, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo, held an International conference titled "On Materiality Of Architecture".

At the event, organised by GranitiFiandre, took part worldwide famous architects, such as Fumihiko Maki, Kengo Kuma and Tetsuo Furuichi: architect Silvio Cassarà have been the moderator of the conference.
The topic was the expression of culture from an architectural perspective expressed in the past, present and future works of these great architects.
The Symposium celebrated hence the project's culture in front of a high profile audience: a unique occasion for a global conference, organised by a company producing top-of-range porcelain tile.
A new token for the company of Castellarano that wants to spread a culture of architecture, a constant dialogue with the great protagonists in the global scene.
GranitiFiandre, enhancing the relation with the architectural world, wants to transmit innovative materials, in order to follow a project’s culture into the evolution of design, reported through an exhibition that encounters the company’s successes obtained in time: a testimony of GranitiFiandre’s worldwide value and importance.

Italian Cultural Institute
Auditorium Umberto Agnelli
2-1-30 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0074
www.iictokyo.esteri.it