“ SOS emerges from a simple but fundamental idea (or a question): the future of our profession. SOS will be the place to build a culture of sustainability through dialogue among various personalities, sharing a common vision of the future. We will discuss climate, philosophy, economic forecasts for the city and the region. SOS will be the meeting place between the culture of sustainability and industry and research. Between ambition and reality. It is important that these worlds meet and that it be a place where young people learn to grasp the complexity of our field. SOS looks at the big goals for the coming decades, basing its approach upon the experience of working on major European objectives on issues of urban regeneration, on reclamation, and on new work tools. SOS is not a traditional school but a space of personal relationships. It will be a place for immersion in the times to come, but also a place of creativity and interaction. SOS is geared to those called to an active and participatory role in their educational process. SOS is a space that does not exist. It is a school but also a start-up, a place for working together and for sharing the experiences of others. SOS will get inside of companies to learn from them, to work with them in their laboratories and to seek new solutions for architecture. ”

People have changing needs and face new economic and environmental challenges.Architecture is called upon to provide appropriate responses in harmony with the environment and the cultural context.But there is a clear disconnect between ambitions and results when it comes to sustainability.To bridge the gap we must redraw the professional figure of the architect through new tools and visionary learning strategies.

“ SOS emerges from a simple but fundamental idea (or a question): the future of our profession. SOS will be the place to build a culture of sustainability through dialogue among various personalities, sharing a common vision of the future. We will discuss climate, philosophy, economic forecasts for the city and the region. SOS will be the meeting place between the culture of sustainability and industry and research. Between ambition and reality. It is important that these worlds meet and that it be a place where young people learn to grasp the complexity of our field. SOS looks at the big goals for the coming decades, basing its approach upon the experience of working on major European objectives on issues of urban regeneration, on reclamation, and on new work tools. SOS is not a traditional school but a space of personal relationships. It will be a place for immersion in the times to come, but also a place of creativity and interaction. SOS is geared to those called to an active and participatory role in their educational process. SOS is a space that does not exist. It is a school but also a start-up, a place for working together and for sharing the experiences of others. SOS will get inside of companies to learn from them, to work with them in their laboratories and to seek new solutions for architecture. ”

People have changing needs and face new economic and environmental challenges.Architecture is called upon to provide appropriate responses in harmony with the environment and the cultural context.But there is a clear disconnect between ambitions and results when it comes to sustainability.To bridge the gap we must redraw the professional figure of the architect through new tools and visionary learning strategies.

“ SOS emerges from a simple but fundamental idea (or a question): the future of our profession. SOS will be the place to build a culture of sustainability through dialogue among various personalities, sharing a common vision of the future. We will discuss climate, philosophy, economic forecasts for the city and the region. SOS will be the meeting place between the culture of sustainability and industry and research. Between ambition and reality. It is important that these worlds meet and that it be a place where young people learn to grasp the complexity of our field. SOS looks at the big goals for the coming decades, basing its approach upon the experience of working on major European objectives on issues of urban regeneration, on reclamation, and on new work tools. SOS is not a traditional school but a space of personal relationships. It will be a place for immersion in the times to come, but also a place of creativity and interaction. SOS is geared to those called to an active and participatory role in their educational process. SOS is a space that does not exist. It is a school but also a start-up, a place for working together and for sharing the experiences of others. SOS will get inside of companies to learn from them, to work with them in their laboratories and to seek new solutions for architecture. ”

People have changing needs and face new economic and environmental challenges.Architecture is called upon to provide appropriate responses in harmony with the environment and the cultural context.But there is a clear disconnect between ambitions and results when it comes to sustainability.To bridge the gap we must redraw the professional figure of the architect through new tools and visionary learning strategies.

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SOS is an international and multidisciplinary group of high profile professionals.

The Competence Board periodically defines the content and activities of SOS and appoints a director for each course, which develops

the curriculum and other activities, in collaboration with teachers and companies involved.

The SOS manifeSTO appeared On diSegnO magazinefebruary 2015

SOS LaunChpreSS COnferenCebOLOgna, 17 february 2015

Mario Cucinella è lieto di invitarla alla conferenza stampa di presentazione del progetto:

S.O.S.SCHOOL OFSUSTAINABILITY

La prima scuola professionale postgraduate per la sostenibilità in architettura

Con la partecipazione di:Virginio Merola, Sindaco di BolognaMatteo Lepore, Assessore Affari Istituzionali, Servizi Demografi ci, Relazioni Internazionali, Comunicazione, Marketing urbano, Innovazione e Lavoro del comune di BolognaAlessandro Marata, Presidente Ordine degli Architetti di BolognaGiovanni Ginocchini, Direttore Urban Center di Bologna Nicola Leonardi, Direttore The Plan

Stefano Casciani,Direttore Disegno: la nuova cultura industrialeAntonio Navarra, Presidente Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti ClimaticiRenzo Baccolini, Partner ScoaLuca De Biase, Responsabile NOVA24, Il Sole24Ore- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seguirà Open-Day per gli studenti

mario Cucinella with alberto bruno, renzo baccolini and Stefano Casciani, members of SOS board, present SOS at bologna urban center

mario Cucinella, SOS founder, presents the idea behind the concept

preSS COnferenCeand Open day, rOme 27 february 2015

mario Cucinella with students attending the SOS conference in rome

mario Cucinella with ermete realacci, enzo Cursio, Leopoldo freyrie, and mario abis present SOS

renzo piano g124 team (eloisa Susanna, roberto Corbia and roberta pastore) with francesca Sartogo, president of euroSolar italy and mario Cucinella.

SOS 1ST Open WeeKurgenCy Of fuTureTreia 23-26 June 2015

SOSOpen Week

Urgenzadi futuro

23-25 giugno 2015, Treia (MC)

Nell’ambito del Festival della Soft Economy e del Seminario Estivo di Symbola

alberto bruno, SOS director with SOS 1st Open week participants at Treia

alessio battistella, SOS course director with the ‘resilience’ team

The team working on “architecture as a social business” theme

15the 31° International PLEA ConferencePassive Low Energy Architecture

www.plea2015.it

15the 31° International PLEA ConferencePassive Low Energy Architecture

www.plea2015.it

pLea participants in piazza re enzo, bologna

SOS students at pLea 2015

SOS students at pLea 2015 with mario Cucinella

1ST SemeSTer COurSeSepT 2015 - marCh 2016

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davide Jabes lecture at SOS on social research

alberto bruno lecture on environmental design

alessio battistella and roberto Corbia review SOS projects

alberto bruno lecture on environmental design

mauro panigo lecture on green infrastructure

meTrOpOLiTan CiTieSLeCTureS CyCLeSaie fair, bOLOgna14-17 OCTOber 2015

antonio navarra president at CmCC, gian Luca galletti italian minister of the environment and mario Cucinella discuss the roadmap to COp21

The SOS area at Saie: the wall displaying the results of SOS workshop on metropolitan cities

SOS students discuss with gian Luca galletti, italian minister of the environment their vision on metropolitan cities

SOS students meets representatives of bologna urban planning office to discuss the city strategic plan

SOS students with antonio navarra, gian Luca galletti, alberto bruno and mario Cucinella at Saie

1ST SemeSTer COurSeSepT 2015 - marCh 2016

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STreTTO di meSSina

punta faro, messina

SOS students with SOS course directorroberto Corbia meet renato accorinti major of messina

SOS students with prof. Consuelo nava in reggio Calabria

Stretto di messina - site project

Stretto di messina project wall at SOS

bOLOgna

bologna, view of the city from the hills

Site visit with the SOS students in bologna

project site in bologna - “prati di Caprara”

bologna project wall at SOS

sOs OPeNSharing ideaSabOuT SuSTainabiLiTy WiTh The COmmuniTy

edoardo zanchini, vicepresident of Legambiente italia

antonio navarra, president of euro mediterranean Center on Climate Change

The 1st SOS Open

Luca de biase, editor and Journalist at SOLe24Ore

“ SOS emerges from a simple but fundamental idea (or a question): the future of our profession. SOS will be the place to build a culture of sustainability through dialogue among various personalities, sharing a common vision of the future. We will discuss climate, philosophy, economic forecasts for the city and the region. SOS will be the meeting place between the culture of sustainability and industry and research. Between ambition and reality. It is important that these worlds meet and that it be a place where young people learn to grasp the complexity of our field. SOS looks at the big goals for the coming decades, basing its approach upon the experience of working on major European objectives on issues of urban regeneration, on reclamation, and on new work tools. SOS is not a traditional school but a space of personal relationships. It will be a place for immersion in the times to come, but also a place of creativity and interaction. SOS is geared to those called to an active and participatory role in their educational process. SOS is a space that does not exist. It is a school but also a start-up, a place for working together and for sharing the experiences of others. SOS will get inside of companies to learn from them, to work with them in their laboratories and to seek new solutions for architecture. ”

People have changing needs and face new economic and environmental challenges.Architecture is called upon to provide appropriate responses in harmony with the environment and the cultural context.But there is a clear disconnect between ambitions and results when it comes to sustainability.To bridge the gap we must redraw the professional figure of the architect through new tools and visionary learning strategies.

Mario cucinellaFounder

Alberto BrunosOs Director

roberto corbiacourse Director

Alessio Battistellacourse Director

caterina AprileAssistant

SOS Staff

Federica Nasturzio Valentina Porceddu

luca caruso

Francesco Visco

cecilia Patrizi

Maria teresa Miele

Valentina torrente

Anna Devigili