VISIONARY-ARCHITECTURE
THE VISIONARY IS BOTH, A PROPHET AND A POET. THE INAUGURAL DIMENSION OF THE VISION HAS AN ASSUMPTION OF PASSIVITY
Very well, but the disorder of the Imagination presupposes at least its existence, and what these men of theoretical knowledge are unaware of is the intermediary character of the Imagination, which places it at once in the sensible and the intelligible, in the senses and in the intellect, in the possible, the necessary and the impossible, so that it is a “pillar” of the knowledge, the knowledge that is gnosis (ma’rifa), without which there would be only a knowledge without consistency. HenryCorbin
It’s imagination only mental lucubration or an intermediate world between thought and being? Intermitence of two worlds? on the other hand image, hence imagination, means exactly imitor and magic … a sort of double root.
PhD Architect Cesare Battelli is an Italian artist and architect primarily focused on research and experimentation within visionary architecture and Artificial Intelligence. He is also engaged in architectural projects at various scales. He has taught, conducted workshops, lectured and served on juries at numerous institutions worldwide, including Politecnico di Milano, IE, ETSAM, Nebrija University, IUAV, AA, GUC, Alba, UBA, and Vanvitelli University, among others, and has curated international competitions.
He graduated from IUAV University in Venice with an architectural project developed in Moscow and holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule in Frankfurt under the guidance of Enric Miralles and Peter Cook.
In 2003, he transitioned to a solo career by founding the research platform Visionary-Architecture, while maintaining collaborations with EMBT until 2012. During this period, he contributed to the Nearly Ninety project for Merce Cunningham, curated the 4 Cuartos exhibition, and collaborated on several publications.
His projects, collaborations, writings, and scientific contributions since the early 1990s have been featured in renowned journals such as El Croquis, Architectural Monographs (AD), Diseño Interior, Frame, Spazio e Architettura, Architettura Cronache e Storia, IQD, and AD 94: Artificial Intelligence in Architecture. His work has also been published on various digital platforms and architecture blogs, including Icarch, Architect Magazine, The Conversation, Urban Signs, Disegno Magazine, XY, and Metalocus.
Cesare Battelli holds a PhD from UAH University in Alcalá, Madrid, where he continues his research. He is also involved in research activities at Vanvitelli University in Aversa. Most recently, he contributed to Archigram 10 by Peter Cook, designed the cover for The Monster Leviathan by Aaron Betsky, and authored the chapter “Imago Mundi Imaginibus Mundi” in Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators, edited by Matias del Campo
