Michela Bonomo

Biography

Michela Bonomo is a doctoral candidate in the laboratory of Architecture, Criticism, History and Theory under the supervision of Christophe Van Gerrewey.Her doctoral research centres on the building typology and the ideology of the villa in Italy with particular focus on the Postwar period investigating concepts of privilege, domesticity, ecology and subject production.

Prior to joining EPFL Michela has been a practicing Architect since 2016, working mainly on high end and luxury residential projects at Foster and Partners and Herzog De Meuron (London) and as a freelance architect on interior refurbishments.

Michela received her RIBA Part 1 in Architecture at London Metropolitan Architecture, Riba Part 2 Diploma at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and Riba Part 3 at University of Westminster.

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In the collective imagination the villa is a manifesto of 'the good life’, often representing for architects a laboratory of experimentation and style and an exception in their portfolio. The fate of the villa in contemporary architecture and research culture reflects its very own position: outside of the ‘urban’ centres of knowledge and critical inquiry, it is still abundantly present as an unexamined source of architectural intelligence, history and ideology. This situation is particularly applicable to Italy, the birthplace of the villa: in histories focusing on Italian Post-war architecture, this type of building is strikingly absent. This thesis wishes to look at the history of this building type in Post-war Italy and to focus on seven buildings taken at different stages of construction, all built by architects for their clients and equipped with a Mediterranean view. This paper argues that the very condition of these architectural masterpieces was the product of an implicit state project enacted by the ruling government of the Christian Democrats through punctual and specific policies. Thorough selected building stories of a specific context, this thesis wishes to answer when and how could this building type finally become truly historical.

2023

Constructing the Dream Villas on Display in Italy in 1933 & 1964

Michela Bonomo

The increasing interest in the concept of the so-called ‘escape’ from the city, fueled by the recent pandemic, puts the holiday villa at the centre of research attention. In the collective imagination, the villa is a manifesto of 'the good life’, often representing for architects a laboratory for stylistic experimentation, as an exception in their portfolio. The fate of the villa in contemporary architecture and research culture reflects its very own position: outside of the ‘urban’ centres of knowledge and critical inquiry, it is still abundantly present as an unexamined source of architectural intelligence, history and ideology. This situation is particularly applicable to Italy, the birthplace of the villa: in histories focusing on Italian post-war architecture, this type of building is strikingly absent despite a revival of this building type in this period. This presentation, focusing on one chapter of a larger thesis, wishes to examine the role that exhibitions and publications, held in Italy between 193X and 196X, had in constructing and reproducing the dream and ideology of holiday villas in Italy. These moments are understood as part of a larger implicit project defined by the author as villa-mania, which saw its peak in the post-war period and which ultimately changed the Italian landscape irreversibly.

2023

Doc.Talks EDAR

Michela Bonomo, Anna Karla De Almeida Santos, Phi Nguyen Yen

Doc.Days is an event organized to be an open space for discussion of theory, methods, and approaches among EDAR researchers. Diverting from the conventional Lab format, we create a friendly environment where we could learn and enjoy our time together while getting to know each other’s research. The event has received funding from EDOC and consisted of two days in April 2023 - Monday the 17th and Monday the 24th, during which PhD Candidates from First to Fourth Year will be presenting their research in 10 minutes. The topics were open, whether fieldwork results, a table of contents, a chapter, or simply a research question. Presentations were followed by feedback and discussion with professors within and outside of EPFL. Teh Doctoral event closed with the lectures 'On Methodology' by André Patrão (Yale) and Valentin Bourdon (HRC-EPFL) recent EPFL PhD Graduates.

2023