When architecture becomes a narrative
by Mario Gerosa
As if we were in a physical space, the exposition progresses through a series of spaces in which the reader can feel comfortable, recognizing a familiar sequence.
As if we were in a physical space, the exposition progresses through a series of spaces in which the reader can feel comfortable, recognizing a familiar sequence.
Literature, architecture and gelato
Matteo Pericoli @ TEDxTorinoSalon
"If the architecture of a story were really a building, what kind of building would it be?"
"If the architecture of a story were really a building, what kind of building would it be?"
Let’s play to discover the invisible cities of each novel
by Laura Crinò
Stemming from the experience of a workshop with a group of students ... this book is a true experiment, starting with the format.
Stemming from the experience of a workshop with a group of students ... this book is a true experiment, starting with the format.
Journey into space
To the discovery of literary architecture
See you Thursday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at Therese's with Matteo Pericoli and Fabio Geda for a "Journey into Space."
A book is built like a house
by Arianna Passeri
Almost magically, even the reader can thus "visit" "The Great Living Museum of Imagination" and discover the secrets behind the construction of a text (and a building).
Almost magically, even the reader can thus "visit" "The Great Living Museum of Imagination" and discover the secrets behind the construction of a text (and a building).
Stories to inhabit
by Luigi Marfè
The Great Living Museum of the Imagination is designed as a walk-through, a visit to an ideal museum about the creativity of architects and writers.
The Great Living Museum of the Imagination is designed as a walk-through, a visit to an ideal museum about the creativity of architects and writers.
What structure over there awaits the end?
by Francesco Gallo
Ma cos’è l’architettura letteraria? È una scoperta continua. Non solo: un tentativo di accrescere la nostra consapevolezza quando ci rapportiamo con gli spazi (e con il vuoto).
Ma cos’è l’architettura letteraria? È una scoperta continua. Non solo: un tentativo di accrescere la nostra consapevolezza quando ci rapportiamo con gli spazi (e con il vuoto).
A walk through twelve masterpieces
“These stories are fantastic palaces.”
Matteo Pericoli's book stems from his "Laboratory of Literary Architecture."
From Dostoevsky to Ferrante, drawing becomes an alternative form of reading.
From Dostoevsky to Ferrante, drawing becomes an alternative form of reading.
“The Great Living Museum of the Imagination” in Turin and Milan
I will be in Turin and Milan to present The Great Living Museum of the Imagination.
RSI Radio 2
In the book "The Great Living Museum of the Imagination," architect and illustrator Matteo Pericoli explores the links between literature and architecture, between imagination and construction.
A guide to literary architecture for exploring books (and oneself) in an innovative way
by Andrea Fioravanti
It took the multifaceted nature of an architect, illustrator, teacher and writer to discover how to analyze the architecture of a story and transform it with creativity and imagination into a building.
It took the multifaceted nature of an architect, illustrator, teacher and writer to discover how to analyze the architecture of a story and transform it with creativity and imagination into a building.
The Great Living Museum of the Imagination
It doesn’t seem real.
After four years of work, what at first looked like a confusing sequence of rooms has become a real book-building.
After four years of work, what at first looked like a confusing sequence of rooms has become a real book-building.
In-person LabLitArch editions at IED Turin
The in-person editions of the Laboratory of Literary Architecture have finally started again!
LabLitArch News: Two Illuminating Workshops
The first workshop was held in April, in collaboration with…
LabLitArch in Routledge academic anthology
It's finally here and it is so exciting to see the Laboratory…
Video: LabLitArch @ Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Open Call – Laboratory of Literary Architecture @ DOX in Prague
New LabLitArch Video
New LabLitArch workshop @ Liceo Altiero Spinelli (Turin)
Starting on February 2: the second LabLitArch edition at the…
LabLitArch @ Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin)
La prossima edizione del laboratorio che si terrà dal 16 al…
From the LabLitArch edition in Taipei (Taiwan)
Some images from the LabLitArch workshop held at the Center…
LabLitArch workshop @ Liceo Altiero Spinelli (Turin)
The recently-ended LabLitArch workshop for 10th graders at the…
Current and upcoming workshops
In January 2017, a LabLitArch workshop was held at the Turin…
From the LabLitArch edition in Dubai
Some images from the 5-day-long, October 2016 Dubai Design Week…
LabLitArch @ Dubai video
Johara Beydoun, who participated in LabLitArch @ Dubai Design…
LabLitArch in Numéro Cinq
Gary Garvin writes about the Laboratory of Literary Architecture:
Fiction…
Fiction…
LabLitArch @ Dubai Design Week
From October 24 through 28, a five-day LabLitArch workshop for…
The Literary Architecture series
In May 2016, LabLitArch launches a new monthly Literary Architecture…
From the LabLitArch edition in Jerusalem
Some images from the incredible and intense, 5-day-long May…
Upcoming LabLitArch workshop in Jerusalem
In May, the Laboratory of Literary Architecture will be heading…
Upcoming presentations and a mini-workshop in NYC
This spring we will hold a short LabLitArch session in New…
Photos and video from the LabLitArch edition in Switzerland
A series of photographs from the great LabLitArch edition in…
Upcoming LabLitArch in Switzerland
A free, open-to-everyone edition of the Laboratory of Literary…
LabLitArch in IL Magazine
Writer Vincenzo Latronico took part in the latest LabLitArch…
Upcoming LabLitArch workshop for architects
The Turin (Italy) architecture festival Architettura in città…
Recent two-day LabLitArch workshop at EggersLab in Turin
A nice, two-day LabLitArch workshop held at EggersLab in Turin.…
LabLitArch featured in the Paris Review Daily
"Cardboard, Glue, and Storytelling," the Paris Review Daily introduces…
Upcoming workshops
The Laboratory of Literary Architecture will be at:
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The Architecture…
LabLitArch feature in ArchitectureBoston magazine
"I have always marveled at the ability of great architects to…
Archinect post on the Laboratory of Literary Architecture
"The writer and the architect aren't so different from each other…