"Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi is an Italian architect, encompassing and tackling the ambiguous complexity and different ambassadorial roles and practices of architecture, both relying on fundamental historical-theoretical references and inspiring the advancement of innovative approaches. He graduated from A.S.P. Alta Scuola Politecnica, Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino. He received his PhD at IUAV and TU Delft Universities. He has been Post-doctoral Fellow at KTH University. He is currently Visiting Lecturer at TU Delft, Netherlands. He is a winner, together with the Collective of Project in Equipoise {Co-P-E}, of Europan 14 Competition 2017 with the project ""The Productive Heart of Neu-Ulm."""
The Heart of the City throws light on the global impact of the important but often neglected 1951 CIAM VIII Conference at Hoddesdon UK that marked the shift from modernism to post modernism in European architectural and urban design. Zuccaro weaves a rich conceptual tapestry of many threads that unfolds brilliantly into current issues for architects, planner, historians and teachers alike. Grahame Shane, Columbia GSAPP, USA. In this pioneering book, Zuccaro Marchi has traced a map of the confused urban thinking in the post-war period - during which the most important discussions seemed centered, rather surprisingly, on Venice, Milan and Amsterdam. While the still unresolved conflict between the city as an organism and the city as an automaton focused much of that crucial discussion which still resonates with twenty-first century concerns. The book will therefore be essential reading for anyone concerned with our cities and their future. Joseph Rykwert, University of Pennsylvania, USA