Rethinking architecture through redrawing, transforming the study of the masters into new opportunities for design experimentation. This is the central theme of AANT’s participation in the XIII ProArch Forum 2026, Composition. When an Idea Becomes a Wall, held in Florence on October 29–30, 2026.
The Rome-based Academy took part with a contribution by lecturer Angela Bruni, Redrawing as Design, published in the conference proceedings and featured in the accompanying exhibition. The event provided an important opportunity for national dialogue on architectural design. At the heart of Bruni’s reflection is redrawing as a tool for critical investigation and a creative process: not simply reproducing what already exists, but engaging in observation, analysis, and interpretation to transform the study of architecture into an opportunity to develop new design languages.
This approach shaped the educational experience involving AANT Interior Design students Ginevra Assogna, Ilaria De Angelis, Claudia Di Antonio, Aurora Di Franco, Giulia Fontana, and Seynabou Thiam, who were invited to engage with one of Franco Albini’s most significant exhibition designs, Room for a Man, created for the 6th Milan Triennale in 1936. Through an analysis of the original work’s compositional principles, the students developed new interpretations of space, experimenting with materials, colours, and surfaces while rethinking the relationship between existing elements and contemporary interventions. The process resulted in exhibition design projects that combine aesthetic research, material exploration, and technical solutions, progressing through to detailed design development and the integration of building systems.