The lecture was provided by architect Dr Massimo Iosa Ghini on the theme The City of the Future.
The presentation by Dr Ghini, titled, ‘From Home to City, an Italian Proposal for the Future’, discussed each the function of style in shaping new urban spaces, transforming current cities and making new financial and skilled possibilities, as nicely as the capacity of Italian style to enhance the high quality of life.
The lecture aimed to be a very first step in a lengthy-term partnership among Italy and Oman in the field of style, exactly where Italy is prepared to share its knowledge, know-how and technologies to assistance the sultanate in its technique of financial diversification, as envisaged in Vision 2040.
Further activities, such as larger education, capacity developing, industrial cooperation and coaching, will stick to to unleash the prospective of the style sector in Oman. The Italian Design Day initiative is supported by Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation by means of its embassies worldwide to market style as a important element of the Italian life-style.
Muscat is element of the project ‘100 Ambassadors of Italian design for 100 cities’, exactly where 100 experts such as designers, architects, urban planners, entrepreneurs and teachers, present Italian style in 100 choose cities with lectures and coaching activities.
This edition will highlight the high quality of urban life, stirring an international debate on the cities of the future whose aim is to be the reference point for Expo 2020 in Dubai. Design represents a strategic sector of Italian industrial production and its aesthetic excellence tends to make it very sought for worldwide.
It also plays an crucial function in Italian trade, with exports exceeding US$25bn annually. From April 9 to 14, Milan will also host the Salone del Mobile, the world’s biggest furnishings exhibition.
Dr Ghini, the 2019 Ambassador of Italian Design for Oman, has a lengthy and outstanding international profession in different sectors such as item style, architectural and museum preparing, public transport, the style of retail chains all more than the globe, project improvement for significant international groups such as Ferrari, Capital Group, IBM Italia, CMC Group Miami, Seat Yellow Pages, Alitalia and numerous other people.
Information Source: Muscat Daily