Architects Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Farshid Moussavi, otherwise known as Foreign Office Architects will be making a presentation of their latest work, tonight at the Rome branch of Acer.

Of Hispanic and Iranian origin, they adopted the name “Foreign Office” in 1992, to underline an “outsider”, antiglobal approach – working all over the world, but following a architectural “mandate” which places culture before everything else.

Recent projects include the International Ferry Terminal in Yokohama – 48 000 square metres to cater for 53 000 passengers a year – a competition which Moussavi and Zaera-Polo won in 1995 and which is due to be completed in the next few months. The design includes a complex network of areas connected together to form a continuous structure able to link three different levels: passenger embarkation, the entrance to the city and the terminal.

15.3.2002, 8 p.m.
Foreign Office Architects
ACER (Associazione Costruttori Edili di Roma e Provincia)
Via di Villa Patrizi 11, Roma
https://www.f-o-a.net
https://www.acerweb.it