At Cersaie 2024, the lectio magistralis of Pritzker Prize winner Riken Yamamoto

Along with the rich selection of exhibitors, design culture has always played an important role at Cersaie. In 2024, Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto, winner of the Pritzker Prize 2024, will give a Lectio Magistralis at Bologna Fiere. With Riken Yamamoto, that makes 13 Pritzker Laureates who gave the extensive and highly anticipated lecture at Cersaie. Before him, Cersaie guests have included Renzo Piano, Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban, Kazuyo Sejima, Francis Kéré, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Thom Mayne, Shelley McNamara, Rafael Moneo, Glenn Murcutt and Eduardo Souto De Moura. However, this is the first time that Cersaie has the privilege of hosting the winner of the Pritzker Prize in the same year that it was awarded.

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Building, Dwelling, Thinking: the conferences

Among the events in the cultural program “Building, Dwelling, Thinking” at Cersaie 2024 are the lectures by Belgian architect David Van Severen and French architect Rudy Ricciotti. Cersaie thus reconfirms itself as the privileged place of discussion between industry professionals and great international architecture.
Industrial designer Giulio Iacchetti will be the master of the traditional Lesson in Reverse at Cersaie 2024, the meeting dedicated to high school students. Before this 2024 appointment, many designers, artists, filmmakers, photographers and scientists gave this Lesson. These include Enzo Mari, Elio Caccavale, Alessandro Mendini, Riccardo Dalisi, Riccardo Blumer, Massimo Giacon, Ugo La Pietra, Fabio Novembre, Silvia Camporesi, Francesca Molteni, and Stefano Mancuso.

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The Press Cafés

Among the various events at Cersaie 2024, the “Cafés of the Press” also return in 2024. Now in their ninth edition, they come back with their usual format. This year’s discussion theme is “architectural space.” The publications featured in the meetings are AD Architectural Digest, CasaFacile, CasaOggiDomani, Chiesa Oggi, DDN, Domus, Elle Decor Italia, IFDM, Il Bagno Oggi e Domani, Ingenio, IoArch, Interni, La casa in ordine, NiiProgetti, Platform, Suite, The Plan and Wellness Design. The public can also enjoy the meetings, all in person, via live streaming on the Cersaie website and on the platforms of the various publishers.

Tiling Town

The area dedicated to the ‘Tiling Town,’ in its 12th edition, offers innovative demonstrations of laying ceramic surfaces, with Assoposa’s Master Layers. The concept of this year’s set-up, occupying 400 square meters in Hall 32, is the relationship between man and technology. Assoposa occupies an important space within the ‘Tiling Town’. It also dedicates a specific area to the Academy, with the exhibition of furniture elements made with ceramics.
Three conferences are taking place, dealing with topical issues related to the relationship between production and the distribution system, as well as new housing models. Also taking place outside Hall 32 is the’ Bathroom Installation at Cersaie’ initiative, where four teams of installers from Italy, Switzerland, Denmark and Brazil will try to lay ceramic surfaces to create different bathroom environments.

ADI Awards at Cersaie 2024

Also this year, for the tenth time, the ADI Ceramics and Bathroom Design Awards are back. The prizes go to ceramic and bathroom furniture products made in Italy. The ADI Booth Design Awards, instead, go to booths, will be presented at Cersaie.

Rubinetterie Treemme booth, awarded in 2023

Why visit

Cersaie is one of the world’s historic and most important exhibitions in ceramic surfaces for architecture and bathroom furnishings. With more than 600 exhibitors from all over the world and 100,000 visitors also from many countries, Cersaie in Bologna is a key event for buyers in the architecture sector and those who want to keep up to date with industry trends. In addition to exhibitors in the Bologna exhibition center, several companies hold events during the show in magnificent spaces in the city center. Moreover, Bologna is close to the Italian region where tiles are produced, so many companies are opening their factories this week.
At Cersaie, Bologna, you can catch up on all the latest trends in ceramic surfaces for architecture.