Ito frames Branzi’s non-linear practice as a ‘continuous present’ in which past and future overlap in an uninterrupted flow of ideas. A public programme runs April–October 2026 and opens with a Toyo Ito lecture on 20 April 2026 during Milan Design Week.
- Curator
- toyo-ito
- Dates
- 19 March – 4 October 2026
- Description
- Monographic retrospective at Triennale Milano running 19 March – 4 October 2026, developed with Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Toyo Ito both curates and designs the show, organising more than 400 drawings, models, objects, viewing devices, environments, videos and archival materials into eleven thematic sections — including Superarchitettura, No-Stop City (reconstructed at 1:1 scale), Central Plan Houses, Theoretical Metropolises, Gazebo, Ellipse and Hybrid Object.
- Designer
- andrea-branzi
- Event
- milan-design-week-2026
- Themes
- archive-activation, craft, collectible-design
- Venue
- triennale-milano
- Year
- 2026
Connections
Outbound
- Designed by → Andrea Branzi
- Curated by → Toyo Ito
- Held at → Triennale Milano
- Presented at → Milan Design Week 2026
- Contributed to → Archive activation
- Contributed to → Collectible design
- References → Common Archive — La notte bianca del progetto — Both stage Milan's 2026 archive-activation moment around Design Week.
- Held at → Triennale Milano
Inbound
- Autoritratto → Presented at
- No-Stop City → Presented at
- Animali Vestiti → Presented at
- Animali Domestici → Presented at
- Modello di Urbanizzazione Umida → Presented at
- Grandi Legni GL02 → Presented at
- Bosco d'Arte → Presented at
- Voliera → Presented at
- Toyo Ito → Curated by
Posts
- Andrea Branzi at Triennale: Toyo Ito's Continuous Present primary 5 May 2026
- Toyo Ito on Andrea Branzi: 8 Picks at Triennale primary 6 May 2026
- Toyo Ito Architecture: White U to Branzi 2026 12 May 2026
- Mid-Century Archive Revivals 2026: Mollino at Zanotta 14 May 2026