Скачать или смотреть RIBA President's Medal 2024 Bianca Zucchelli

The RIBA Dissertation Medal is awarded to Bianca Zucchelli at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), UK, for The Eel, the Dowry, and the Seamstress.

This creative and critical piece of writing narrates a story set in isolated Italian fishing village Comacchio, Bianca’s grandmother’s hometown, about the role of the textile industry in shaping a girl’s education and place in society. Analysing the chronological process of making a dowry, the project considers spatial restrictions on women, from the street to the home, convent to laboratory, and gives a voice to the women missing from archival and architectural records.

On receiving the 2024 RIBA Dissertation Medal, Bianca Zucchelli said:

"I am extremely honoured to receive this award and such recognition for a writing that is so dear to me and my family. I would like to thank the RIBA judging panel for recognising the value of my research in the untold stories of working women, and hope it will positively influence others to appreciate its importance in understanding nowadays’ world. I deeply thank my tutors, without whose knowledge and trust this writing would simply not exist, as well as my friends and family whose unconditional support has been invaluable every step of the way."