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Archizoom was a designstudio founded in 1966 in Florence, Italy, by four architects: Andrea Branzi (b 1939), Gilberto Corretti (b 1941), Paolo Deganello (b 1940), Massimo Morozzi; and two designers: Dario Bartolini and Lucia Bartolini.
They were were influenced initially by the visionary designs of the English architectural group Archigram.
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They achieved international prominence following appearances at the Superarchitettura exhibitions of radical architecture held at Pistoia (1966) and Modena (1967) and organized with the Superstudio group. The group disbanded in 1974 to follow separate careers.
The team produced a rich series of projects in design, architecture and large scale urban visions, a work which is still a fundamental source of inspiration for generations to come.
Together with Superstudio, Archizoom invented "Superarchitect