Call to artists and designers: reuse confiscated mafia assets

Newitalianblood and Agrorinasce are calling on artists, designers, and architects to collaborate on reusing over 35,000 properties confiscated from organized crime in Italy. The initiative aims to transform villas, palaces, hotels, farms, and public spaces into ethical, ecological, and socio-economic assets. Pilot projects in Campania include the 'Chilometro della Legalità' in San Cipriano d'Aversa, featuring an Oasi Verde and Playground Urbano, and the 'Quartiere Campania Felix' in Villa Literno, with social gardens and a repurposed industrial building. The organizations seek creative contributions to develop self-sustaining, emotionally engaging, and lightweight architectural interventions. They propose allocating at least 2% of public works budgets to art and creativity, leveraging EU funds. A workshop at the Zaha Hadid-designed Stazione Marittima in Salerno is planned to refine competition briefs.