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Mario Cucinella: Roma Tre Rectorate and Milan Projects

architecture-design · 2026-05-05

Architect Mario Cucinella discusses his upcoming projects in Rome and Milan. In Rome, his firm won a project finance competition for the new Rectorate of Roma Tre University, set to complete by 2019. The building will feature a transparent auditorium facing Via Ostiense, a public square, and a raised piazza, with a south side left open to reduce heat. In Milan, from November 18, La Triennale hosts 'Empatia Creativa,' an exhibition of five Cucinella projects: UnipolSai headquarters and COIMA headquarters at Porta Nuova, Città della Salute e della Ricerca in Sesto San Giovanni, a museum in Corso Venezia, and the Nuovo Polo Chirurgico e delle Urgenze for Ospedale San Raffaele. The museum, a private initiative, will be an underground space for ancient art. Cucinella also works on the Abitazione per la Pace in Scanzano Ionico, a prototype home for immigrant families using natural materials, aiming for spring 2017. In Pacentro (L'Aquila), he collaborates with Action Aid on a participatory school design. His SOS School of Sustainability continues for a second year, focusing on social and sustainable architecture.

Key facts

  • Mario Cucinella's firm won a project finance competition for Roma Tre University's new Rectorate.
  • The Rectorate building in Rome is expected to be completed by 2019.
  • The building will have a transparent auditorium facing Via Ostiense and two public squares.
  • La Triennale di Milano hosts 'Empatia Creativa' from November 18 for one month.
  • The exhibition features five projects: UnipolSai, COIMA, Città della Salute, a museum in Corso Venezia, and San Raffaele hospital.
  • A new museum in Corso Venezia will be an underground space for ancient art, commissioned by a private foundation.
  • The Abitazione per la Pace in Scanzano Ionico is a prototype for 40 immigrant families, built with natural materials.
  • Cucinella's SOS School of Sustainability has started its second year.

Entities

Artists

  • Mario Cucinella
  • Andreas Kipar
  • Betty Williams
  • Valentina Silvestrini

Institutions

  • Mario Cucinella Architects
  • COIMA
  • Land Milano
  • La Triennale di Milano
  • UnipolSai
  • Ospedale San Raffaele
  • Action Aid
  • Fondazione Città della Pace per i Bambini Basilicata
  • SOS School of Sustainability
  • Artribune
  • Roma Tre University
  • Città della Salute e della Ricerca

Locations

  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Milan
  • Porta Nuova
  • Sesto San Giovanni
  • Corso Venezia
  • Scanzano Ionico
  • Basilicata
  • Pacentro
  • L'Aquila
  • Guastalla
  • Emilia

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