Nine architecture festivals launch simultaneously across Italy
Nine architecture festivals funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture's Festival Architettura program are taking place simultaneously across Italy from April 15 to 30, 2023. The festivals aim to bridge architecture and communities through multidisciplinary projects. Each festival addresses local themes and shared national issues like the housing emergency. The festivals include: Cara Casa (Milan, Bologna, Genoa, Venice/Mestre), focusing on housing; Abitare la vacanza (Colletta di Castelbianco, Baratti, Costa Paradiso), exploring vacation architecture; Seed (Assisi, Perugia), centered on sustainability and human regeneration; Rigenera – Circolare (Emilia-Romagna), highlighting contemporary architecture and the New European Bauhaus; Dropcity Convention 2023 (Milan), a hub for architecture and design; Stone Landscapes (Cursi, Trani, Apricena, Parabita, Canosa di Puglia), examining quarry territories; :After. After History, Afterlife (Sicily), rethinking modern Sicilian architecture; Ferrara Slack City Festival (Ferrara), engaging citizens in urban slack spaces; and Campania Architettura 2023 (Naples, Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Salerno), with over 60 events including participatory labs. The festivals are supported by the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del MiC, with hopes for continued public funding.
Key facts
- Nine architecture festivals funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture's Festival Architettura program are taking place simultaneously across Italy from April 15 to 30, 2023.
- The festivals aim to bridge architecture and communities through multidisciplinary projects.
- Cara Casa focuses on housing issues in Milan, Bologna, Genoa, and Venice/Mestre.
- Abitare la vacanza explores vacation architecture in Colletta di Castelbianco, Baratti, and Costa Paradiso.
- Seed in Assisi and Perugia centers on sustainability and human regeneration.
- Rigenera – Circolare in Emilia-Romagna highlights contemporary architecture and the New European Bauhaus.
- Dropcity Convention 2023 in Milan is a hub for architecture and design.
- Stone Landscapes examines quarry territories in Puglia.
- :After. After History, Afterlife rethinks modern Sicilian architecture.
- Ferrara Slack City Festival engages citizens in urban slack spaces.
- Campania Architettura 2023 includes over 60 events across Campania.
- The festivals are supported by the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del MiC.
Entities
Artists
- Giancarlo De Carlo
- Vittorio Giorgini
- Alberto Ponis
- Benedetta Tagliabue
- Guendalina Salimei
- Paola Viganò
- Michele De Lucchi
- Mario Cucinella
- Carlo Ratti
- Arata Isozaki
- Andrea Maffei
- Andrea Caputo
- Francesca Picchi
- Studio Ossidiana
- Arrigo Arrighetti
- Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo
- Jeremy Till
- Patricia Viel
- Simone Sfriso
- Pierfrancesco Maran
- Emily Clancy
- Andrea Margaritelli
- Carlo Luigi Daneri
- Eugenio Fuselli
- Lesley Lokko
- Fosbury Architecture
- Valentina Silvestrini
Institutions
- Ministero della Cultura
- Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea
- Fondazione Guglielmo Giordano
- Istituto Nazionale di Architettura
- Fondazione Umbra per l'Architettura
- Fondazione degli Architetti di Reggio Emilia
- Nhood
- Ecomuseo della Pietra di Cursi
- Politecnico di Bari
- Atelier Mobile
- M9–Museo del '900
- Maison de l'architecture
- Artribune
- Incanti
- Render
- PAX
- Fondazione dell'Ordine degli Architetti PPC della Provincia di Milano
- Ordine degli Architetti P.P.C. di Reggio Emilia
- atelier mobile
- Studio Rizoma
- Ecomuseo della pietra leccese
- Associazione FAS / Gruppo Ferrante Aporti / Sammartini APS
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Locations
- Italy
- Milan
- Bologna
- Genoa
- Venice
- Mestre
- Colletta di Castelbianco
- Savona
- Baratti
- Livorno
- Costa Paradiso
- Sassari
- Assisi
- Perugia
- Umbria
- Emilia-Romagna
- Reggio Emilia
- Curibita
- Brazil
- Bruxelles
- Belgium
- Cursi
- Trani
- Apricena
- Parabita
- Canosa di Puglia
- Puglia
- Gibellina
- Augusta
- Gela
- Borgo Rizza
- Palermo
- Catania
- Sicily
- Trapani
- Caltanissetta
- Siracusa
- Ferrara
- Naples
- Avellino
- Benevento
- Caserta
- Salerno
- Campania
- Marsiglia
- France
- Bari
- Rome
- Ivrea
- Favara
- Colle Val d'Elsa
- Cagliari
- Syracuse
- Lecce
- Barletta
- Foggia