Uberto Siola on Italian Architecture's State and His Legacy

Key facts

• Uberto Siola is emeritus professor of Architectural Composition at University of Naples Federico II.
• He was born in Naples in 1938 and was a student of Luigi Cosenza.
• His recent project is the Chiaia station on Naples' Line 6 metro.
• He participated in the 1975 Rational Architecture exhibition in London, 1978 and 1991 Venice Biennales, and multiple Milan Triennales.
• In 2010, he co-curated a multimedia project at Expo Shanghai with Peter Greenaway.
• In 2022, he designed the redevelopment of the Bourbon theatre in San Severo, Puglia.
• He served as culture assessor for Naples, a deputy in the XIII Legislature, and on the National Council for Cultural Heritage.
• He was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and received the Gold Medal for Culture from Italy.
• He was dean of architecture faculty at Federico II from 1979 to 1996 and now chairs FIASARC.
• He criticizes Campania's architecture as outside European circuits, except for the Metro stations.
• He advocates for architecture competitions with the French model of expense reimbursements.
• Only 25% of architecture graduates practice design; he calls for a policy for architecture in Italy.
• His key projects: Chiaia station, Ospedaletto funicular station, Vasto technical institute, Villa Minori.
• FIASARC is working with the Ukrainian government on reconstruction proposals.