The concept of the common good is presented through 20 projects conducted by Italian architectural firms. It shows how, in addition to the completed works, the processes themselves can construct spaces and places useful to communities. This reveals architecture’s ability to involve and coordinate the different players in a platform that sees architects taking an active part in promoting ever broader participation, more attentive to the harmonious and inclusive development of society. The exhibition identifies 10 fields of inquiry: legality, health, housing, the environment, education, culture, play, science, nutrition and work.
The narrative of the encounter between architecture and common goods is completed by an array of photographs that give visible form to the idea of the common good in Italy.
20 EXAMPLES OF OUTER CITY LIVING
RESTART
type:
museum and cultural space
location:
Casal di Principe, Caserta
designers:
DIANARCHITECTURE + RS ARCHITETTURA
ELNODO ESTACIÓN CREATIVA
type:
independent cultural center
location:
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
designers:
A.C. ELNODO, Fernando Carrera Viesca
CTRL+Z, Gianluca Stasi
STRADDLE3, David Juarez Latimer-Knowles
LAMATRAKA, Jaime Fernández Contreras
SER.MI.G. – SERVIZIO MISSIONARIO GIOVANI
type:
multipurpose center
location:
Turin
designers:
COMOGLIO ARCHITETTI
NOIVOILORO
type:
civic center
location:
Erba, Como
designers:
IFDESIGN
BIG CITY LIFE
type:
regeneration project in space, buildings and public areas through public works of contemporary art
location:
Tor Marancia district, Rome
designers:
ATER DEL COMUNE DI ROMA
999 CONTEMPORARY
MUNICIPIO VIII DI ROMA
NUOVA CASA SOCIALE
type:
public building for culture and fun
location:
Caltron Cles, Trento
designers:
MIRKO FRANZOSO ARCHITETTO
FARM CULTURAL PARK – XL ART GALLERY
type:
modern art gallery, space for the arts, multipurpose space,
restaurants, urban farming spaces, co-working
space for seminars and events.
location:
Favara, Agrigento
designers:
LAPS ARCHITECTURE + CASTELLI STUDIO
CANTIERE APERTO
type:
project of collective restoration of the social theater, Gualtieri
location:
Gualtieri, Reggio Emilia
designers:
ASSOCIATION TEATRO SOCIALE DI GUALTIERI
GRATOBOWL
type:
public skatepark
location:
district Gratosoglio, Milan
designers:
City of Milan – Department of Sport, Health,
Leisure, Parks, Quality of life, Personal, Animal welfare, and General services – Parks and Agriculture Sector
ESTONOESUNSOLAR
type:
temporary interventions in vacant lots
location:
Saragozza, Spain
designers:
GRAVALOSDIMONTE ARQUITECTOS
NUOVO PARCO DORA
type:
urban park
location:
Turin
designers:
LATZ + PARTNER STUDIO PESSION ASSOCIATO
BALESTRATE SEAFRONT REDEVELOPMENT
location:
Balestrate, Palermo
designers:
AM3 ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
SCHOOL IN SHUFAT REFUGEE CAMP
type:
school
location:
Jerusalem
designers:
DAAR – Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency
SSIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTER
location:
Gordola
designers:
DURISCH+NOLLI ARCHITETTI
OPIFICIO GOLINELLI,
CITADEL FOR KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE
research center and cultural spaces
location:
Bologna
designers:
DIVERSERIGHESTUDIO
TECHNOPOLE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
type:
park of innovation and knowledge
location:
Reggio Emilia
designers:
ANDREA OLIVA ARCHITETTO
PARCO DEI PADULI
type:
multifunctional rural green area
location:
province of Lecce municipalities involved of: San Cassiano, Botrugno, Surano, Nociglia, Supersano, Giuggianello, Sanarica, Muro Leccese, Scorrano e Maglie, Puglia
designers:
METAMOR ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
L.U.A. LABORATORIO URBANO APERTO
LABORATORIO URBANO BOLLENTI SPIRITI.
“ABITARE I PADULI”. UNIONE DELLE TERRE DI MEZZO
JELLYFISH BARGE
type:
greenhouse for cultivation in the urban and peri-urban environment
location:
Pisa, Milano
designers:
ANTONIO GIRARDI E CRISTIANA FAVRETTO + PNAT
BASE MILANO
type:
BASE – center for culture and creativity
location:
Milan
designers:
ONSITESTUDIO
H-FARM / H-CAMPUS
type:
administrative complex and training campus
location:
Roncade, Treviso
designers:
z a a _ ZANON ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
ITALOGRAMMA
Photographic Exhibition
Alessandra Chemollo, Fulvio Orsenigo
(81˚ Adunata degli Alpini / 81st Gathering of the Alpini, Bassano del Grappa 2008)
CATASTA
Stack
Giardino delle Vergini Installation
Luigi Greco, Mattia Paco Rizzi
(Photo Andrea Avezzù)