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Una scatola di luce, un gioco di sguardi
2015
Il padiglione progettato dall’architetto siciliano con la collaborazione dell’artista Erich Demetz è un vero manifesto dei principi fondativi del suo fare architettura. Attraverso la luce, il cubo diventa luogo di sosta e meditazione da una parte; e di contemplazione del paesaggio dall’altra The pavilion designed by the Sicilian architect with the collaboration of the artist Erich Demetz is an actual manifesto of the fundamental principles he uses in his architecture. By means of light, the cube becomes a place for rest and meditation on one hand, and for contemplation of the landscape on the other
Tra Limes e Limen
2014
Between “limes” and “limen” Analyzing the gathered projects, there is a common result, characterized by the Latin words “limes” and “limen”. The two words explain the way the projects, giving shape to the interection between town and countryside, establish a condition of limit or threshold. 01. The agricultural Gugliotta park at piano Tavola, Carini At Carini, for the first area of the project there are two different attitudes. The groups Cacciatore, Farina, Prandi and Moduloquattro analyze via Rocco Chinnici as main element of their intervention, while the groups Elmo and Trisciuglio designed installations where this axis is diluted or denied. 02. The margin of the agricultural park of str…
Casa e paesaggio: gli sguardi di Culotta e Leone
2015
Proponiamo una nuova lettura di uno dei momenti più alti dell’architettura contemporanea in Sicilia attraverso la presentazione del ricco contributo offerto da Pasquale Culotta e Giuseppe Leone, scegliendo, tra i tanti, il tema forse più caro alla loro maniera di lavorare: l’abitare in relazione ai luoghi We propose a fresh reading of one of the paramount moments of contemporary architecture in Sicily through the presentation of the rich contribution offered by Pasquale Culotta and Giuseppe Leone, selecting from many themes the one that they perhaps cherished most in their work: living in association with the location
The Maifinito phenomenon. Confession, Forgiveness, and Healing: “condoni” and“sanatoria”, Isabella Fera in Conversation with Arno Brandlhuber
2016
The book Maifinito featured essays, projects, and a selection of “international artistic, social and architectural experiences,” all of which centered around the “fenomeno del maifinito,”1 the maifinito phenomenon—in other words, the enormous number of unfinished buildings in southern Italy, and especially on the island of Sicily. Many of these buildings, so-called maifiniti, have been constructed entirely outside the legislative framework—a phenomenon that perfectly encapsulates the relationship in Italy between construction, the public vs. private realm, the state, and legislation. In December 2015, Arno Brandlhuber met Isabella Fera in Palermo for a wide-ranging discussion.
Il Forte San Giacomo in Favignana : i giardini segreti e lo spazio pubblico
2018
Favignana è la maggiore delle isole appartenenti alle Egadi, il più orientale degli arcipelaghi della Sicilia, tanto vicino geograficamente al mondo musulmano da far seguire a secoli di quasi totale spopolamento per timore di invasioni, una storia di incarceramenti e reclusioni, che fa della fruntera di mori sia un porto di passaggio sia un luogo in cui restare, bloccati anche per molti anni. Oggetto di questo lavoro è la proposta di sistemazione degli spazi esterni dell’ex carcere di S. Giacomo di Favignana, ricavato nella struttura dell’omonimo forte tardo cinquecentesco, il cui nucleo a sua volta faceva parte del sistema difensivo medievale dell’isola, e che dal 2011 si trova in fase di …
THE SIGNS OF WATER
2020
Signs of Water. A hidden waterscape in Palermo is recovered from the oblivion through a process consisting in a territorial analysis, a careful reading of ancient maps and historical archives, a deep design of new landscapes trancing the signs of the passage of water in a land where water has a permanent role along the centuries. A vast agricultural territory covers the Conca d'Oro valley, where lays the city of Palermo: rich in landscape, environmental and archaeological heritage, only some areas were subtracted from the intense construction and speculative activity that characterized the history of the city in the sixties and the seventies of the twentieth century. The main goal of this s…
RESTORING THE CITY CENTER, PLANNING AND POLICIES
2011
The Intervention on urban fabric and open spaces in the historical city. The article describes the restoration process of Palermo’s historical centre. The process has been discontinuous and fragmented, so that presently, extremely degraded urban areas still coexist with highly desirable areas characterized by first-rate restoration. Palermo’s experience with urban revitalization and development of an impoverished historical city centre demonstrates the need for urban planning that is systematically supported by effective public policies and that never loses sight of preserving the soul of the city.
Regenerating Landscape from Resilient Citizens: Parco Uditore, Three Years of "Low Cost Landscape"
2016
In the always surprising capital of Palermo, a hidden garden of opuntia indica relics has been discovered again after decades of oblivion, due to the work and the unceased promotion made by a huge group of citizens, students, teachers and volunteers. In this 9 hectares area owned by the regional government of Sicily since a long time ago (1963), the remains of a dense opuntia plantation characterizes a green forgotten area, casually survived to the building growth of Palermo. Along three decades (1963‐1993) after being a military underground stowage plant for fuel in WWII, the Fondo Uditore is still a full opuntia place, where the sweet fruits and the green and prickly “leaves” where sold r…
Comunicare il paesaggio. La fotografia come strumento di lettura delle trasformazioni del territorio
2022
Following the alterations generated by the industrialization process, guided by the continuous domination of nature in the name of progress, photography has allowed us to observe the permanence and transformations on the territory. Gregotti in his essay "La Forma Del Territorio" (1966) gives particular attention to the tools inherent in modern art, such as photography, painting and cinema. According to the architect, in fact, these tools have the ability to immediately highlight the descriptive and representative dynamics of a territory, thus becoming extremely important also in the architectural field for their anticipatory role of reality. The comparison of representations of the same pla…
LANDSCAPE DESIGN - Il progetto degli spazi aperti
2018
Nella progettazione degli spazi aperti, siano essi parchi, giardini o "soltanto" luoghi destinati alla vita associata, il ruolo del progettista rimane centrale nell'azione di modellare to spazio e le sue componenti. Come sempre accade nei processi di progettazione - sia essa architettonica, paesaggistica, urbanistica - la dimensione "artigianale" dell'autore è ben evidente e immediatamente individuabile, intesa - questa dimensione - come peculiare e unica, probabilmente non ripetibile e quindi non seriale, forse non ascrivibile in maniera canonica alle dinamiche più classiche del processo di design. Se intendiamo il disegno industriale come processo di progettazione e produzione seriale di …