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Advances in Utopian Studies and Sacred Architecture : a culmination of selected research papers from the International Conference on Utopian and Sacr…
2021
This book, on Advances in Utopian Studies and Sacred Architecture, contains selected research from the International Conference on Utopian and Sacred Architecture Studies which was held in association with the university of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” of Italy. Research from the conference has undergone a rigorous review process thanks to the book editors and scientific committee of reviewers. The book explores the interdisciplinary field of utopian studies and specifically the relationship between architecture and utopia as one that is long- standing and pervasive. It namely draws upon the transition and even intersections between contemporary and historical geographies of sacred architect…
Complesso parrocchiale di San Gregorio
2013
Tra i partecipanti al Premio Internazionale di architettura Barbara Cappochin nel 2013, viene presentato il progetto del Complesso Parrocchiale di San Gregorio ad Agrigento.
Nuovi spazi liturgici e antica sacralità nel cuore del Mediterraneo
2017
The new St Gregory’s Church, built in Agrigento on the edge of the Temples Valley, is immersed in a landscape of ancient sacredness, where a millennial Sicilian history embrace cultures and religions stratified in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. Contemporary architecture establishes a solid dialogue between faith, liturgy and art, in accordance with the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. Close to the remains of a Cretan village, the new architecture compares with the Doric Temples, which they are an indispensable figurative reference. The spatial articulation and urban references, which see it strongly anchored in the coastal scenery, write transcendental spirituality that introdu…
St. Gregory's Parish Complex in Agrigento
2015
The magazine presents the project of St. Gregory's parish in Agrigento, built in the coastal plain of the countryside, including the Valley of the Temples and an archaeological site.Its architecture through all the themes of the sacred history of Sicily, reducing them to experience current and evocative of the local religious tradition and projecting them into the contemporary.
Sacred atmospheres. A baroque church in a market as a case study
2020
Sebbene l’architettura abbia spesso attribuito un ruolo chiave allo spazio cartesiano, fondato sulla geometria e sul paradigma visivo, l’estetica delle atmosphere – intesa come indagine sulla relazione tra le qualità espressive dell’ambiente e le condizioni percepite soggettivamente – può offrire ulteriori prospettive teoriche. L’articolo sostiene che l’estetica delle atmosphere, tenendo conto di tutti i sensi, dovrebbe essere considerata uno strumento interpretativo valido a integrare il punto di vista tradizionale della storia dell’architettura. Per dimostrarlo, il saggio si concentrerà su un caso di studio: la chiesa barocca dell’ Immacolata Concezione al Capo, collocata all'interno di u…