E_Picentro

Venezia, Italy

TITLE

E_PICENTRO “Cantiere di riflessioni sull’avvenire delle città vulnerabili.”

CLIENT

Biennale di Venezia - 12° International Architecture Exhibition

TYPE OF INTERVENTION

Exibition

STATE

Temporary exibition

E_Picentro

Venezia, Italy

TITLE

E_PICENTRO “Cantiere di riflessioni sull’avvenire delle città vulnerabili.”

CLIENT

Biennale di Venezia - 12° International Architecture Exhibition

TYPE OF INTERVENTION

Exibition

STATE

Temporary exibition

He emphasizes the central role that the relationship between architecture, individuals and society assumes as a result of the collective traumas generated by destructive and devastating events, such as an earthquake that sows material rubble and generates fragments in affections and social bonds. It starts from the idea that reconstruction cannot be limited to the restoration of functionality but must become an operation of rebalancing and that it must be based on a collective and individual parallel plan. The project proposes a critical reflection on what actions can be promoted and how they can be made possible in the difficult transition period between the abandonment of L’Aquila and its reconstruction, taking into account that to bring it back to life it is not enough to rebuild but it is necessary to repair ties, relationships, economies and ecology.

Yard of thought on the future of vulnerable cities

And it is necessary to do so, preserving its identity but without sacrificing experimentation and transformation. the aim of the project, through strategies proposed by architects, artists, photographers, writers and representatives of the world of culture in general, attention to the city and bring people back to the places of their lives to fill the space and the silence of a phase that is expanding in time. The project must be considered as a starting point, an open workshop of reflections divided into several initiatives:

1 - The “People meet in l'Aquila” section is set up inside a tent, a temporary space, an evocative place of reflections and proposals designed for the transition period between the abandonment of the city and its reconstruction, a consultation of ideas on the recomposition of the trauma generated by the separation between the space of the city and its inhabitants. the temporary character of the tent helps to underline the building site connotation of this space, designed to produce a serious creative effort, of reflection and elaboration of ideas to transform the expectation of reconstruction in a moment of proposal full of energy and future. Architects, artists, photographers, writers and the world of culture generally give life to a first moment of confrontation and reflection, a sort of unfinished factory, in motion that continues to welcome ideas, proposals, personal contributions throughout the period of the biennial, offering a space for open, critical and creative participation. The material displayed is regularly updated to underline the building site character of the event.

2 - The section “L'aqui_lab”, inserted inside the pavilion models of the new arsenal, is designed as a scientific laboratory, a sort of library in progress where contributions, scientific research and proposals developed over time by universities are collected, national and international bodies and institutions that propose ideas and projects designed and planned for the territory of L'Aquila. The workshop includes, simultaneously with the exhibition of scientific and artistic contributions, meetings, seminars and a workshop with the participation of Italian and foreign universities in order to involve in this collective effort also students from different realities.
3 - A section “Cantiere Online”, makes accessible and enriches the project of contributions in the network, becomes an open place where to insert proposals and reflections through the website www. epicentroproject.net. In addition, the E_PICENTRO project is enriched by an online competition open to professionals and students, a place for reflection and debate on the spaces of transition, generated by abandonment and waiting for reconstruction. The results of the competition will be announced to coincide with the closing ceremony of the biennial.
Credits

COORDINATION Guendalina Salimei – Tstudio

CURATOR Guendalina Salimei e Christiano Lepratti

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Luciano de Licio, Markus Gasser, Rosario Pavia, Günter Pfeifer, Piero Ostilio Rossi

COLLABORATION Oreste Casalini, Luigi Centola, Mario Ferrari, Annette Rudolf-Cleff, Nicoletta Tasi

EVENT MANAGEMENT Giammetta & Giammetta architects

PARTNER Thetis – Engineering for the people

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