ARCHITECT FRANCESCO SCARDACCIONE AND ISHIMOTO EUROPE THE "MEDITERRANEAN AWARD CITY OF DIALOGUE" (special mention)

Naples | 08 October 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

In full compliance with the rules of distancing and protection for Covid 19, the award ceremony of the "Mediterranean Award 2020" was held at the headquarters of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples, which inaugurated the celebratory activities for the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo .
For the "City of Dialogue" section, the special mention of the prize was awarded to the architect Francesco Scardaccione and Ishimoto Europe for the project of the Faculty of Engineering in San Giovanni a Teduccio - on the outskirts of Naples - for the degree of civilization of the work and the ability to create a space of relationships open to the city in which it inserts valuable functions.
The Prize was awarded by prof. Edoardo Cosenza - president of the Order of Engineers of Naples - representing the Rector of the Federico II University of Naples.
The reasons were read by prof. Eugenio Mazzarella, president of the jury.
The “Mediterranean Prize” is recognized among the most important awards thanks also to the quality of the juries representing 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries.

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THE TOTEM OF PEACE IN LAMPEDUSA

Naples | 08 October 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

In full compliance with the rules of distancing and protection for Covid 19, the award ceremony of the "Mediterranean Award 2020" was held at the headquarters of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples, which inaugurated the celebratory activities for the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo .
For the "Institutions" section, the prize was awarded to the Island of Lampedusa, represented by the Mayor Dr. Salvatore Martello, present webinar.
Representatives of the political, cultural and institutional world of various Mediterranean countries and the members of the juries were present in the room.
The prize, consisting of the work "Totem of Peace" by the sculptor Mario Molinari, was symbolically awarded by the president prof. Michele Capasso and Dr. Pia Molinari waiting to carry out the official ceremony in Lampedusa in the coming weeks.
On the occasion of the Foundation's thirtieth anniversary, President Capasso recalled the many activities and "Laboratories for Peace" carried out in Lampedusa and culminating in the historic visit of Pope Francis on 8 July 2013 and the contemporary appeal launched in Lampedusa by the Foundation same day.
Mayor Martello thanked for the prestigious award that honors the island and its inhabitants.
On this occasion it was proposed to create the monumental work "Totem of Peace" on the Island of Lampedusa to strengthen the bond also in consideration that the relics of migrants present in the "Totem of Peace" in the Port of Naples (inaugurated by Pope Francis March 21, 2015) were brought by the Commander of the Coast Guard of Lampedusa.
The architect Vincenzo Latina proposed to carry out the work within the project he developed for the recovery of the quarries.

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THE "MEDITERRANEAN CITY OF DIALOGUE AWARD" TO THE ARCHITECT VINCENZO LATINA

Naples | 08 October 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

In full compliance with the rules of distancing and protection for Covid 19, the award ceremony of the "Mediterranean award 2020" was held at the headquarters of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples, which inaugurated the celebratory activities for the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo. For the "City of Dialogue" section, the prize was awarded to the architect Vincenzo Latina for the "Environmental rehabilitation and restoration of the former Lampedusa quarry" project.
The project (approved in 2019) recovers the quarries between Punta Sottile and Cala Francese, proposing a place of hospitality and civil coexistence equipped for events, with an essential language poetically crossed by memories and suggestions.
The Prize was awarded by prof. Massimo Pica Ciamarra, a member of the Fondazione Mediterraneo director in the conception of the project, who speaks of "acupuncture more than prizes" and underlines how "the intent of the Award is clear because it seeks new urban intelligence inputs rather than self-referential buildings".
The reasons were read by prof. Eugenio Mazzarella, president of the jury.
The “Mediterranean Prize” is recognized among the most important awards thanks also to the quality of the juries representing 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries.

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THE "ARCHITECTURE AND CITY AWARDS 2020" AWARDED ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTY YEAR OF THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO

Naples | 08 October 2020
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2020

In full compliance with the rules of distancing and protection for Covid 19, the award ceremony of the "Mediterranean Award 2020" was held at the headquarters of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples, which inaugurated the celebratory activities for the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo .
Recognized among the most important awards thanks also to the quality of the juries representing 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries, this edition of the Award hosted the award ceremony of the biennial "Architecture and City" Award promoted by the Cenacle of culture and science.
The prizes were awarded to Carlo Cuomo Associati for the refurbishment of the Santa Teresa beach in Salerno, with which he created a hinge anchored to the city and facing the sea and the profile of the maritime station designed by Zaha Hadid Architects: the success of he work is attested by the great attendance of the place by the people.
The juries had the power to assign special mentions at their discretion. The Sicilian work of Emanuele Fidone was awarded for "Architecture and city" who, between Ortigia and Modica, works on the edges, light, voids and matter, weaving relationships with the surrounding urban setting; Michelangelo Pugliese's work on the largely Calabrian landscape, who through nature always seeks a mending of the existing openings, redesigning the topography of the ground and restoring public spaces to the community; the work that Angelo Verderosa's studio has been carrying out for years for the recovery of the village of Cairano in Upper Irpinia, offering a concrete response to the theme of the regeneration of inland areas that is being talked about (perhaps too much and only) in Italy today.
Among those present the president of the Order of Engineers of Naples prof. Edoardo Cosenza, the members of the jury, the winners, prof. Massimo Pica Ciamarra - creator of the Award - and representatives of the academic, artistic and cultural world of the Mediterranean.
The artist Ciccio Merolla performed in a concert of "Music for Peace".

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