2020

Mediterranean Award "Institutions"
to the Island of Lampedusa
represented by the Mayor Salvatore Martello, Italy

The Island of Lampedusa represents an example of integration and coexistence between men and women of different faiths, cultures, origins. The phenomenon of migration has made the inhabitants of Lampedusa protagonists of a "New Humanism" that Pope Francis himself, in his historic visit to Lampedusa on July 8, 2013, indicated as the only way to counter the "Globalization of indifference".
The Mayor Salvatore Martello represents the example of this humanism: in the meeting with Pope Francis on 10 September 2020 he gave the pontiff a cross made by a Lampedusan craftsman with the wood of the migrant boats and a t-shirt with the words "I am fisherman ".
Pope Francis recalled on this occasion the importance of remaining human by remaining united: “When even in an ocean two ideas that survive the waves meet, something extraordinary can be born”.
In recognition of the capacity of reception, help and integration of the Lampedusans towards migrants, which always manifested itself and even in tragic situations, the juries of the "Mediterranean Prize", symbolically met on 3 October 2020 - anniversary of the Lampedusa massacre in which hundreds of migrants - awarded to the Island of Lampedusa, represented by the Mayor Salvatore Martello, the "MEDITERRANEAN AWARD 2020 INSTITUTIONS".

Mediterranean Award "City of Dialogue"
to Vincenzo Latina
Architect, Italy

The Mediterranean Award "City of Dialogue" for architecture was awarded to the environmental rehabilitation and restoration project of the former Lampedusa quarry by Vincenzo Latina which, alongside the functional and structural recovery of a quarry, offers a museum of memory with of the history of the island and those of the contemporary tragedy linked to migration.

Mediterranean Award "City of Dialogue" - (special mention)
to Francesco Scardaccione and Ishimoto Europe
Architect, European Headquarters, Italy

The special mention of the Jury was assigned to the project of the Faculty of Engineering at San Giovanni a Teduccio in Naples because it inserts a highly valuable function in the eastern area of the Neapolitan coast, redeeming its decay and contributing to the socio-economic revitalization of the neighborhood.

Mediterranean Award "City of Dialogue" - (mention)
to Pasquale Tierno
Architect, Italy

The mention was assigned to the project of an urban theater in Calvanico (Sa) by Pasquale Tierno which gives new sense and urban vitality to a residual area of the town through a small urban theater that infiltrates the pre-existing fabric creating a meeting place and exchange.