Uninhabitable architecture

A new point of view on architecture, aimed at discovering a different conception from that commonly linked to housing functionality, is suggested by this exhibition, which was created to investigate the critical relationship between living and building, starting from some buildings that are emblematic of this fracture: “uninhabitable architecture” with a strong symbolic charge, emblems of the city in which they arise. The exhibition identifies some particularly significant examples, distributed throughout the national territory, finding evidence of them in the materials of the LUCE Archive and in other archives. In addition to the historical photographs, there are works by contemporary photographers and artists such as Gianni Berengo Gardin, Guido Guidi, Marzia Miglior, Mark Power, Sekiya Masaaki, Steve McCurry – as well as some images by Francesco Jodice and Silvia Camporesi specially commissioned for the exhibition – and pages that the most appreciated Italian writers have composed for the occasion.

The exhibition is promoted by Roma Capitale, Department of Culture, Capitoline Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. Organized and created by Archivio Luce Cinecittà. Edited by Chiara Sbarigia with Dario Dalla Lana. Museum services of Zètema Progetto Cultura.