Editorial
PALAZZINARO I LOVE YOU
«Characters and events are fictitious, but true is the reality that produces them» F. Rosi For thirteen years I track him, but nothing. With regret I throw in the towel and conclude that the celebrated palazzinaro (building speculator) no longer exists. The race of the first palazzinari was already endangered during my first years at the faculty of architecture and now it’s just among my just faded memories. Oh Palazzinaro, [...]
OUR LADY SUSTAINABILITY
OR HOW TO GET A FUTURE. an editorial by Francesco Lipari She is 24 years old, she works in class A and she only goes by three rules. Everyone yearns for her and dreams of meeting her and falling in love; some actually claim to have had an affair with her. She is Our Lady Sustainability. The one Italians love the most, our salvation, our light at the end of the [...]
GREETINGS FROM THE BAROQUE
an editorial by Francesco Lipari This issue deals with the past and the future, conservation and innovation. Innovation is an art. It is an art to know how to grant a new, unique vision to the world. It is because of this talent that I always regarded Francesco Borromini as one of the key innovators of his time and the one that laid the foundations for what we call parametric [...]
THE AWAKENING OF CONTEMPORARY
an editorial by Francesco Lipari CityVision mag and the Rome CityVision architectural competition were developed in response to the state of contemporary architecture in this eternal city. Rome’s rich past and strong identity is without a doubt a great fortune, yet like an apprehensive mother it risks suffocating with her loving embrace, her grown up sons that wish to now prove themselves in- dependently. Instead of enviously watching our European [...]
