Young Italian architects: alive or dead?

by Gianmaria Sforza Fogliani It would seem that in Italy architects in the “under 40” category do not exist, concealed by the nature of the academic structure and the mechanisms which determine the making of client contacts – and in architecture, new born professionals, even when defined as such by the state and registration bodies, must wait a good number of years before achieving recognition. Putting to one side the situation of monopoly in the city, where major projects are distributed amongst the famous names through the tried and tested formula of competitions, often with embarrassing results, it is perhaps in the provinces that young architects find more space in which to really make buildings. Are these isolated episodes? In a country in which public opinion generally puts little importance on architecture against the backdrop of other problems of contemporary life, there are however some young architects who are not just getting by in the market for interior design, nor spinning out their academic studies whilst waiting for a break.

House at Santa Margherita Ligure, designed by Enrico Molteni, 1997-99 (photo by Federico Brunetti)

Casa Giuditta in Barlassina (Mi), working models, September 2000

Sketch for house at Marciana Marina, Island of Elba, December 2000

Model of house at Marciana Marina, Island of Elba, December 2000

Infopoint XXTriennale, June 2001, designed by E. Molteni and A. Liverani with S. Colombo

Competition for Piazza Mazzini at Seveso, second prize Emilio Caravatti

Building in Vigevano, winner of the competition ALER, 2000: L. Giorgi with A. Borlini, M. Dallera

Stair detail in an appartment in Milan by Emilio Caravatti, 1995-96

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