The architect Gaetano Licata, who once taught architecture at the University of Kassel, is now a professor in the Faculty of Architec- ture at the University of Palermo, where Isabella Fera is also on the academic staff. In 2014, Licata published the collection Maifinito, with editorial assistance by Fera. The book featured essays, projects, and a selection of “international artistic, social and architectural experiences,” all of which centered around the “fenomeno del maifinito,”1 the maifinito phenomenon—in other words, the enormous number of unfinished buildings in southern Italy, and especially on the island of Sicily. Many of these buildings, so-called maifiniti, have been constructed entirely outside the legislative framework—a phenomenon that perfectly encapsulates the relationship in Italy between construction, the public vs. private realm, the state, and legislation. In December 2015, Arno Brandlhuber met Isabella Fera in Palermo for a wide-ranging discussion. Afterward, he traveled to the south of Sicily to converse with Gaetano Licata in a building he rebuilt, the Santa Barbara Hospital in Gela.2

Trascrizione in tedesco della videointervista a Gaetano Licata, a cura di Arno Brandlhueber, sul tema degli edifici incompiuti (Maifinito) ed estratti tradotti in tedesco dell'omonimo libro dell'autore pubblicato da Quodlibet, all'interno del nr. 225 della rivista di architettura tedesca Arch+, numero monografico dal titolo "Legislating architecture", sul rapporto tra legislazione e progetto di architettura. Estratti della videointervista sono attualmente in proiezione (da maggio a novembre 2016 presso il padiglione centrale della Biennale di Venezia 2016 - Architettura, all'interno del contributo di Arno Brandelhueber e Christopher Roth. La stessa intervista è apparsa anche nella versione monografica (arch+ nr. 224) di Legislatig architecture in inglese

Licata, G. (2016). DAS PHÄNOMEN Maifinito. DEN PATIENTEN WIEDERBELEBEN: REANIMATION UND AGENCY Gaetano Licata im Gespräch mit Arno Brandlhuber. ARCH +, 225(225), 197-203.

DAS PHÄNOMEN Maifinito. DEN PATIENTEN WIEDERBELEBEN: REANIMATION UND AGENCY Gaetano Licata im Gespräch mit Arno Brandlhuber

LICATA, Gaetano
2016-01-01

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The architect Gaetano Licata, who once taught architecture at the University of Kassel, is now a professor in the Faculty of Architec- ture at the University of Palermo, where Isabella Fera is also on the academic staff. In 2014, Licata published the collection Maifinito, with editorial assistance by Fera. The book featured essays, projects, and a selection of “international artistic, social and architectural experiences,” all of which centered around the “fenomeno del maifinito,”1 the maifinito phenomenon—in other words, the enormous number of unfinished buildings in southern Italy, and especially on the island of Sicily. Many of these buildings, so-called maifiniti, have been constructed entirely outside the legislative framework—a phenomenon that perfectly encapsulates the relationship in Italy between construction, the public vs. private realm, the state, and legislation. In December 2015, Arno Brandlhuber met Isabella Fera in Palermo for a wide-ranging discussion. Afterward, he traveled to the south of Sicily to converse with Gaetano Licata in a building he rebuilt, the Santa Barbara Hospital in Gela.2
2016
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Licata, G. (2016). DAS PHÄNOMEN Maifinito. DEN PATIENTEN WIEDERBELEBEN: REANIMATION UND AGENCY Gaetano Licata im Gespräch mit Arno Brandlhuber. ARCH +, 225(225), 197-203.
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