The Mother-Church designed in 1971 by Ludovico Quaroni and Luisa Anversa is part of the Gibellina completion program. The town was rebuilt ex novo after the 1968’s earthquake in a river valley which had been until then uninhabited. This architecture rep- resents an essential component to give urban meaning and identity to New Gibellina, a fundamental principle of settlement which would build a hierarchy between the buildings and valued open spaces. The entire focus of the parish and, in the designers’ intentions of the city, is the spherical dome of the building. The absolute monumentality given to this element is the key architectural principle and, at the same time, one of the factors that have fuelled a debate on the liturgical work. Emerging as the highest building on the hill, the Mother Church, is the symbol of rebirth and expresses con dence in the future on which New Town is based. The challenge is to actually carry out this utopia. The interest lies in how the idea is realized and how the various layers are contaminated through time. The architectural project is the most suitable means of knowledge to consider the signi cance of the intentions and the friction concerning the facts. The development of a proposal for intervention in continuity with the cultural process of “humanization” of the city, promoted by Corrao and implemented by Quaroni, Samona et al, tenses the terms of the issue and builds up the thread of reason- ing described in this book.

I quarant’anni trascorsi tra il progetto della Chiesa Madre di Gibellina e la sua consacrazione ai Santi Diego e Scolastica hanno trasformato l’architettura di Ludovico Quaroni e Luisa Anversa in un osservatorio privilegiato per poter valutare il dibattito contemporaneo sulle città di nuova fondazione e sulle chiese. La Chiesa Madre è un’architettura dal significato urbano esemplare, che, al tempo stesso, ha generato alcune perplessità in merito ai suoi aspetti liturgici. Infatti, sembra che Ludovico Quaroni, noto architetto di chiese, abbia proposto, a Gibellina, una sintesi fra arte, architettura e urbanistica rivolgendosi più a tutti i cittadini universalmente, che non alle specificità della liturgia cattolica. Rifondare una città attraverso un’emergenza architettonica e restituire un’identità agli abitanti reduci dal terremoto erano i termini di una sfida che aveva condotto l’architetto romano a ragionare in modo nuovo su questioni antiche fondate sulla forma e sul valore simbolico dell’architettura.

Macaluso, L. (2013). La Chiesa Madre a Gibellina. Quarant'anni dal progetto alla realizzazione. Roma : Officina.

La Chiesa Madre a Gibellina. Quarant'anni dal progetto alla realizzazione

MACALUSO, Luciana
2013-01-01

Abstract

The Mother-Church designed in 1971 by Ludovico Quaroni and Luisa Anversa is part of the Gibellina completion program. The town was rebuilt ex novo after the 1968’s earthquake in a river valley which had been until then uninhabited. This architecture rep- resents an essential component to give urban meaning and identity to New Gibellina, a fundamental principle of settlement which would build a hierarchy between the buildings and valued open spaces. The entire focus of the parish and, in the designers’ intentions of the city, is the spherical dome of the building. The absolute monumentality given to this element is the key architectural principle and, at the same time, one of the factors that have fuelled a debate on the liturgical work. Emerging as the highest building on the hill, the Mother Church, is the symbol of rebirth and expresses con dence in the future on which New Town is based. The challenge is to actually carry out this utopia. The interest lies in how the idea is realized and how the various layers are contaminated through time. The architectural project is the most suitable means of knowledge to consider the signi cance of the intentions and the friction concerning the facts. The development of a proposal for intervention in continuity with the cultural process of “humanization” of the city, promoted by Corrao and implemented by Quaroni, Samona et al, tenses the terms of the issue and builds up the thread of reason- ing described in this book.
2013
Settore ICAR/14 - Composizione Architettonica E Urbana
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Macaluso, L. (2013). La Chiesa Madre a Gibellina. Quarant'anni dal progetto alla realizzazione. Roma : Officina.
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