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The prize-giving ceremony for the Second European Prize of Sacred Architecture |
| On October the 4th 2007 the prize-giving ceremony for the Second European Prize of Sacred Architecture – edition for Degree and Master dissertations – took place in the conference hall of Palazzo Broletto in Pavia. |
Before the Authority, Father Costantino Ruggeri, founder and president of the Foundation Frate Sole, was commemorated with the help of Monsignor Giovanni Giudici Bishop of Pavia, the Mayor of Pavia, Piera Capitelli, and the architect Luigi Leoni, member of board of directors of the Foundation.
Later, the prize winners presented their works: the architect Marchesi the project of a new church in Cuscu in Peru and the architect Gabriel Nariño the project of a parish complex entitled to S. Carlo Borromeo in Roma-Tor Pagnotta. We would like to thank Professor Luigi Franciosini and the architect Lorenzo Valla for attending the prize-giving and compliment them for the presentation of two projects deserving the second prize.
Afterwards the winners of the second edition of the European Prize of Sacred Architecture explained their projects: the architects Sebastiano Adragna and Alessandro Mauro.
They presented their dissertation project discussed by the Faculty of Architecture of Siracusa (Università degli studi of Catania) with the professors Bruno Messina and Vittorio Fiore as supervisors.
The winning project is a new parish centre in Villasmundo (SR) arisen from a real need of the community
Then the architect Giuseppe Maria Jonghi Lavarini, as a member of the board of directors of the Foundation Frate Sole, read the reasons for the prizes to the architects who collected the Prize presented by the engineer Vittorio Vaccari, Secretary of the Foundation.
After the buffet, an interesting debate conducted by monsignor Arosio started from the winning project and developed by examining the Italian situation of the contemporary sacred architecture.
Acknowledgments:
- Monsignor the Bishop Giovanni Giudici and the major Piera Capitelli for their commemorating speeches on Father Costantino Ruggeri and for encouraging to proceed the Foundation’s initiative;
- Ms Susanna Zatti, manager of the cultural office of the town council of Pavia and Mr Antonio Sacchi, Vice President of the Foundation Teatro Fraschini for their attendance and their sympathy;
- The engineer Francesco Grecchi, manager of the office of the public works and the architect Luigi Ferrari for their support;
- Professor Marco Borsotti and the architect Tino Grisi who took part in the prize-giving ceremony as members of the jury;
- The members of the jury who couldn’t take part in the ceremony but gave their support during the current edition: the architect Marco Bosi, the professors Francesco Dal Co’, Giorgio Della Longa, and Paolo Zermani;
- The authorities that couldn’t attend the event but sent their salutation;
- Monsignor Arosio, director of the office new churches of the Diocese of Milan, for his interesting conduction of the evening debate;
- The Bank Banca Intermobiliare, main sponsor of the event;
- The teachers and guys of the Centro di Formazione Professionale di Pavia, for their help during the buffet;
- The director and the girls of the Istituto tecnico Ipsia – Cossa di Pavia, for their help.
We thank once again the local government of Pavia that allowed us to use the halls of Palazzo del Broletto for the activities of the Foundation Frate Sole.
We would like to compliment Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, recently named President of the Pontifical Commissions for the cultural heritage of the Church and of sacred archaeology and we thank him for his precious help given so far as Vice President of the Foundation Frate Sole.
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