Name and Address
Name: Ettore Maria Mazzola,
Place and date of birth: Barletta (BT) Italy, July 17th 1965
Nationality: Italian
Address: Clivo Rutario 60 – 00152 Roma, Italy
Education
Qualified to Architecture practice (Università Federico II di Napoli, Italy 1993)
Graduation in Architecture (Università “La Sapinza” di Roma, Italy, 1992)
High School Graduation – Designer of Architecture and Furniture (1983) – Istituto Statale d’Arte “Sacro Cuore”, Cerignola (FG) Italy
Master of Arts and Crafts (1981) – Istituto Statale d’Arte “Sacro Cuore”, Cerignola (FG) Italy
Scholarships for Education: Scholarship of the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture for the European Summer School “Task force for site of Santa Maria in Gradi in Viterbo” held in Viterbo, (Italy) 1998
Scholarship of the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture for the European Summer School held in Saint Petersburg (Russia), 1996
Scholarship of the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture for the European Summer School “Task force for the city civilised” held in Rome, Capararola (Italy) and Biarritz (France), 1995
Scholarship of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Summer School in Urbanism held at the “Savaria” di Szombathely, Ungheria (1992)
Present Employment
Practitioner Architect and Town Planner
Visiting Associate Professor of Traditional Urbanism, Architecture and Building Techniques, The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture Rome Global Gateway, via Ostilia 15 – 0184 Rome (Italy)
Recent urban – architectural projects
Masterplan for the development of the Site along the Canale Carbognano in Lerici, La Spezia, Italy. July – September 2015
Preliminary Design for a Kindergarten in the Moscow Region (Master Plan by Studio Architecture and Urban Design Architect Maxim Atayants of St. Petersburg) - Rezerford District, June-July 2015
Preliminary Design for a High School in the Moscow Region (Master Plan by Studio Architecture and Urban Design Architect Maxim Atayants of St. Petersburg) - Rezerford District, April-May 2015
Restoration of a 15th Century Palazzetto in via dei Cimatori, 12, Rome, Italy
Preliminary Architectural Design for five mixed use residential blocks and a Middle School in the Moscow Region (Master Plan by Studio Architecture and Urban Design Architect Maxim Atayants of St. Petersburg) - High Gate District – Ophalila 3, January-November 2014 (In construction)
Preliminary Urban/Architectural Design for high-rise mixed use residential blocks in the Moscow Region, Khimki District (Master Plan by Studio Architecture and Urban Design Architect Maxim
Atayants of St. Petersburg) – May 2014 (In construction)
Awards
Best Russian high-rise building 2014
Preliminary Architectural Design for 41.000 m2 mixed use residential buildings in the Moscow Region, Krasnogorsk (Master Plan by Studio Architecture and Urban Design Architect Maxim Atayants of St. Petersburg), Moscow Region, Krasnogorsk. May-December 2012. (In construction)
Project for Urban Regeneration of the Social Housing District “ZEN” in Palermo – Demolition and Reconstruction of a District for 21.125 inhabitants – March-July 2011
The 2015 International Making Cities Livable Honor Award for Excellence in Designing for Green, Healthy Cities
Publication: Catalogue of the 2012 Moskow Biennale of Architecture
Project for Urban Regeneration of the Social Housing District “Corviale” in Rome – Demolition and Reconstruction of a District for 8.500 inhabitants, February-June 2010. Awards:
The 2012 International Making Cities Livable International Urban Design Award to Ettore Maria Mazzola for his exemplary project “Urban Regeneration of the Groundscraper Corviale, Rome” in recognition of this visionary proposal to replace a “groundscraper” with a human-scale new traditional small town with mixed-use and piazzas, improving the landscape, economic and social well-being, without disrupting the inhabitants”
The 2015 International Making Cities Livable Honorable Mention Award for Excellence in Designing for Green, Healthy Cities;
2015 INTBAU Excellence Urban Design Award – Honorable Mention
Publications
Il Covile nr.588, May 2010
Il Tempo, May 9 2010
Catalogue of the symposium “Durability in Costruction” (2015)
Catalogue of the conference/exhibition “Roma Rinasce dalla Periferia – La Città dell’Uomo dopo la Città del Cemento” (2011)
XXXI Inserto Speciale Itinerario Lazio, Regione Lazio (2011)
Acts of the SB11 Helsinki Conference on Sustainability, 2011
Catalogue of the 2012 Moskow Biennale of Architecture
Project for the New Subsidiary Church of San Nicolò a Trebbia dedicated to H. V. Mary, Mater Ecclesiae. Parish of San Nicola di Bari, Piacenza, Italy, 2010
Collaborators: Paolo Vecchio, Alessandro Pierattini, Ciro Lomonte, Rodolfo Papa. Consultant for Liturgy Mons. Lang
Publications: Il Covile nr.622, January 2011
Il Borgo – Sub Comparto 1”, Comune di Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy, 2007.
Collaborators: Paolo Vecchio, Vittorio Tortora
Awards: awarded ex-aequo
Publications: Catalogue of the Competition
Project for the Waterfront of Pantelleria, Italy, made for the Architectural Competition “City of Stone” (with Samir Younés), Pantelleria, Italy, 2006
Collaborators: Paolo Vecchio, Vittorio Tortora, Elisabetta Mannini
Publications: Catalogue of the “Cities of Stone” Made for the 10th International Exhibition of Architecture “La Biennale” of Venice
Aìon, special edition dedicated to the exhibition “Cities of Stone” (2007)
New Palladians, Catalogue of the Exhibition “New Palladians” (2010)
Festival dell’Architettura 2005 Concorso Nazionale di idee “Nuova Casa Popolare Italiana, Fidenza, Italy, 2005
Collaborators: Paolo Vecchio, Vittorio Tortora, Elisabetta Mannini
Publications: Catalogue of the Competition
New Palladians, Catalogue of the Exhibition “New Palladians” (2010)
Project for the New District “Rione Rinascimento” in Rome, Italy, 2002
Collaborators: Paolo Vecchio, Vittorio Tortora, Elisabetta Mannini, Victor Deupi, Michael Harris
Awards:
2002 Honorable Mention at the Architectural Contest “Rione Rinascimento”
2015 International Making Cities Livable – Selected for the Exhibition in Designing for Green, Healthy Cities;
Publications: Catalogue of the Exhibition “Rione Rinascimento” (2002)
New Palladians, Catalogue of the Exhibition “New Palladians” (2010)
Catalogue of the 2012 Moskow Biennale of Architecture
National Architectural Competition “Ernesto Lusana”, Latina, Italy, 2000
Collaborators: Paolo Vecchio, Vittorio Tortora, Elisabetta Mannini, Giulia Massoni, Anna Maria Viglialoro
Publications: Catalogue of the Exhibition
New Borough Fonti di Matilde, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 1999-2000. Team Leader: Pier Carlo Bontempi
Awards: 2001 Prize of “Congress for New Urbanism” as the best example of modern borough
International Competition for the POWIA Joint Millennium Project with the Duchy of Cornwall in Poundbury, UK, 1998
Collaborators: Anna Maria Viglialoro, Anna Lisa De Gennaro
Awards: Honorable Mention
Publications: Catalogue of the exhibition “Reconquering Sacred Spaces” – Il Bosco e la Nave Edition, Roma, 1999
Restoration of the Convent of SS. Alessio and Bonifacio on the Aventine, Rome, Italy, 1997
Publications: “Costruire” – Architectural Magazine Nr.186 - 1998
Reconstruction of the Souks of Beirut, Lebanon, 1994
Collaborators: Anna Maria Viglialoro, Rocco Guerriero
Publications: Catalogue of the exhibition
PAPERS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES, INVITED LECTURES, OR CHAIRING A SESSION AT A CONFERENCE OR SYMPOSIUM
Name of lecture: Beware the Archistars – The Dangerous Modernist Gurus
Name of conference: INTBAU International Conference
Location: Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio, Havana, Cuba
Date: November 17th-19th 2015
International Venue
Name of lecture: Designing the Sense of Belonging – Theory and Didactics
Name of conference: Seminario Internacional Arquitectura y Humanismo
Location: Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Date: October 28th-29th 2015
International Venue
Name of lecture: Redesigning a Dysfunctional Neighborhood to be Healthy
Name of conference: 52nd International Making Cities Livable Conference
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Date: June 29th – July 3rd 2015
International Venue
Name of lecture: Learning from Italian Social Housing Policy of Earliest 20th Century
Name of conference: "Foro Internacional De Vivienda En Alquiler"
Location: Curitiba, Brasil
Date: May 28-29, 2015
International Venue
Name of lecture: Un'altra Corviale è possibile. La rigenerazione sostenibile senza costi per la collettività
Name of conference: Un'altra Corviale è possibile. La rigenerazione sostenibile senza costi per la collettività
Location: SGM Conference Center, Via Portuense, 741 – Roma
Date: May 23rd, 2015
National Venue
Name of lecture: Ricompattamento di Rimini – Proposta di Ricucitura della Città Storica al Mare
Name of conference: "Rimini Reboot"
Location: Cineteca Gambalunga, Palazzo Gambalunga, Rimini
Date: May 17, 2015
National Venue
Name of lecture: Proposta di Rigenerazione Urbana del Corviale di Roma
Name of conference: "Una Città Sostenibile da una Prospettiva Biofilica Sviluppo Sociale e Buona Scuola nelle Periferie Disagiate"
Location: Sala I.S.M.A. – Istituto Santa Maria in Aquiro, Piazza Capranica, 72 – Roma
Date: April 13, 2015
National Venue
Name of lecture: La politica per l’edilizia popolare del primo Novecento romano come modello per il futuro dell’urbanistica
Name of conference: "La città giardino di domani e la città leggera. La Via Pacifica della Vera Riforma"
Location: “Casa dell’Architettura”, Piazza Manfredo Fanti, 47 – Roma, Italy
Date: April 9, 2015
International Venue
Name of lecture: Roma e l’Architettura Sapiente di Brasini – Riscoprire Armando Brasini nel cinquantenario della sua morte
Name of conference: Roma e l’Architettura Sapiente di Brasini
Location: Associazione Culturale “Simmetria”, Via Grazioli Lante, 13 – Roma, Italy
Date: February 10, 2015
National Venue
Name of lecture: Regenerate Suburban Districts Proposal For the "Ground-scraper" Corviale in Rome
Name of conference: Past Present and Future of Public Space
Location: Dipartimento di Architettura Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2 – Bologna, Italy
Date: June 25 – 27 2014
International Venue
Name of lecture: Urban Regeneration of the Slums: The Corviale in Rome and the ZEN in Palermo
Name of conference: International Seminar Architecture in the Age of Austerity
Location: Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), Spain
Date: June, 18-20, 2013
International Venue
Name of lecture: Workshop 16 ore. Progettazione urbana e architettonica sostenibile per l’ex area IP di La Spezia.
Location: Scuola Edile Spezzina - “L’Edificio Autosufficiente: Nuova Costruzione e Recupero del Patrimonio Edilizio Esistente – Asse I Cod. SP11ECOAMB-E10-500”
Date: Giugno, 11-12-13, 2013
National Venue
Name of lecture: The Lesson of the Unknown Modern Rome and the projects of Urban Regeneration of the Corviale in Rome and the ZEN in Palermo
Location: University of Minnesota Rome Studies
Date: April 23, 2013
International Venue
Name of lecture: Traditional Building Techniques
Location: Pratt University Rome Studies
Date: January, 24 2013
International Venue
Name of lecture: Verso Un’architettura Sostenibile - Riscoprire E Salvaguardare Le Nostre Radici Nell’ “Era Della Sostenibilità”
Name of conference: 7° Convegno di Bio-Architettura, Geobiologia & Legno”
Location: Sala Dante, Via Ugo Bassi 4, La Spezia, Italy
Date: December, 15 2012
National venue
Name of lecture: Progetto di Rigenerazione Urbana del Corviale
Name of conference: Convegno “La Cultura Della Città, Valorizzazione e Rigenerazione Urbana E Ambientale”
Location: Sala Dante, Via Ugo Bassi 4, La Spezia, Italy
Date: October, 20 2012
National venue
Name of lecture: l’insegnamento dell’urbanistica nell’università
Name of conference: Architettura e Genetica - Cosa Insegnare. Gli equivoci e i pregiudizi ancorati al concetto di “modernità”
Location: Libreria ASEQ, Roma, Italy
Date: September 14 2012
National venue
Name of lecture/paper: Modern Traditional Design – project for the urban regeneration of Corviale in Rome and ZEN in Palermo
Name of the Summer School: Neuroergonomics and Urban Design Biourbanism for a Human-Centered Sustainability and Effectiveness
Location: Artena (Rome), Italy
Date: July, 15-23 2012
International venue
Name of paper: Regenerate suburban districts
Name of conference: 49th International Making Cities Livable
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Date: May, 20-24 2012
International venue
Name of lecture/paper: Sustainable Restorations
Name of conference: University of New Mexico Summer Program
Location: Rome
Date: May, 16 2012
Name of paper: Scelte Pericolose
Name of conference: Grattacieli a Roma? Una disciplina per le altezze degli edifici
Location: Palazzo dei Canonici, Sala della Musica – Rome, Italy
Date: April 13, 2012
National venue
Name of paper: … Est Modus in Rebus ...
Name of conference: “Uscire dal Tunnel. Greenpower, Nuove Tecnologie e Infrastrutture. Sovranità Popolare e Sviluppo Dei Territori”
Location: Palazzo Chiaramonte “Steri” – Palermo, Italy
Date: April 12, 2012
National venue
Name of paper: Dal Modello Suburbano alla Città Compatta
Name of conference: La città sostenibile è possibile – Stop al consumo del territorio
Location: Barletta, Italy
Date: February, 4-2-2012
National venue
Name of paper: Regenerate suburban districts – proposal for the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome
Name of conference: SB11 Helsinki World Sustainable Building Conference
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Date: October, 18-21 2011
International venue
Name of paper: Proposta di Rigenerazione Urbana di Corviale: una strategia possibile ed ecosostenibile
Name of conference: Roma Rinasce dalla Periferia – La Città dell’Uomo dopo la Città del Cemento
Location: Auditorium dell Ara Pacis, Rome Italy
Date: September, 23-24 2011
International venue
Name of paper: Modernità e Modernismo - Riflettiamoci Su!
Name of conference: Conference and Panel Discussion with Ettore Maria Mazzola (professor of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture) and Vincenzo Tusa (Soprintendente of the Province of Trapani) organized by the Accademia Nazionale della Politica
Location: Trapani, Italy
Date: June, 24 2011
National venue
Name of paper: proposta per la Ricostruzione degli Isolati di Palazzo Ruggia, Palazzo Lais e del Convento di San Filippino in via Giulia
Name of conference: Via Giulia Si Può Ancora Salvare! - Una occasione di civiltà per la Capitale d'Italia organized by the Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica, in collaboration with Italia Nostra, Gruppo Salìngaros, and the Comitato dei Cittadini anti P.U.P.
Location: Museo di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini – Roma, Italy
Date: June, 10 2011
National venue
Name of paper: Quale futuro per le nostre città?
Name of conference: Lezioni di Biourbanistica organized by the International Society of Biourbanism
Location: Caffè Quattrotempi, RomeItaly
Date: June, 7 2011
National venue
Name of paper: Proposta per Una Nuova Urbanistica Sostenibile del Bacino Mediterraneo
Name of conference: Le città del futuro. Nuovi linguaggi artistici e architettonici: visual art, concept e urban design, Conference and Panel Discussion with Ettore Maria Mazzola (professor of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture) and Pio Baldi (President of the “Fondazione” Museo MAXXI in Rome) organized by the Accademia Nazionale della Politica in collaboration with the University of Palermo
Location: Rettorato dell’Università di Palermo, Italy
Date: May, 25 2011
National venue
Name of lecture: Quale Futuro per l’urbanistica di Roma
Name of conference: Roma Princeps Urbium – La Città, lo Spazio Sacro e Profano
Location: Musei Capitolini, Sala Pietro da Cortona, Rome Italy
Date: May, 24 2011
National venue
Name of lecture: Rigenerare la periferia italiana
Name of conference: Edilizia residenziale pubblica e al mutuo sociale
Location: Villa Leona, Bologna, Italy
Date: May, 7 2011
Regional venue
Name of lecture: Rigenerare le periferie è possibile ... e non costa!
Name of conference: Noi per lo ZEN
Location: Hotel Wagner, Palermo Italy
Date: May, 5 2011
National venue
Name of lecture: La Città Sostenibile è Possibile
Name of conference: La Città Sostenibile è Possibile, organized by the Association of the Engineer of the Province of Barletta
Location: Circolo Unione, Barletta, Italy
Date: March, 12 2011
Regional venue
Name of lecture: Building Techniques of Ancient Rome
Location: Pratt University Rome Studies
Date: February, 22 2011
Lectio Magistralis
Name of lecture: Il Progetto per Corviale – un modello estremo di recupero a misura d’uomo della periferia e il suo insegnamento per le altre realtà italiane
Name of conference: Il Progetto per Corviale – un modello estremo di recupero a misura d’uomo della periferia e il suo insegnamento per le altre realtà italiane
Location: Palermo, Salone Parrocchiale Chiesa di San Filippo Neri allo ZEN, Italy
Date: March, 2 2010
Regional venue
Name of lecture: gli effetti collaterali dell’uso di materiali e tecnologie moderne nel restauro degli edifici storici – il caso dei recenti crolli di L’Aquila e Pompei
Name of conference: restauri e cemento
Location: Palermo, Residenza Universitaria Segesta, Italy
Date: March, 2 2010
Regional venue
Name of lecture: Restauri ecosostenibili
Name of conference: course of Architettura Tecnica
Location: Università di Bologna, Facoltà di Ingegneria
Date: December, 16 2010
Lectio Magistralis
Name of lecture: Una strategia possibile per il rilancio della qualità urbana e delle economie locali
Name of conference: Urbanistica Sostenibile?
Location: Latina, Italy
Date: December, 15 2010
Regional venue
Name of lecture: urbanistica sostenibile per le periferie italiane
Name of conference: Rigenerare la Periferia Italiana
Location: Libreria Rinascita, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Date: November, 4 2010
National venue
Name of paper: The Sustainable City is Possible – A possible strategy for recovering urban quality and local economies
Name of symposium: Durability in Construction
Location: University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, South Bend, Indiana, USA
Date: October, 26-28 2010
International venue
Name of lecture: Rigenerare le periferie
Name of conference or symposium: Demolire per Rigenerare
Location: Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Ferrara, Italy
Date: October, 21 2010
Regional venue
Name of lecture: Urbanistica romana: progetti e prospettive
Name of symposium: 7th meeting of the “Salotto Romano” organized by the Istituto Studi Romani in collaboration with the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Location: Salone Borromini, Biblioteca Vallicelliana di Roma
Date: October, 5 2010
Regional venue
Name of paper: Proposal for a “new” sustainable urbanism of Mediterranean Basin
Name of conference: SAUD 2010 Conference (The Second International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development) organized by the Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region, Jordan in collaboration with the University of Dundee, Geddes Institute for Urban Research and the University of Jordan
Location: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Date: July, 12-14 2010
International venue
Name of lecture: La Città Sostenibile è Possibile.
Name of conference: La Città Sostenibile è Possibile.
Location: Sala del Cotonificio, IUAV University of Venice, School of Architecture Italy
Date: June, 24 2009
National venue
Name of paper: La Città Sostenibile è Possibile. Riflessioni e ripensamenti attorno alla Città Moderna
Name of conference: La Città Sostenibile è Possibile. Riflessioni e ripensamenti attorno alla Città Moderna organized by Accademia Urbana delle Arti
Location: Accademia Urbana delle Arti, Rome, Italy
Date: June, 16 2009
National venue
Name of paper: Futuro Sostenibile per l’Urbanistica di Roma
Name of conference: Le reti urbane e biofiliche. organized by the Associazione Symmetria
Location: Associazione Symmetria, Rome, Italy
Date: June, 13 2009
National venue
Panel Discussion
Name of conference: Modernity and the Future of Tradition’ conference/panel Discussion. Organized by The Traditional Architecture Group (TAG), in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA Trust, University of Greenwich & University of Notre Dame
Location: University of Notre Dame London Program, London, UK
Date: June, 9 2009
International venue
Name of paper: The Sustainable City is possible – A possible Strategy to recover urban quality and local economies
Name of conference: Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development. Organized by the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Al-Fateh University, Libya in collaboration with The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR)
Location: Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya
Date: November, 3-5 2009
International venue
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS
Name of paper: Beware the Archistars – The Dangerous Modernist Gurus
Name of conference: INTBAU International Conference
Location: Seminario de San Carlos y San Ambrosio, Havana, Cuba
Date: November 17th-19th 2015
International Venue
Name of paper: Designing the Sense of Belonging – Theory and Didactics
Name of conference: Seminario Internacional Arquitectura y Humanismo
Location: Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Date: October 28th-29th 2015
International Venue
Name of paper: Redesigning a Dysfunctional Neighborhood to be Healthy
Name of conference: 52 Conference International Making Cities Livable
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Date: June 29 – July 3 2015
International venue
Name of paper: La Vivienda Social y la Regeneración Urbana, el caso de Italia
Name of conference: "Foro Internacional De Vivienda En Alquiler"
Location: Curitiba, Brasil
Date: May 28-29, 2015
International Venue
Name of paper: Proposal for Urban Regeneration of the Suburb ZEN, Palermo, Italy
Name of conference: 50 Conference International Making Cities Livable
Location: Portland, Oregon
Date: June, 23-27 2013
International venue
Name of paper: Urban Regeneration of the Slums: The Corviale in Rome and the Zen in Palermo
Name of conference: Architecture in the Age of Austerity
Location: School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Date: June, 18-20
International venue
Name of paper: Urban regeneration of the “ground-scraper” Corviale, Rome
Name of conference: 49 Conference International Making Cities Livable
Location: Portland, Oregon
Date: May, 20-24 2012
International venue
Name of paper: Scelte Pericolose
Name of conference: Grattacieli a Roma?
Location: Rome, Italty
Date: April, 13 2012
National venue
Name of paper: Regenerate suburban districts – proposal for the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome
Name of conference: SB11 Helsinki World Sustainable Building Conference
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Date: October, 18-21 2011
International venue
Name of paper: Proposta di Rigenerazione Urbana di Corviale: una strategia possibile ed ecosostenibile
Name of conference: Roma Rinasce dalla Periferia – La Città dell’Uomo dopo la Città del Cemento
Location: Auditorium dell Ara Pacis, Rome Italy
Date: September, 23-24 2011
International venue
Name of lecture: Quale Futuro per l’urbanistica di Roma
Name of conference: Roma Princeps Urbium – La Città, lo Spazio Sacro e Profano
Location: Musei Capitolini, Sala Pietro da Cortona, Rome Italy
Date: May, 25 2011
National venue
Name of paper: The Sustainable City is Possible – A possible strategy for recovering urban quality and local economies
Name of symposium: Durability in Construction
Location: University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, South Bend, Indiana, USA
Date: October, 26-28 2010
International venue
Name of paper: Proposal for a “new” sustainable urbanism of Mediterranean Basin
Name of conference: SAUD 2010 Conference (The Second International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development) organized by the Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region, Jordan in collaboration with the University of Dundee, Geddes Institute for Urban Research and the University of Jordan
Location: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Date: July, 12-14 2010
International venue
Name of paper: The Sustainable City is possible – A possible Strategy to recover urban quality and local economies
Name of conference: Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development. Organized by the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Al-Fateh University, Libya in collaboration with The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR)
Location: Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya
Date: November, 3-5 2009
BOOKS PUBLISHED OR COMING SOON
“Noi per lo ZEN” – Progetto di Rigenerazione Urbana del Quartiere ZEN di Palermo, with preface by Rob Krier and epilogue by prof. Dino Trapani. Qanat Edition, Palermo. Coming soon.
“Cosa Insegnare” with Preface by Claudio Lanzi and an Essay by Maciej Giertych, Editrice Simmetria, Rome, 2012 – A book on the teaching of Urbanism and Architecture in Italy with suggestions for a proper curriculum based on Italian tradition of teaching the matter
“The Sustainable City is Possible – A possible strategy for recovering urban quality and local economies”. With Preface by Paolo Marconi, Editrice GANGEMI, Rome, 2010 – a book with historical reconstruction of many event of the history of urbanism in Rome at the beginning of the 20th Century from which we can learn the way to improve the urbanism, the economy and the social relationship of the city of the future. The book proposes 20 points for to accomplish the real sustainable city. Prof. Paolo Marconi in his book review wrote: «The book I am proud to introduce here is very direct and well documented, as for the demonstration both of the scarce durability of contemporary housing, and of the absolute negativity of the contribution provided by it to our Country’s economy and ecology. All of this is cleverly supported by a very accurate historical summary, compiled by Mazzola, of the negative consequences – above all from the social point of view– of the war to the “traditionalism“, a phenomenon still present in a lot of Italian Schools of Architecture. The fact, proved by E.M. Mazzola with an extraordinary acumen and an exceptional documentary information, that in Italy «traditional housing could cost from 16,35% up to 40,74% less compared with current housing» it to be added to the fact that the building behavior’s models he quotes as virtuosos, that is the buildings of Garbatella and San Saba’s Roman quarters (now 80/100 years old) have never been subjected to interventions of maintenance by the ownership, because they were wisely built according to traditional techniques”».
“Toward Sustainable Architecture – recreating our cities before they collapse”. With Preface by Paolo Portoghesi, Editrice GANGEMI, Rome, 2007 – In the early post-war period, our cities spread out without any control. Development was based on planning forecasts, not actual data, to the joy, as usual, of town planners! These forecasts have always been blown out of proportion in the interest of land speculation, and they have caused the image of the city to lose any recognizable form that would help us to understand its boundaries. This development has led to the swallowing up of an infinite amount of territory, which was once devoted to farming or forestry. This city or town was designed in accordance with the town-planning “laws” in effect. It was designed in terms of homogeneous, single-function zones, – so-called zoning – and its “residential districts” have lost any and every possible urban meaning: no more squares, open areas, broad areas, shops and activities that would encourage people to socialize, just huge “barracks”, broad streets, parking lots and shopping centers. Anyone who lives in these so-called “districts” is obliged to drive to work, take the children to school by car, shop, reach a “park” where the children can play, by car, or, get to the center in search of all these places and activities that modern planning has deprived them of! As a result, traffic congestion prevails. People who no longer use their own two legs become obese, since they use mechanical means to move about. What will happen when all that is no longer possible, because reserves have run out? Parting from these premises, I wanted to try making a series of observations aimed at bringing about a reversal in the trend of conceiving, developing and living in our cities and towns, before it is too late. I am sure that this little book of mine might be considered the work of a madman, but I am also sure that, in the long run, opinions must change, since the world has no other choice. In the nineteen seventies, the comedian, Marcello Marchesi came out with a gag which sounded more or less like this: «mankind was born to suffer … and did everything it could to succeed in doing so!»
“Architecture and Town Planning, Operating Instructions – Saving architecture might save the Italian economy”. With Preface by Léon Krier. Editrice GANGEMI, Rome, 2006. Léon Krier in his preface wrote: «Italy is without a doubt the Country which over 3 millennia has realized the most accomplished and varied examples of architecture and urbanism. These achievements, as Ettore Mazzola demonstrates, continued well into the Twentieth Century, and then a psychological catastrophe happened which has no parallel in history. The causes for the modernist amnesia and paralysis have not been satisfactorily explained, Mazzola suggests, that the actual lobotomization of countless individuals will only be overcome by a generational change. The projects and writings of Ettore Mazzola and the work of his students at La Sapienza and at Notre Dame University are proof that the renewal of the process has been successfully started».
“San Giorgio a Liri, Ricompattare la Città Dispersa – Re-Integrating the Dispersed City” edited with Samir Younés, Editrice GANGEMI, Rome, 2005. The book regards the project developed by my students of the University of Notre Dame and contains several essays on the specific matter.
“Barletta, la Disfida Urbana, Mare Centro e Periferia – Sea, Centre and Periphery” edited with Samir Younés, Editrice GANGEMI, Rome, 2005. The book regards the project developed by undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Notre Dame and contains several essays on the specific matter.
“Contro Storia Dell’Architettura Moderna: Il Caso di Roma 1900-1940 – A Counter History of Modern Architecture: Rome 1900-1940”, Editrice ALINEA, Florence 2004. Matthew Hardy, BArch PhD RAIA, Secretary, INTBAU in his book review wrote: «Many readers will be familiar with a version of architectural history in which a triumphant post-war modernism trumps a heavy fascist inter-war traditional architecture. With this book, Ettore Mazzola does us the great service of showing us an alternative history of Modernism in Italy, a history involving Fascist imposition, rapacious property developers and reckless experimentation on a repressed public unable to complain to an autocratic state. The book examines the production of traditional neo-Baroque public housing in Rome in the period 1920-1930. New dwellings were needed to re-house those pushed out by slum clearance and others coming to the city from surrounding countryside with industrialisation. The Istituto Casa Popolare (Public Housing Institute) built demonstration schemes in Appio at Piazza Tuscolo, Testaccio, San Saba and many other locations, which are lavishly illustrated here. There is a handy reproduction of a period location map on Page 39 (though a modern map might also have been useful too). The book's focus is on the story of Citta-Giardino Anione and Citta-Giardino Garbatella, founded in 1919 and 1920 respectively. Here in the pre-Fascist period several new Garden Cities were started, using a new semi-urban type of smaller scale public housing around common courtyards and facilities. Construction proceeded quietly in the early period. Changes started with the arrival of Fascism, with rents decontrolled and speculation encouraged in 1923. Now fast and cheap building became the norm for public housing, while private housing became ever more luxurious. Mazzola intersperses these routine accounts of development with violent Cobbett-like outbursts on politics, corruption, modernism, and the state of the world, as entertaining for the reader here as they are in Rural Rides. The end for Roman public housing came in 1929, with the XII Congresso internazionale delle Abitazioni e dei Piano Regolatore (12th International Congress on Housing and Town Planning). Leading modernist architects were invited to create a model quarter of Alberghi Suburbane (suburban hostels for low-income families). Formerly designed as charming neo-Mediaeval or neo-Baroque ensembles, these now became modernist barrack-blocks in which "it [was] necessary to reduce some spaces that do not represent real needs" (Giuseppe Nicolosi, 1930). Now a kind of mean experimentation - spurred on by the Futurist manifesto's explicit rejection of traditional forms - became the norm in public housing. Mario Fiorentino, architect of the colossal 1970s Corviale public housing block - a social disaster still lauded by modernist critics - quotes his mentor Ridolfi as saying that: "when you create a design for a client (and public buildings are for clients as is the case for any other private individual), you must always experiment without telling the client you are doing so". An Italian public used by then to Fascist impositions did not feel able to complain at the time, and such public critiques, though frequent, are often ignored by today's modernist architects too. The total victory of modernist architecture in Rome came in the year of Hitler's famous and fleeting visit to the Italian capital. The Istruzione per il Restauro dei Monumenti (Instructions for the Restoration of Monuments), enacted by the Fascist Ministry of Public Education in 1938, banned traditional architecture for ever with the words: "for obvious reasons of historical dignity and for necessary clarity in the present artistic consciousness, the construction of edifices in "old styles" ("stili" antichi) is absolutely prohibited, even in areas without monumental or landscape interest, in so far as they represent a double falsification, involving both the ancient and the recent history of art". This Fascist idea of artistic progress - modernism as the only permitted expression of the present day - has turned out to have a surprising afterlife. Its provenance ignored in the post-war period, it has found its way into the ICOMOS Charter of Venice of 1964 and thence into UNESCO policy, into the US Secretary of State for the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation of 1977, and into the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter of 1979-1999. It is now the de facto standard position for almost all architectural teaching and for nearly every conservation authority worldwide. Indeed, the tag 'fascist' is now routinely applied without reflection to new traditional architecture by many who should know better and who have now no excuse not to. (INTBAU intends to challenge this view in its 2006 conference, The Venice Charter Revisited). There are a few gripes I must make: the constant exclamation marks! that a good sub-editor should have removed, the lack of footnotes or a bibliography, and a few misleading out-of-context translations, such as "Hotels" instead of "Hostels" for Alberghi. These minor problems aside, this is a very valuable documentation of the 'lost' period in 20th century Italian architecture, before modernism conquered architecture, as it had done for historiography. Ettore Mazzola has produced a valuable building block in the new history of 20th century architecture, and a useful reference for those interested in the shady relationship between Futurism, Fascism and Modernism in Italy. Perhaps the citizens of Rome, recently protesting in force against Richard Meier's modernist museum enclosing the Ara Pacis, have been listening to him».
“Artena, L’Integrità Urbana Ritrovata – The Recovery of Urban Integrity” edited with Samir Younés, Editrice GANGEMI, Rome, May 2004 – The book regards the project developed by my students of the University of Notre Dame and contains several essays on the specific matter.
“Como, La Modernità della Tradizione – The Modernity of Tradition” edited with Samir Younés, Editrice GANGEMI, Rome 2003 – The book regards the project developed by the undergraduate students of the University of Notre Dame and contains several essays on the specific matter.
“Arpino, un Nuovo Borgo – a New Quarter” edited with Samir Younés, Editrice ALINEA, Florence, 2003 – The book regards the project developed by the undergraduate students of the University of Notre Dame and contains several essays on the specific matter.
“La Chiesa e l’ex Collegio di S. Anna degli Scolopi in Città della Pieve”, written with Sefano Piperno and Sergio Bruno, Edition Archivum Scholarum Piarum, 1995 – the book contains the results of the archival research on the history of the construction of this religious complex built between 1673 and 1738 in Città dell Pieve near Perusia, Italy.
“The Importance of Local Spirit and Sense of Place: Side Effects of the Underestimation in Modernist Town Planning”, essay published on The ICFAI University Journal of Architecture, Vol. 1, n°1, August 2009, The ICFAI University Press, India – the essay on urban sociology makes a parallel between the revolutionary events happened in the French banlieuses in 2005 and similar problems happened in the district Testaccio in Rome at the beginning of the 20th Century
ARTICLES, BOOK REVIEWS, OR CRITICAL ESSAYS PUBLISHED OR ONLINE
“La Madre dei Fessi è Sempre Incinta” Article published on the Blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/04/17/la-madre-dei-fessi-e-sempre-incinta/ April 2015 – The article talks about the weird/rhetorical proposal of the Italia President of the Chamber of Deputies to erase the inscription of the obelisk of the Foro Italico in Rome
“Alla Fiera dell’Expo” Article published on the Blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/04/12/alla-fiera-dellexpo/ April 2015 – the article is a debate on the scandal of the Expo in Milan
“Sherlock Holmes a Valle Giulia” Article published on the Blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/03/29/sherlock-holmes-a-valle-giulia/ March 2015 – the article talks about the treatment reserved to the students diverging from the imposed ideology in some school of Architecture
“Professoroni … Cazzaroni” Article published on the blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/03/26/professoroni-cazzaroni/ March 2015 – the article is a response to all those who continue to strongly defend the "great" names of twentieth century, responsible with their ideology of the current failure of architecture and urban planning
“Le Corbusier … il Fascista …” article published on the blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/03/25/le-corbusier-il-fascista/ March 2015 – a brief article on the recent publication in France of two books which unveil the “dark side” of the Swiss architect
“Critiche finlandesi su Alvar Aalto …” article published on the blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/03/25/critiche-finlandesi-su-alvar-aalto/ March 2015 – a brief article on the recent publication in Finland of a critical article on the work of Alvar Aalto
“Grazie Grande Michael … che ci hai insegnato anche a sorridere … con l’Architettura” – article published on the blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/03/13/61481/ March 2015 – a little tribute to Michael Graves after his sad death
“Due Pesi e Due Misure” – article published on the blog “Archiwatch” https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/#inbox/14c12cdd196a4aec February 2015. Brief article on the different contradiction in considering the “falsification of history” in Italy after the proposal for the completion of the Burri’s “Cretto” in Gibellina, Sicily
“Dal Ghetto al Quartiere Modello” – interview for the web site “L’Indro.it -L’approfondimento Quotidiano indipendente”, published also in the On-line Magazine “Il Covile” nr.837 http://www.lindro.it/0-societa/2015-02-25/168865-dal-ghetto-al-quartiere-modello http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_837_varie.pdf February 2015 - interview on the possible program for the Urban Regeneration of the Suburbs
“Smerd City” – article published on the blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/02/26/smerd-city/ February 2015. The article talks about the scandal of the EXPO 2015.
“Il Principe è stato come al solito cordialissimo e simpaticissimo” – article published on the blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/02/20/il-principe-e-stato-come-al-solito-cordialissimo-e-simpatico/ February 2015. The article is a report of the INTBAU 2015 Congress and the ceremony for the Excellence Urban Design Awards in London
“San Saba, Testaccio, Trionfale, Flaminio, Appio, Garbatella, Città Giardino Aniene, ecc. …” – essay published on the Blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2015/02/14/san-saba-testaccio-trionfale-flaminio-appio-garbatella-citta-giardino-aniene-ecc/ February 2015. The essay talks about the social and economic strategy of the ICP of Rome at the beginning of 20th Century
“Decoro urbano, questo sconosciuto” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Simmetria” (Editoriale Nr.49) http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/contenuti/editoriali-mainmenu-309/874-decoro-urbano-questo-sconosciuto-di-emmazzola-editoriale-n49.html January 2015. The article talks about the absurd proposal of removing and sale the “Sanpietrini” (cobblestones) of Rome and replace them with asphalt.
“Capricci Capricciosi” essay published in the book “The Architectural Capriccio” edited by Lucien Steil, Ashgate Publishing Company, London, 2014 – Essay on a different “modern” way of using the Capriccio, not only to celebrate the idea of beauty but also to protest against the ugliness of modern interventions.
“Trasporto pubblico, decoro urbano e Olimpiadi” – essay published on the Blog “Archiwatch” https://archiwatch.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/mazzola-trasporto-pubblico.pdf January 2015. The article talks about the malfunction of public transportation in Rome, the lack of “decorum” of streets and piazzas of the Capital and the illogical proposal of proposing it as candidate for the Olympic Games of 2020
“EXPO 2015 … Bronzi e facce di bronzo …” – essay published on the Blog “Archiwatch” http://archiwatch.it/2014/10/11/expo-2015-bronzi-e-facce-di-bronzo/#comment-25810 October 2014. The article talks about the scandal of the Expo 2015
“Architettura, Scienza e Coscienza” – essay published on the Blog “La Capanna in Paradiso ”http://lacapannainparadiso.blogspot.it/2014/10/architettura-scienza-e-coscienza.html October 2014-The article talks about the side-effects of hyper-scientism in architecture and the lesson of the urbanism of old Italian centers.
“Centro Storico e nuovi progetti: La Proposta degli studenti della University of Notre Dame per la Rigenerazione dell’area di Trastevere occupata dalla Caserma “La Marmora” della Polizia di Stato – The Proposal for the Urban Regeneration for the area occupied by the La Marmora Barracks in Trastevere made by the Students of the University of Notre Dame” – monograph published on the on-line magazine “Simmetria.org” http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/images/stories/pdf/rivista_33_2014_a5.pdf October 2014. The monograph is entirely dedicated to a project made by our undergraduate students of the University of Notre Dame
“Inquinamento, Targhe Alterne e Blocco del Traffico … Ma è proprio Tutto Vero?” Article published on the Magazine “Voce Romana” Nr.26, March-April 2014. Article on the “hidden reasons” behind the stop of cars in Rome.
“Dalla Chiesa la Rinascita” article published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.91 February 2014. The article is dedicated to the recent Armenian Church built in Nagorno-Karabakh by the Russian architect Maxim Atayants.
“Chiese Brutte per I Budget Ridotti: Sarà Vero?” – Article published on the Magazine “Voce Romana” Nr.25, January-February 2014. Article on the false justification for the ugliness of modern catholic churches.
“La Scomparsa di Paolo Marconi” – Article published on the Magazine “Voce Romana” Nr.24, November-December 2013. A tribute to Paolo Marconi after his death.
“Gibellina, Architettura e Neodevastazione” – article published on the magazine Area Nr.195, November 2013. The article talks about the great and bad lessons of the reconstruction of the Val di Noto in Sicily after the earthquake of 1693 and the reconstruction in Gibellina in Sicily after the earthquake of 1968. The article has been published also on the on-line magazine “Simmetria.org”. http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/contenuti/articoli/43-altri-articoli/805-perche-gibellina-di-emmazzola.html
“Pedonalizzazioni e Città a Dimensioni d’Uomo” – essay published on the Blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/09/04/coppia-pedonale/mazzola-pedonalizzazioni-e-citta-a-dimensioni-duomo/ September 2013. The essay talks about the polemics on the recent urban strategies in Rome.
“Paolo Marconi non c’è più” – essay published on the Blog De-Architectura. http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/08/paolo-marconi-non-ce-piu.html August 2013. The essay is to commemorate the great prof. Paolo Marconi, passed away in August 2013
“Riflessioni dopo un viaggio in Armenia e Nagorno-Karabakh alle radici della cristianità; Nuove chiese: al passo coi tempi o nel rispetto del sacro?” – essay published on the blog La Capanna in Paradiso. http://lacapannainparadiso.blogspot.it/2013/06/riflessioni-dopo-un-viaggio-in-armenia.html June 2013. The essay talks about a fantastic journey in Armenia e Nagorno-Karabakh, looking for the ruts of Christianity.
“Stoccolma Brucia” – essay published on the Blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/05/24/stoccolma-brucia/ May 2013. The essay talks about the side effects of the suburbia in Stockholm
“Arat_a Isozaki?” – essay published on the Blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/05/arata-isozaki.html May 2013. The essay talks about the project for the Uffizi in Florence made by Arata Isozaki
“Chiese Brutte per i Budget Ridotti: Sara' Vero?” – essay published on the Blog Fides et Forma. http://fidesetforma.blogspot.it/2013/05/chiese-brutte-per-i-budget-ridotti-sara.html May 2013. The essay talks about the costs and aesthetic of contemporary churches in Italy.
“Fuori dalla mobilità donnesca della moda effimera e dell’arbitrio individuale” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/05/14/43014/ May 2013. The article talks about the approach on architecture in the Fascist era
“Tra Barocchi e Tarocchi” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/05/12/tra-barocchi-e-tarocchi/ May 2013. The essay talks about the traditional and modernistic buildings at the quarter Garbatella in Rome
“La “giustizia” Europea condanna a morte gli immobili di interesse artistico” – essay published on the web site www.amatelarchitettura.com http://www.amatelarchitettura.com/2013/05/rete150k-la-giustizia-europea-condanna-a-morte-gli-immobili-di-interesse-artistico/ May 2013. Essay on the polemics regarding the restoration of the historical buildings and the competences of architects and engineers
“Caro Leoluca Orlando, parliamo di Rigenerazione Urbana dello ZEN” – essay published on the web site www.mobilitapalermo.org http://www.mobilitapalermo.org/mobpa/2013/05/07/caro-leoluca-orlando-parliamo-di-rigenerazione-urbana-dello-zen/ May 2013. The article talks about my project for the Urban Regeneration of the Social Housing District ZEN in Palermo.
“Ritorno all’Ovile” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/05/06/ritorno-allovile/ May 2013. The essay talks about the approach on the teaching of architecture
“Evoluzione del Verde in Italia” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/05/02/green-city/ May 2013. The essay talks about the unsustainability of the supposed sustainable new idea of the “vertical green”
“Coccodrilli, “Pecore” e agnelli sacrificali” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura. http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/04/coccodrilli-pecore-e-agnelli-sacrificali.html April 2013. the article is to commemorate Mr. Teodoro Buontempo, a politician who fought the last years of his life, even against his political party, in order to tear-down the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome
“Effetti Collaterali della “Smart Generation” – Riflessioni sull’ultima trovata di Arup Ass.” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura. http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/04/effetti-collaterali-della-smart.html April, 2013. The essay talks about some pseudo-sustainable futuristic proposal made by Arup Ass.
“Sul Nuovo Libro di Marco Romano “Liberi di Costruire” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura. http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/04/sul-nuovo-libro-di-marco-romano-liberi.html April 2013. Essay on the unsustainable proposal of allowing people to build without rules
“Ancora sull’ecomostro di Monteverde” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/04/04/nartra-bella-puttanata/#comment-20296 April 2013. Essay written to stop the construction of a massive building in front of Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome
“Sul Grattacielo Cardin a Venezia” – essay published on the on-line newsletter Simmetria.org http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/contenuti/articoli/43-altri-articoli/781-sul-grattacielo-di-pierre-cardin-a-porto-marghera-di-emmazzola.html March 2013. Essay to avoid the construction of the skyscraper proposed by Pierre Cardin in Venice
“Palazzo Farnese a Caprarola Cade a Pezzi” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/03/palazzo-farnese-caprarola-cade-pezzi.html March 2013. Essay to denounce the lack of maintenance of the gardens of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, Italy
“I miei dubbi amletici post elettorali” – essay published on the Facebook https://www.facebook.com/notes/ettore-maria-mazzola/i-miei-dubbi-amletici-post-elettorali/567239639954943 February 2013. Essay on politics in Italy
“The Falsification of History? ... It’s all False!” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/02/19/il-falso-storico-un-falso-problema/falsification-of-history/ February 2013. English version of the essay on the false problem of the falsification in architecture after the Venice’s Charter
“Falso Storico? Un falso problema!” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/02/19/il-falso-storico-un-falso-problema/falso-storico-tutto-falso-doc/ February 2013. Italian version of the essay on the false problem of the falsification in architecture after the Venice’s Charter
su “er tema” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/02/15/38055/ February 2013. Essay of the approach on design of some star-architect in Rome and the ideological way to teach architectural design in the Schools of Architecture
“La Nuova Chiesa Armena di San Giovanni Battista dell’architetto Maxim Atayants” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_737_Mazzola_Atayants.pdf February 2013. Essay on the construction of a little Armenian Church designed by arch. Maxim Atayants in Nagorno-Karabakh
“Un po’ di Buon Senso” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/02/09/un-po-di-buon-senso/ February 2013. Essay on the proper way to approach urban and architectural design
“Cronaca di una celebrazione fuori luogo” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/02/07/dal-nostro-inviato-speciale-alla-madonnetta/cronaca-di-una-celebrazione-fuori-luogo/ February 2013. Essay on the useless tribute given to Vittorio Gregotti at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome
“Il Progetto degli Studenti della University of Notre Dame per Brandevoort” – bilingual monograph dedicated to the project developed (and built-up) in Brandevoort (Netherland) by my undergraduate students of the University of Notre Dame, published on the on-line magazine Simmetria.org Review nr.18. http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/images/stories/pdf/rivista_18_2013_a5.pdf February 2013.
“Rigenerazione Urbana, Modelli Assurdi e Modelli Virtuosi” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/01/rigenerazione-urbana-modelli-assurdi-e.html January 2013. Essay on good and bad examples of urban design
“Bei Tempi … Prima della “Blogcritic” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.it/2013/01/22/bei-tempi-prima-della-blogcritic/ January 2013. Essay on critics of architecture and urbanism
“Scelte Pericolose” – essay published on the on-line magazine Simmetria.org http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/contenuti/articoli/43-altri-articoli/768-scekte-pericolose-diemmazzola.html January 2013. Essay on the side effects of the idea of building skyscrapers in Rome proposed by the mayor Alemanno
“Come un Ragno” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/01/19/36074/ January 2013. Essay on the meaning of tradition in architecture
“Critiche al Manifesto per l’Architettura 2013” – essay published on the blog PresS/Tletter and De-Architectura http://presstletter.com/2013/01/critiche-al-manifesto-interviene-ettore-maria-mazzola/ - http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/01/il-nuovo-manifesto-dellarchitettura-2013.html January 2013. Essay on the recent proposal for a new “Manifesto” for the new architecture
“La prossima Biennale la presiederà Rem Koolhaas! … ma dai, chissà perché me l’aspettavo!” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/01/09/fuck-venice/ January 2013. Essay on the next Venice’s Biennale of Architecture
“Si Parva Licet…” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.it/2013/01/09/si-parva-licet/ January 2013. Essay on the horrible project for the new Shoah Museum in Rome designed by Luca Zevi
“Proposal for Urban Regeneration of the Suburb ZEN, Palermo, Italy” – Paper on my project for the Urban regeneration of the Social Housing District ZEN in Palermo, published on the International Making Cities Livable Newsletter http://www.livablecities.org/node/492 January 2013.
“Intervento dell’Arch. Ettore Maria Mazzola alla Conferenza “Grattacieli a Roma?” Paper presented at the conference on the proposal for the construction of Skyscrapers in Rome, published on the magazine Echi dell’UCITecnici, Notiziario dell’Unione Cattolica Italiana Tecnici n°16, December 2012
“Scusi per Riccione? … Segua pure le indicazioni per i Caraibi!” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura. http://www.de-architectura.com/2013/01/scusi-per-riccione-segua-le-indicazioni.html December 2012. Essay on the foolish proposal of building an artificial urbanized island in front of Riccione in the Adriatic Sea
“Sulla presunta ‘riqualificazione architettonica e Artistica’ di Piazza Verdi a La Spezia” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/12/sulla-presunta-riqualificazione.html December 2012. Essay on the project for the transformation of Piazza Verdi in La Spezia, Italy
“Si può cancellare il debito pubblico?? E che ruolo può svolgere l’edilizia? – Modelli virtuosi passati e recenti” – essay published on the on-line magazine Simmetria.org http://www.simmetria.org/simmetrianew/contenuti/articoli/43-altri-articoli/757-modelli-virtuosi-passati-e-recenti.html November 2012. Essay on economics, sociology and urbanism.
“Sull’ampliamento dello Stedelijk Museum” – essay published on the on-line magazine Il Covile nr.725 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_725_Bagnarole.pdf November 2012. Essay on the disrespectful extension of the Stedelijk Museum in Netherland
“Alemanno come Woody Allen” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/er-panino-de-gianni-banana/alemanno-come-woody-allen/ October 2012. Essay on the weird urban policy of the mayor Alemanno in Rome.
“Scuole bunker spacciate per montessoriane ed effetti collaterali di FB – Per la serie “come ti manipolo l’informazione evitando le critiche” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/09/facebook-ed-edilizia-scolastica-scambi.html September 2012. Essay on the design of primary schools in Italy
“College Superlatives” … Garbatella Uber Alles …” essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/college-superlatives-garbatella-uber-alles/ September 2012. Essay on the Garbatella District in Rome.
“Cette-ci s’agit d’un pipe. Il Padiglione Italiano alla Biennale di Architettura 2012 – Common Ground” essay published on the blog De-Architectura and on-line magazine “Il Covile” http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/09/cette-ci-sagit-dun-pipe.html - http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_717_Mazzola_Biennale.pdf September 2012. Essay on the Italian Pavillion at the Venice’s Biennale of Architecture 2012
“A Norma CEE” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/a-norma-cee/#comment-14917 September 2012. Essay on the false ecological indication of some European imposition in building
“A Dispetto del Rispetto” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/a-dispetto-del-rispetto/#comment-14896 September 2012. Essay on the false ecological indication of some European imposition in light bulbs
“La Lunga Emergenza e il Rifiuto della Realtà” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/08/la-lunga-emergenza-e-il-rifiuto-della.html August, 2012. Essay on the present conditions of the cities and the countries and the needs of retrofitting the suburbia.
“Egemonia del Parametricismo” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/parametricismo-2/egemonia-del-parametricismo/ August 2012. Essay on the intentional slavery of the architects who want to depend on computers for “their” designs.
“Come Trarre guadagno dalle tragedie” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/07/come-trarre-guadagno-dalle-tragedie.html July 2012. essay on the “earthquake gates” after the tragedies of the earthquakes in L’Aquila and Ferrara
“Plessis Robinson … Pare vera” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/plessis-robinson-pare-vera/#comment-14715 July 2012. Essay on the successful new district Plessis-Robinson near Paris designed by Marc and Nada Breitman.
“State Superando il Limite” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/state-superando-il-limite/#comment-14713 July 2012. Brief essay on the message left by Fernand Léger to the participants of the 4th CIAM that signed the beginning of Modernism in Architecture
“Da un mito all’altro” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/da-un-mito-allaltro/ July 2012. Essay on the false myths in architecture and the conditions of the “villes nouvelles” around Paris.
“I Moderni di Mussolini … Contro Brasini …” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/i-moderni-di-mussolini-contro-brasini/ July 2012. Essay on the work of the great architect of the first half of the 20th century Armando Brasini
“La Retorica … dell’Anti-retorica” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/la-retorica-dellantiretorica/#comment-14322 July 2012. Essay on the abuse of the word “rhetoric” among architects opposed to traditional architecture.
“Parole Sante” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/parole-sante-3/ July 2012. Essay on the definition of the architect according to Vitruvius.
“ZEN – La Nuova Gerusalemme” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/zen-la-nuova-gerusalemme-e-allora-vacce-te/ June 2012. Essay on the unlivable social housing district ZEN in Palermo designed by Vittorio Gregotti.
“Ogni Bella Architettura è un Atto di Civiltà, Ogni Costruzione Brutta è un Insulto” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/la-bella-architettura-e-un-atto-di-civilta-ogni-costruzione-brutta-e-un-insulto/ June 2012. Brief essay on the shameful way to design buildings and quotation of Hassan Fathy on the meaning of good architecture
“Abuso Terminologico … e non solo” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/abuso-terminologico-e-non-solo/ June 2012. Essay on the abuse of terms among the architects and the right example of urban development like the one of quarter Villa d’Heritz in Rome at the beginning of 20th century.
“Civiltà Perduta” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/civilta-perduta/ June 2012. Brief essay on the work of arch. Quadrio Pirani in Rome at the beginning of 20th century.
“Resoconto sulla 49 Conferenza dell’International Making Cities Livable” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/p/resoconto-della-premiazione-di.html May 2012. Essay on the 49th IMCL Conference held in Portland, Oregon.
“Toglietemi tutto ma non il Corviale” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/04/toglietemi-tutto-ma-non-il-corviale.html April 2012. Essay on the debate on the proposed replacement of the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome (9 stories, 1 km long building) with a human scale garden city.
“Ecomostro da bloccare a Monteverde” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. https://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/ecomostro-da-bloccare-a-monteverde/ March 2012. Essay to stop the construction of a new large condo building on Villa Pamphilj in Rome
“Riflessioni sull’Arte Moderna” Article on modern art published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.72, March 2012
“Grandi Opere? Grandi Aziende? Archistars? No grazie! Preferiamo il “buon padre di famiglia!” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch. http://archiwatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/grandi-opere-grandi-aziende-architestars-no-grazie-preferiamo-il-buon-padre-di-famiglia.pdf February 2012. Essay on the waste of public money for useless and humongous projects in Italy
“La Civiltà dell’Ignoranza” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/02/la-civilta-dellignoranza.html February 2012. Essay on the contemporary “civilization of ignorance” in arts, architecture and fashion
“Scelte Urbanistiche Romane e Centri Commerciali” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/01/scelte-urbanistiche-romane-e-centri.html January 2012. Essay on the wrong urban policy in Rome and the construction of too many shopping-malls.
“Strade liberate e quartieri da vivere. Una nuova idea di città” – Article published on the on-line newspaper Affari Italiani. http://affaritaliani.libero.it/roma/strade-liberate-e-quartieri-da-vivere-una-nuova-idea-di-citt-11-01-12.html January 2012. Essay with a proposal for a new urban policy for the development of Italian cities
“Caro benzina: cambiare il sistema? O continuare a fare come il cane che si morde la coda?” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2012/01/il-cane-che-si-morde-la-coda.html January 2012. Essay on the direct relationship between urbanism and oil consumption, with a suggestion to invert the tendency.
“Commissioni Capitoline – quando il cattivo gusto supera ogni immaginazione” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/commissionicapitoline/ December 2011. Essay on the recent commitee for construction of skyscrapers and new “piazzas” in Rome
“Questa architettura in questa facoltà” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/questa-architettura-in-questa-facolta/#comment-12211 December 2011. Essay on the modernist dictatorship in the teaching of architecture and urbanism in the school of architectures in Italy
“Blocco del Traffico” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2011/12/blocco-del-traffico.html December 2011. Essay on the false ecological measures imposed by the European Community to prevent pollution in Italy
“Basta con i Centri Commerciali” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/centri-commerciali/ November 2011. Essay on the need of stopping the proliferation of shopping-malls in Italy.
“Ulteriori Riflessioni sull’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/lultima-trovata-per-evangelizzare-gli-ignoranti/#comment-11953 November 2011. Essay on modern and contemporary art
“Biennale di Padova: Rigenerazione Urbana Sostenibile?” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2011/11/biennale-di-padova-rigenerazione-urbana.html November 2011. Essay on the Biennale of Architecture in Padua and the real meaning of sustainability in architecture and urbanism.
“Stop al Consumo di Suolo o Contrazione della Città? Limitarsi allo Stop al Consumo di Territorio? O promuovere una restituzione “sostenibile” di parte dei terreni finora consumati?” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2011/10/stop-al-consumo-di-suolo-o-contrazione.html October 2011. Essay on the way for retrofitting our cities and promote a more sustainable life style.
“Commissioni “gratuite” per interventi gratuiti” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2011/10/commissioni-gratuite-per-interventi.html October 2011. Essay in the committees created in Rome for realizing new skyscrapers and piazzas
“Ascensione per inalazione” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/flatulenzadartista/ October 2011. Essay on the recent installation of a “piece of contemporary art” in the middle of the transect of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice
“Regenerate suburban districts – proposal for the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome” – Essay published on the IMCL’s Newsletter http://www.livablecities.org/articles/regenerate-suburban-districts-%E2%80%93-proposal-%E2%80%9Cground-scraper%E2%80%9D-corviale-rome September 2011. Paper for the 49th International Making Cities Livable dedicated to my project for the urban regeneration of the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome
“Incidenti navali e par condicio” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/incidenti-navali-e-par-condicio/ September 2011. Brief essay on the Liebskind’s project for the Dresden Museum of Military History
“Dresda, da esempio mondiale di civiltà a manifesto dell'inciviltà” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/dresda/ September 2011. Essay on the Liebskind’s project for the Dresden Museum of Military History
“Demolizioni facili” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/barletta-demolizioni-facili.pdf September 2011. Essay on the reasons of the collapse of an old building in Barletta (Italy) caused by the uncontrolled demolition of an adjacent building
“Premi ad hoc per un flop” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch https://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/premi-ad-hoc-per-un-flop/ September 2011. Essay on the MAXXI Museum in Rome designed by Zaha Hadid.
“Il Dolore non ha prezzo – Barletta, una Tragedia evitabile” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/il-crollo-di-barletta/ September 2011. Essay on the death of five young women in the collapse of a building in Barletta, Italy, caused by the demolition of the adjacent building
“Sull’Arte Moderna” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://archiwatch.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/artisti-si-diventa/ September 2011. Essay on Modern Art.
“Piazza San Silvestro, l’Attacco al Centro Storico Continua” – essay published on the blog Archiwatch http://www.de-architectura.com/2011/08/piazza-san-silvestro-lattacco-al-centro.html August 2011. Essay on the hypercriticized redesign of Piazza San Silvestro in Rome by arch. Paolo Portoghesi
“Sull’ipotesi di Completare la Facciata di San Lorenzo a Firenze” – essay published on the on-line magazine Il Covile Nr. 655. http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_655_GMG_SanLorenzo.pdf August 2011. Essay on the recent proposal for the completion of the façade of the Church of San Lorenzo in Florence as designed by Michelangelo.
“Progetto per la Rinascita di Palazzo Ruggia, Palazzo Lais e dell’Isolato di San Filippino in Via Giulia” – Article reconstruction of the two blocks in via Giulia in Rome, demolished during the Fascist Era, published on the magazine Voce Romana, July-August 2011
“Perché le Chiese Moderne sono Brutte?” – essay on the reasons of the uglyness of “modern” Chatolic churches published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.64, May 2011.
“Costruire con Parsimonia” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Civico Lab, Laboratorio di Idee per la Cittadinanza Attiva” http://www.civicolab.it/?p=1133 April 2011. Essay on the tragedy of Fukushima and the reasons why it is necessary to support traditional low-consumption buildings more than “clean” energies for modernistic consumption buildings
“Origini di una dittatura architettonica in Italia” – essay on the origin of ideological dictatorship in Italian Architecture, published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.62. March 2011.
“Sull’ipotesi di ricostruzione degli isolati di Palazzo Lais, Palazzo Ruggia e del Convento di San Filippino lungo via Giulia a Roma” – article published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.630 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_630_via_Giulia.pdf January 2011. Monograph totally dedicated to the project developed by the students of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture for the reconstruction of the two blocks along via Giulia demolished in the Fascist era.
“Buone Idee Escluse - Concorso per la Nuova Chiesa nuova chiesa sussidiaria di San Nicolò a Trebbia dedicata alla B. V. Maria, Mater Ecclesiae. Parrocchia San Nicola di Bari” – article published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 622 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_622.pdf January 2011. Essay on my project made for the architectural contest for the New Subsidiary Church of V. Maria, Mater Ecclesiae. Parish Church of San Nicola di Bari in St. Nicolò a Trebbia, Piacenza, Italy.
“L’architettura dei corvi neri” – article on modernism published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.60, December 2010
“Non solo Corviale: rivediamo tutte le periferie!” – article on the needs of retrofitting Italian suburbia published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.59, November 2010.
“Sui Danni Al Patrimonio Artistico Derivanti Da Una Cultura Monodirezionale” – article published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 616 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_616.pdf October 2010. Essay on the side-effects of modernist’s practice in the restoration of Italian heritage
“Roma Città Sostenibile la Città che muore di traffico può rivivere grazie al suo fiume” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 606 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_606.pdf October 2010. Essay entirely dedicated to the successful project developed by my students of the University of Notre Dame for river embankment of the Tiber in Rome
“Leggere la città esistente per disegnare quella futura” – article published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 604 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_604.pdf September 2010. Essay on contemporary and future cities
“Strade” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2010/09/strade-5-ettore-maria-mazzola.html September 2010. Essay on the understanding of the urban structure of cities starting from the analysis of some urban sequences in the city of Rome
“Periferie da rivedere” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 602 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_602.pdf September 2010. Essay on the need of retrofitting Italian suburbia
“Le tre vele del tradimento dell'architettura sacra moderna” – article on the Church designed by Richard Meyer in the district Tor Tre Teste in Rome, published on the magazine Radici Cristiane Nr.57, September 2010.
“Rigenerare le Periferie” – article on the need of retrofitting Roman suburbia, published on the magazine Voce Romana Nr.4, July - August 2010.
“Come rilanciare la qualità urbana e le economie locali” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Zenit” http://www.zenit.org/article-22849?l=italian June, 14 2010. Essay on the proposal for a possible strategy for recovering urban quality and local economies from the regeneration of suburbia.
“Il Caso delle Agenzie Territoriali per l’Edilizia Residenziale – Corviale, l’ATER cerca invece di rivenderle con tutte le crepe” – article on the Roman Social Housing Insitution published on the newspaper “Il Tempo”, Rome. June, 1st 2010
“Ritorno alla Scala Umana. Borgo Corviale, un’ipotesi di trasformazione dell’eco-mostro romano, il progetto dell’architetto Ettore Maria Mazzola” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 588 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_588.pdf May 2010. Monograph dedicated to my project for the Urban Regeneration of the “ground-scraper” Corviale in Rome
“Corviale in stile Garbatella” – article on the possible transformation of the “monster-district” Corviale in Rome taking inspiration from the Garden City “Garbatella” in Rome, published on the Newspaper “Il Tempo”, Rome, May, 9th 2010
“I residenti di Corviale come cavie” – article on the shameful attempt of the designer of the district Corviale and the present responsible of the institution for Social Housing in Rome of using the inhabitants of Corviale as guinea pigs, published on the Newspaper “Il Tempo”, Rome May, 4th 2010
“l’Arco di Libera Illumini l’Eur” – article on the proposal for building the unrealized great arch designed by Adalberto Libera for the district EUR in Rome, published on the Newspaper “Il Tempo”, Rome, March, 21nd 2010
“Quella Cupola che non c’è più” – article on the dome designed by Armando Brasini for the Church on St. Ignazio in Rome, published on the Newspaper “Il Tempo”, Rome, February, 21st 2010.
“Progetto Araba Fenice – Project Phoenix” – article published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 570 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_570.pdf February 2010. Bilingual monograph dedicated to the project made by my students of the University of Notre Dame for the city of Nocera Umbra in Italy
“Attualità di Giovannoni sui Grattacieli” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2009/10/attualita-di-giovannoni-sui-grattacieli.html October 2009. Essay on Gustavo Giovannoni’s writings on the skyscrapers
“La nuova chiesa di Foligno e le origini dello squallore architettonico in Italia” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.533 http://www.ilcovile.it/scritti/COVILE_533.pdf August 2009. Essay on the hypercriticized new church designed by the star architect Massimiliano Fuksas in Foligno, Italy.
“Riflessioni Sul Falso Storico” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2009/07/riflessioni-sul-falso-storico.html July 2009. Essay on the false problem of “falsification of history”
“Dietro il Modernismo: Alcune Verità Nascoste” – essay published on the blog De-Architectura http://www.de-architectura.com/2009/07/dietro-il-modernismo-alcune-verita.html July 2009. Essay on the truth unknown story of the 4th CIAM in 1933 and the Athens’ Charter
“Archistars per la ricostruzione post terremoto in Abruzzo? Qualche suggerimento per scongiurare un possibile scempio” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.531 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000531.html June 2009. Essay on the mistake of hiring star-architects for the reconstruction of the cities and villages near L’Aquila in Italy damaged by the earthquake of April 2009.
“Considerazioni di un Architetto sul terremoto in Abruzzo” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr. 527 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000524.html June 2009. Essay on the technical reasons of many collapses of buildings during the earthquake of April 2009 in L’Aquila.
“La mia proposta per un nuovo modo di concepire le città” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.512 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000516.html April 2009. Essay on a proposal for an urban design respectful of people and environment.
“Come e perché tutelare la tradizione artigiana a servizio dell’architettura” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.508 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000512.html April 2009. Essay on the importance of protecting, supporting and promoting traditional craftsmanship in architecture
“Il Piano Casa” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.503 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000507.html April 2009. Essay on the dangerous proposal for a new law for building in Italy proposed by the Prime Minister Berlsconi.
“Il prossimo 21 aprile apre il MACRO, un altro tassello nel programma distruttivo per Roma” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.501 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000505.html March 2009. Essay on the inauguration of the shameful transformation of Giovannoni’s Peroni Brasserie in Rome made by the star-architct Odile Decq.
“L’Unesco contro le Città Storiche. Vero o falso, a chi importa?” – essay published on the on-line magazine “Il Covile” Nr.495 http://www.ilcovile.it/news/archivio/00000499.html February 2009. Essay on the shameful UNESCO Vienna’s Memorandum for world heritage
“Sacrificati da Rutelli sull’Ara Pacis” – article on the hypercriticized project for the new Ara Pacis Museum in Rome designed by the star-architect Richard Meier, published on the magazine of Politics and Sociology, “Carta Qui, il Lazio e Roma” Nr.7, February 2006
“Parigi oggi o Roma all’inizio del Novecento?” essay on the “revolution” in French Suburbia Published on the magazine of Politics and Sociology “Carta Etc.” Nr.5, December 2005.
“Dittature dichiarate e dittature nascoste … ma qual è il vero dittatore?” essay on the New Museum for the Ara Pacis in Rome designed by Richard Meier published on the web site www.info.roma.it June, 2005.
“C’è qualcuno in grado di credere che un orco possa fare il baby-sitter” essay on the New “Transgressive” Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome designed by Odile Decq published on the web site www.exibart.it May 2004
“Fame contro “Fame” essay on the New Museum for the Ara Pacis in Rome designed by Richard Meier, published on the web site www.exibart.it March 2004
“Vittime di un complesso coloniale” essay to save the Museum of Modern Art in Rome published on the web site www.exibart.it March 2004
“Il pianto dei coccodrilli” essay on the proposal made by the Italian star-architects to promote themselves, published on “AR” Architectural Magazine of the Association of the Architects of the Province of Rome, March 2004
“A Scopo di Propaganda e per Rispetto degli Altri – The Aims of Propaganda and the Respect for Others” essay published in the book “Ara Pacis, Contro Progetti – Counter Projects” edited by Samir Younés, Editrice ALINEA, Florence, April 2002
Summer Schools Organized
The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, Summer School in Palermo – Urban Regeneration of the Site of Magione. Palermo, May 21 – June 7 CERISDI and Palazzo Sant’Elia. Exhibition and Conference: Palermo, Palazzo Sambuca, June 7. Professors: Ettore Maria Mazzola and Samir Younés
L’Edificio Autosufficiente: Nuova Costruzione e Recupero del Patrimonio Edilizio Esistente – Asse I Cod. SP11ECOAMB-E10-500” – Workshop 16 hours. Urban and architectural sustainable for the site of the former IP area in La Spezia, Italy, Scuola Edile Spezzina, 2013 June, 11-12-13.
TV AND RADIO DOCUMENTARIES AND/OR INTERVIEWS
BBC (UK) & NOVA TV (Worldwide) – Twin Documentaries titled “Invisible Rome” presented by two different journalists (Alexander Armstrong and Michael Scott). While the former, with Alexander Armostrong, will be broadcast on the BBC and is not for specialists, the latter, with Michael Scott, will be broadcast on the worldwide channel NOVA TV, and it is more specific. In my speech I’m talking about the Pantheon, with special attention paid to the techniques and building materials adopted for the construction of the dome. The film is also supported with a 3D transparent model of the Pantheon on I-Pad, where it is also reported a diagrammatic model I had made, representing the hypothetical centering used for the dome. These two documentaries will be broadcast at the end of the 2014; the documentaries have been filmed on 2014, September 25th:
BBC (UK) – interview on 1913’s Rome for the documentary is part of the “Great Continental Railway Journeys” series presented by Michael Portillo, transmitted on BBC2 on November 12th. In my speech I’m talking about the side effects of Italy’s Unification on Rome and the urban programs for the development of Rome between the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries, with specific attention paid to the Vittorio Emmanuelle’s Monument in Piazza Venezia; the interview has been filmed on 2014, March 29th:
TV2000 (Vatican State), Talk Show "Nel Cuore dei Giorni". Subject of the Interview: Mobility and Traffic in Rome. Date of registration: September 16th, 2011
Super3 (Italy) TV News. Subject of the Interview: “The Project for the Area of Vicolo della Moretta and Via Giulia in Rome”, June 5th, 2011
I Love Sicily web TV (Italy,) TV News. Subject of the Interview: “The Future of the Social Housing District “ZEN” in Palermo”. May 6th, 2011
TV2000 (Vatican State), Talk Show “Formato Famiglia”. Subject of the Interview: “escaping from suburbia”. March 23rd, 2011
Musica Radio (Italy), Talk Show “Work in Progress”. Subject of the Interview: “The Sustainable City is Possible”. December 15th, 2010
Ecoradio (Italy), Radio News. Subject of the Interview: “Sustainability”, December 9th, 2010
Affari Italiani.it web TV (Italy), TV News. Subject of the Interview: “Cemento, tocca a Corviale. In anteprima ecco il progetto dell'architetto Ettore Maria Mazzola, progettista Corviale 2” Link: http://www.affaritaliani.it/roma/cemento_corviale_progetto121110.html November 12th, 2010
Musica Radio (Italy), Talk Show “Work in Progress”. Subject of the Interview: “Sustainable Cities”. November 9th, 2010
Lazio TV (Italy), Talk Show “Buongiorno Lazio”. Subject of the Interview: “Le Città Intelligenti”. November 2nd, 2010
TeleVita (Italy), Talk Show “I Salotti della Voce Romana”. Subject of the Interview: “Future of Roman Urbanism”, April 25th, 2009
Fox News (US), Documentary “Who’s Jesus”. Subject of the Interview: “Roman Catacombs”, Date of registration: February 2004
