Architetture adriatiche
Giovanni Vaccarini
UNICT, Department of Architecture of Ortigia, Siracusa SDS
PARTICIPANTS:
Fausto Carmelo Nigrelli
President of the Siracusa SDS, UniCT
Alessandro Brandino
President of the O.A.P.P.C. Siracusa
Francesco Trovato
Lettera Ventidue
Luigi Pellegrino
President of the Degree Program in Architecture, UniCT
Dario Felice
PhD Student UniPA
Andrea Morata
PhD Student UniPA
PARTNERSHIP:
Giovanni Vaccarini’s “Adriatic architecture” is a central theme in his theoretical and design work, especially since the publication of the volume Adriatic Architectures (2025 – LetteraVentidue Edizioni).
It is not a stylistic label, but a way of reading the Adriatic territory—its geographies, its materials, its lights—and translating it into a contemporary architectural practice.
The Adriatic is not a backdrop but an energetic system: wind, grazing light, the marine horizon, atmospheric instability.
Architecture responds to this theme not by imposing itself, but by resonating with it.
Starting from the so-called “Pescara School” and moving through the territories and projects of the GVA studio, this Adriatic dimension of the firm’s work will be described.
