Awarded the prize Gold Medal for Architecture 2012 to Vincenzo Latina during the Triennale of Milan. The jury made up of Ennio Brion, Cecilia Bolognesi, Ole Bouman, Alberto Ferlenga, Massimiliano Fuksas, Fulvio Irace and Luca Molinari immediately awarded the coveted prize to the Pavilion of access to the excavations of the Artemision of Syracuse | photo above |.
Vincenzo Latina is a Sicilian architect who conquered the Gold Medal for Architecture award 2012 for a project completed in 2011. The work for which he was awarded the coveted prize is the Pavilion for accessing the Artemision excavations. It is a small building, site on the island of Ortigia, which highlights the temple of Artemis.
The jury chose Vincenzo Latina ‘for his ability to intervene on the remains of ancient buildings to regenerate them, so as to restore life to a memory that would be destined to end. In the choice of this project we want to testify the great ability of Italian architecture to intervene using the resources available despite the difficulties of the context ‘.
Vincenzo Latina was not the only winner. Here is the list of all the other medals awarded:
Gold Medal for the Opera
Vincenzo Latina
Access pavilion to the excavations of the Artemision in Syracuse
Syracuse, Italy
2007-2011
Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement
Vittorio Gregotti
Gae Aulenti
Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo
Special Prize for the First Work
Estudio Barozzi Veiga
Expansion of the Regulatory Council of the “Ribera del Duero” DOC
Roa, Burgos, Spain
2006-2011
Special Prize to the Client
Client / Client:
town of Venice
C + S Associates: Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini
LCV. Law Court Venice
Venice, Italy
2011
Client / Client:
PRATIC F.lli Orioli Spa
PRATIC F.lli Orioli Spa management and production headquarters
GEZA – Gri and Zucchi Associated Architects
Fagagna, UD, Italy
2010-2011
Special Prize – Wood for Architecture
Abda Srl (Camillo Botticini and Giulia De Apollonia)
Experimental residences in Selvino
Selvino, BG, Italy
2010
Honorable Mention – New Buildings
Piuarch
Bentini Headquarters
Faenza, RV, Italy
2011
Honorable Mention – Parks and Gardens
Attilio Stocchi Attilio and Gualtiero Oberti
Lumen
Lumezzane, BS, Italy
2009-2011
Honorable Mention – Infrastructure
Scagnol Matteo, Attia Sandy – Modus Architects
Bypass Bressanone – Varna
Bressanone, BZ, Italy
2009-2011
Honorable Mention – Conversion and Restoration
Michele De Lucchi
Art History and Restoration Library of the Manica Lunga at the Cini Foundation
Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, VE, Italy
2009
Honorable Mention – Architecture and Emergency
Tamassociati
Container Medical Compound for Salam Center, Emergency Ngo
Khartom, Sudan, Africa
2009
Honorable Mention – Architecture, Design and the Future
Permanent Laboratory
Conquering the horizon
Awarded the prize Gold Medal for Architecture 2012 to Vincenzo Latina during the Triennale of Milan. The jury made up of Ennio Brion, Cecilia Bolognesi, Ole Bouman, Alberto Ferlenga, Massimiliano Fuksas, Fulvio Irace and Luca Molinari immediately awarded the coveted prize to the Pavilion of access to the excavations of the Artemision of Syracuse | photo above |.
Vincenzo Latina is a Sicilian architect who conquered the Gold Medal for Architecture award 2012 for a project completed in 2011. The work for which he was awarded the coveted prize is the Pavilion for accessing the Artemision excavations. It is a small building, site on the island of Ortigia, which highlights the temple of Artemis.
The jury chose Vincenzo Latina ‘for his ability to intervene on the remains of ancient buildings to regenerate them, so as to restore life to a memory that would be destined to end. In the choice of this project we want to testify the great ability of Italian architecture to intervene using the resources available despite the difficulties of the context ‘.
Vincenzo Latina was not the only winner. Here is the list of all the other medals awarded:
Gold Medal for the Opera
Vincenzo Latina
Access pavilion to the excavations of the Artemision in Syracuse
Syracuse, Italy
2007-2011
Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement
Vittorio Gregotti
Gae Aulenti
Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo
Special Prize for the First Work
Estudio Barozzi Veiga
Expansion of the Regulatory Council of the “Ribera del Duero” DOC
Roa, Burgos, Spain
2006-2011
Special Prize to the Client
Client / Client:
town of Venice
C + S Associates: Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini
LCV. Law Court Venice
Venice, Italy
2011
Client / Client:
PRATIC F.lli Orioli Spa
PRATIC F.lli Orioli Spa management and production headquarters
GEZA – Gri and Zucchi Associated Architects
Fagagna, UD, Italy
2010-2011
Special Prize – Wood for Architecture
Abda Srl (Camillo Botticini and Giulia De Apollonia)
Experimental residences in Selvino
Selvino, BG, Italy
2010
Honorable Mention – New Buildings
Piuarch
Bentini Headquarters
Faenza, RV, Italy
2011
Honorable Mention – Parks and Gardens
Attilio Stocchi Attilio and Gualtiero Oberti
Lumen
Lumezzane, BS, Italy
2009-2011
Honorable Mention – Infrastructure
Scagnol Matteo, Attia Sandy – Modus Architects
Bypass Bressanone – Varna
Bressanone, BZ, Italy
2009-2011
Honorable Mention – Conversion and Restoration
Michele De Lucchi
Art History and Restoration Library of the Manica Lunga at the Cini Foundation
Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, VE, Italy
2009
Honorable Mention – Architecture and Emergency
Tamassociati
Container Medical Compound for Salam Center, Emergency Ngo
Khartom, Sudan, Africa
2009
Honorable Mention – Architecture, Design and the Future
Permanent Laboratory
Conquering the horizon
