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ITA.CA
Venice, Italy
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STATUS
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YEAR
2025
The ITA.CA project is part of the Italian Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2025. Included in the exhibition project “Terrae Aquae. Italy and the Intelligence of the Sea,” curated by Guendalina Salimei, the project investigates the Italian coastal landscape through a visual reflection on territory, water, and transformation.
ITA.CA is an experimental project conceived as the front page of a fictional newspaper, yet with real dimensions and graphic settings.
Through its contents, it serves as a visual and narrative prototype for a concrete initiative, exploring how architecture and technology can come together to develop sustainable solutions for the marine environment. The page becomes a means of communication and reflection on the importance of innovative solutions for sustainability and research.
The date of the newspaper includes only day and month, emphasizing its timelessness. The articles’ themes reflect a project that could belong to the present, the future, or a time already passed, reminding us of the urgency to act.
ITA.CA goes beyond fiction, envisioning the design and construction of infrastructures, the development of technologies, and collaboration with coastal communities.
The marine habitat barriers offer an innovative solution, protecting coastlines and fostering biodiversity thanks to modular and biomimetic structures. Made with sustainable materials, these infrastructures contribute to the restoration of marine ecosystems, hosting fauna and monitoring biodiversity through advanced technologies.
The project is inspired by the poem Ithaca by Konstantinos Kavafis, which celebrates the value of the journey more than the destination, encouraging us to grow through difficulties and not regret disappointments, because every experience enriches us.
The path to creating marine barriers—defending biodiversity and fighting climate change—is marked by challenges, but these push us to develop virtuous solutions.
True wealth lies in the journey: in scientific discoveries, in education for sustainability, in collaborations and innovations.
As in Ithaca, sustainability is a continuous process, and its value lies in the path and the transformation it brings.
ITA.CA is an experimental project conceived as the front page of a fictional newspaper, yet with real dimensions and graphic settings.
Through its contents, it serves as a visual and narrative prototype for a concrete initiative, exploring how architecture and technology can come together to develop sustainable solutions for the marine environment. The page becomes a means of communication and reflection on the importance of innovative solutions for sustainability and research.
The date of the newspaper includes only day and month, emphasizing its timelessness. The articles’ themes reflect a project that could belong to the present, the future, or a time already passed, reminding us of the urgency to act.
ITA.CA goes beyond fiction, envisioning the design and construction of infrastructures, the development of technologies, and collaboration with coastal communities.
The marine habitat barriers offer an innovative solution, protecting coastlines and fostering biodiversity thanks to modular and biomimetic structures. Made with sustainable materials, these infrastructures contribute to the restoration of marine ecosystems, hosting fauna and monitoring biodiversity through advanced technologies.
The project is inspired by the poem Ithaca by Konstantinos Kavafis, which celebrates the value of the journey more than the destination, encouraging us to grow through difficulties and not regret disappointments, because every experience enriches us.
The path to creating marine barriers—defending biodiversity and fighting climate change—is marked by challenges, but these push us to develop virtuous solutions.
True wealth lies in the journey: in scientific discoveries, in education for sustainability, in collaborations and innovations.
As in Ithaca, sustainability is a continuous process, and its value lies in the path and the transformation it brings.
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