House of Songwriters
Competition, Winning Proposal, Genoa, 2021
Supervision: Regione Liguria, MIB
Client/Organization: IRE Liguria
IRE Liguria: Marco Segni, Teodora Buzzanca, Valeria Mangini
Curators: Massimo Bernardini, Francesco De Nicola, Guido Harari, Renato Tortarolo
Scientific Committee: Dori Ghezzi, Ilaria Cavo, Paolo Masini, Luca Parodi, Margherita Rubino
Songwriters: Enzo Avitabile, Claudio Baglioni, Franco Battiato, Lucio Battisti, Edoardo Bennato, Samuele Bersani, Umberto Bindi, Angelo Branduardi, Alberto Camerini, Riccardo Cocciante, Carmen Consoli, Paolo Conte, Lucio Dalla, Pino Daniele, Fabrizio De André, Francesco De Gregori, Teresa De Sio, Sergio Endrigo, Eugenio Finardi, Dario Fo, Ivano Fossati, Giorgio Gaber, Rino Gaetano, Enzo Gragnaniello, Ivan Graziani, Francesco Guccini, Enzo Jannacci, Lorenzo Cherubini Jovanotti, Bruno Lauzi, Luciano Ligabue, Mogol, Gianna Nannini, Gino Paoli, Ron, Claudio Rocchi, Vasco Rossi, Enrico Ruggeri, Alan Sorrenti, Luigi Tenco, Roberto Vecchioni, Antonello Venditti, Renato Zero
Surface: 4250sm
The permanent museum of the Casa dei Cantautori will be housed in the former Abbey of San Giuliano in Genoa. The new museum reinterprets the original spaces to showcase a selection of Italy’s most influential songwriters—including Fabrizio De André, Luigi Tenco, Lucio Dalla, Paolo Conte, Franco Battiato, and Ivano Fossati, among others.
The project aims to create a balance between interactive media and more traditional artifacts such as manuscripts and memorabilia. The exhibition design integrates these diverse materials into a cohesive experience, guided by the curators’ selections.
The unique character of the site has played a central role in shaping the design, both aesthetically and materially. The furnishings are deliberately minimal—almost monastic in tone—easily removable, and crafted from natural, recyclable materials chosen primarily for their acoustic properties, as well as their visual simplicity.
