Made in Italy Architecture
Rizzordi Art Foundation, St. Petersburg, 2013
Curator: Luca Zevi
with: Rosario Pavia
Art Direction: , Monica Maggioni, Dario Curatolo
Organization: Francesco Orofino, Beatrice Fumarola
Promoter: Istituto Italiano per la Cultura, San Pietroburgo
Rizzordi Art Foundation: Anna Shumilova, Marina Orlova
Photos: Konstantin Kotov
Surface: 1.910sm
“Le Architetture del Made in Italy” is a refined and updated version of content originally presented in the Italian Pavilion, curated by Luca Zevi for the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale.
The new venue—the Rizzordi Art Foundation—is housed on the top floor of a former industrial building. Raw and unfinished, the space retains a brutalist character, defined by a grid of point-like pillars that evoke Archizoom’s No-Stop City.
The exhibition was organized within this structural grid, using it to stage a series of large-scale video projections. These were carefully positioned to create a visually striking path that winds through shifting perspectives, nestled within the bays formed by the existing architecture.
The layout was conceived so that, from select vantage points, visitors could view all the videos simultaneously—transforming the exhibition into an immersive and interconnected visual experience.