Architecture and power “The Ventotene project” –  Symposium in memory of Sebastiano Fabbrini

Architecture, history, and design from a multidisciplinary perspective

Symposium in memory of Sebastiano Fabbrini
Curated by Francesco Musco and Mario Lupano

Programme

h 9.30 > 10 Conference opening
Benno Albrecht, Rector, Università Iuav di Venezia
Francesco Musco, Director of Research, Department of Architecture and Arts | Università Iuav di Venezia
Silvia Costa, Former Extraordinary Government Commissioner for the Recovery and Enhancement of the Former Bourbon Prison on Santo Stefano Island / Ventotene

h 10 > 12.30 Europe/America
New narrative strategies for contemporary architecture (en)
Based on Sebastiano Fabbrini's on Aldo Rossi and the methodologies and research orientations at the University of California Los Angeles - Department of Architecture & Urban Design

Moderator
Pippo Ciorra Università di Camerino – MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo

Keynote speakers
Sylvia Lavin Princeton University, School of Architecture
Michael Osman University of California Los Angeles, Architecture and Urban Design

h 12.45 > 14 Light lunch – Sala delle Arti

h 14 > 17 Architettura e potere (it) 
Based on Sebastiano Fabbrini's studies on architecture and the European integration process: “The reluctant architecture of European power”

Moderator
Mario Lupano 

Keynote speakers
Gundula Rakowitz Università Iuav di Venezia 
Anna Livia Friel Technische Universität, Wien and Marco Provinciali SupervoidArchitects, Roma
Sara Marini Università Iuav di Venezia 
Laura Fregolent Università Iuav di Venezia
Maria Bonaiti and the Doctoral School Università Iuav di Venezia 

h 17 > 17.45
Openining cerimony – students' project exhibitions

The Ventotene project
Curated by Marco Provinciali and Angelica Stern 

This exhibition is dedicated to the outcomes of Sebastiano Fabbrini's teaching activities: exercises and student projects from the Jean Monnet Module workshops in 2022 and 2023, and within the “Architettura e spazio della scena“ (academic year 2023/2024) laboratory.

99n+1 Boîte à Miracles Tirreniche
Curated by Giulia Conti and Alessandro Virgilio Mosetti

This exhibition is composed by the outcomes of the Jean Monnet Module workshop (2024) coordinated by professor Gundula Rakowitz (65 hours in total). The project 99 n+1 eyes, reimagined for the Ventotene–Santo Stefano system, expanded the possibilities of vision and narrative. It sought to reweave spatial and symbolic connections, framing these places as theatrical stages where past, present, and future converge. Special attention was given to the European significance of Ventotene—as the symbolic birthplace of postwar European unity—reinforcing the module’s mission to integrate design education with the values and history of European integration.

h 17.45 > 18.30
At the end of the event, we will gather for a commemorative toast to pay tribute to Sebastiano, whose legacy lives in our scientific and teaching approach