Mario Cucinella's story: the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Finally the word passes to the architect Mario Cucinella who first of all shares the great difficulty of summarizing a complex country like Italy in the design of a pavilion. But it is precisely the choice of the motto "Art regenerates life" that allows us to describe Italy at its best and for Italy to describe itself: for us it is normalto live and live surrounded from art.
The project by MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects involves the development of the pavilion, entitled "The Ideal City", on three themes: the historical story of the artistic research on the ideal city, but not only that, also the story of the ideal cities that actually exist in Italy, such as Palmanova, Sabaudia, Granmichele, which therefore becomes a political story, showing what has been done and what could be done in the future to improve living conditions in cities.
“The theatre, the second theme of the pavilion - continues Cucinella - is symbolically represented by a large backdrop which then allows access to a free, open space, a small square where we tell the third story , that is, knowing how to do things with your hands. We know how to do very well with our hands, I'm thinking of jewellery, shoes, furniture, ceramics. And the square, historically home to the market, is the place in the city that best illustrates the energy of craftsmanship and commerce".
A final suggestion: the pavilion has an upper floor where you can enjoy an Italian-style garden, inhabited by plants and works of art, but also by points of refreshment: "you will be able to eat ice cream - concludes Cucinella - which I was told was missing in the previous edition of the Expo!".
The presentation of the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka continues on 28 September in Bologna on the occasion of the Cersaie fair. For those who wish, however, to review the debate that took place in Bergamo, you can connect on Friday 15 September at h. 9.00 on internamagazine.it.