Cardillo

Antonietta Iolanda Lima

Palermo, 1 November 1993 – 1 February 1998

Architect, historian and educator, Antonietta Iolanda Lima introduced Antonino Cardillo to architecture as a total experience, intertwining research, design, graphic representation and photography

Introduction

Architect, historian and critic, Antonietta Iolanda Lima (Palermo, 1941) has traversed more than half a century of Italian architectural culture with a holistic and humanistic approach. At the School of Palermo, she has promoted an idea of architecture as a civic and cognitive act, grounded in dialogue between history, design and landscape. Between 1993 and 1998, Antonino Cardillo attended her university courses and research, experiencing a method that interweaves word, drawing and image. Living within the architectures designed by Lima, he observed the relationship between space and light—an experience that became part of his visual formation. From Lima, he absorbed a vision in which building means interpreting culture and the memory of places.

Research

1995 – 2006

During his training with Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Antonino Cardillo contributed to the production of numerous publications by the professor, providing research, layout, drawing and photography. The dates indicated referred to the time span of the published works, some of which appeared after the conclusion of the formative period

  • , Lo Steri di Palermo nel secondo Novecento: dagli studi di Giuseppe Spatrisano al progetto di Roberto Calandra con la consulenza di Carlo Scarpa, Dario Flaccovio, Palermo, 2006; phot. Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Architettura e urbanistica della Compagnia di Gesù in Sicilia: fonti e documenti inediti, secoli XVI – XVIII, Novecento, Palermo, 2001, pp. 529; layout/draw. Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Paolo Soleri: architettura come ecologia umana, Jaca Book, Milan, 2000, pp. 408; Monacelli Press, New York, 2003, pp. 408; layout Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Frank O. Gehry. American Center, Parigi, Testo & Immagine, Turin, 1998, pp. 93; layout/draw. Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Le Corbusier, Dario Flaccovio, Palermo, 1998, pp. 150; layout/draw. Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Palermo: struttura e dinamiche, Testo & Immagine, Turin, 1997, pp. 408; layout/draw. Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Alle soglie del 3° millennio sull’architettura, Dario Flaccovio, Palermo, 1996, pp. 177; layout Antonino Cardillo.
  • , ‘’, L’architettura. Cronache e storia, no. 499/500, dir. Bruno Zevi, Rome, 1995, pp. 228‑241; phot. Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Storia dell’architettura, Sicilia, Ottocento, Dario Flaccovio, Palermo, 1995, pp. 239; layout Antonino Cardillo.
  • , Architettura del ‘400: S. Crescenza nel territorio di S. Vito Lo Capo, architettura nel paesaggio, Ila Palma, Palermo, 1995, pp. 75; layout Antonino Cardillo.

Photography

1995

During his formative years with Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Cardillo photographed the projects she had realised in Palermo between 1972 and 1982—images that were later published in the journal L’Architettura–Cronache e Storia, edited by Bruno Zevi

Lima-Miceli Apartment

Palermo, 1971 – 1974

Lima-Miceli Apartment Lima-Miceli Apartment Lima-Miceli Apartment

Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Lima-Miceli Apartment, Via Arimondi, Palermo, 1971 – 1974. Photography: Antonino Cardillo, 1995

Miceli Wine Shop

Palermo, 1974

Miceli Wine Shop

Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Miceli Wine Shop, Palermo, Via Streva, 1974. Photography: Antonino Cardillo, 1995

La Scuderia Restaurant

Palermo, 1974, 1978

La Scuderia Restaurant La Scuderia Restaurant

Antonietta Iolanda Lima, La Scuderia Restaurant, Viale del Fante, Palermo, 1974, 1978. Photography: Antonino Cardillo, 1995 / Lima Archive.

Via Ariosto Apartment

Palermo, 1976

Via Ariosto Apartment

Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Apartment, Palermo, Via Ariosto, 1976. Photography: Antonino Cardillo, 1995

Lima-Miceli Villa

Palermo, 1979 – 1982

Lima-Miceli Villa Lima-Miceli Villa Lima-Miceli Villa

Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Lima-Miceli Villa, Palermo, Fondo Anfossi, 1979 – 1982. Photography: Antonino Cardillo, 1995

Source

  • , ‘Antonietta Iolanda Lima: architetture’, L’architettura. Cronache e storia, no. 499/500, dir. Bruno Zevi, Rome, 1995, pp. 228‑241; phot. Antonino Cardillo.