Cardillo

Dreamworld

Munich,

Andreas Kühnlein discussed Cardillo’s ‘Specus Corallii’ project, selected to open the architecture section of the Italy edition of ‘AD Germany’ magazine

Review

Antonino Cardillo has dedicated himself to a form of architecture with centuries-old tradition: the , which he translates into contemporary forms. Manifestations of his poetic spaces exist in London and Rome. The latest was created in Sicily: the Specus Corallii is dedicated to the element of water and transports its visitors to an imaginary reef in a delicate coral red. The grotto, marked by straight and decisive lines, is designed for events—or simply for contemplation.


Specus Corallii

Antonino Cardillo, Specus Corallii, Cattedrale di Trapani, 2016. Photography: Antonino Cardillo

Source

  • , ‘Architektur: Traumwelt’, AD Germany, no. 178, Munich, April 2017, p. 163 [German].