Architectural Association School of Architecture, Sicily/London, –
House of Dust lecture and academic contribution as part of The Language of Flowers, the 2013 Intermediate Unit 2 programme of Ana Araujo and Takero Shimazaki at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London
Invited by Professors Ana Araujo and Takero Shimazaki to contribute to The Language of Flowers, the 2013 Intermediate Unit 2 programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, Antonino Cardillo participated as a guest lecturer. He curated the study trip to Sicily, introduced his work to the students, and actively engaged in design reviews and critical discussions throughout the unit. Two days before the lecture, his manifesto opened Fulcrum, the school’s free weekly, in an issue made possible by Alexandra Savtchenko-Belskaia and left out in the Architectural Association’s bar.
Calendar
31st October 2013
Tonnara di Scopello
1st November 2013
Palermo: Villa Igea, Villa Malfitano-Whitaker, San Cataldo Church
2nd November 2013
Bagheria: Villa Palagonia
3rd November 2013
Tonnara di Scopello
4th November 2013
Erice: Porta Spada, Sant’Orsola Church, Elymian-Punic Walls, Via Samuel Butler, San Martino Church
5th November 2013
Tonnara di Scopello
19th November 2013
London: AA School, interim jury
20th November 2013
London: AA School, House of Dust lecture
17th December 2013
London: AA School, end of term jury with John Foxx
Events List, Term 1, Week 8 of the Architectural Association School of Architecture featuring Antonino Cardillo
Long ago, mankind celebrated the mystery of creation by constructing houses for invisible beings called Gods. Architecture transfigured trees and stones into something grandiose and communicative. It was a universal language, like music, and following this rationale the most ancient traditions were stratified.
Recently we went on a trip to Sicily as a group, and this evening is meant to recall some of the things we were thinking, discussing and seeing there, but also to go a little deeper into an understanding of the unit, the school’s teaching studio, and of what we do in it, and to hear about the work of Antonino Cardillo, who has generously joined us tonight.
About ten years ago, I decided to start a new chapter in my life. I moved to Rome and spent nine years there, immersed in the study of ancient architecture. I sought a deeper understanding, an alternative to contemporary architectural practice.
Antonino Cardillo at the Architectural Association School of Architecture; on the left, Ana Araujo and Takero Shimazaki. Photography: Marco Ponzianelli
Bibliography
Ana Araujo, Takero Shimazaki, ‘Project reviews 2014’, AA School, London, June 2014.
Antonino Cardillo, ‘House of Dust’, lecture as part of Intermediate Unit 2, ed. Alexandra Savtchenko-Belskaia, AA School, London, 20 Nov. 2013; transcript published on antoninocardillo.com, 23 Nov. 2024.
Antonino Cardillo, ‘Architecture as entertainment’, Fulcrum, no. 77, AA School Press, London, 18 Nov. 2013, p. 1; tr. Charles Searson.
Ana Araujo, Takero Shimazaki, The Language of Flowers, Intermediate Unit 2, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, Sept. 2013, p. 11.
