Forms

2023 – 2007

Twenty-one of Cardillo’s works, chosen and each named by a keyword that gives a psychological figure, from Arch, Dust and Grotto to Moon, Shadow and Twilight: one word to a work, opening alternative readings of the corpus

Definition

By ‘form’, I refer to Plato’s eidos, or the idea-form. Architecture, in fact, manifests itself through figures that pre-exist in our imagination.

, Università di Palermo, Palermo, 25 March 2025

Arcade

Arch

Arcade, Milan, 2012

Max’s House in a Small Lake

Boat

Max’s House in a Small Lake, Nimes, 2008

Postmodern Café

Colour

Postmodern Café, V&A, London, 2011

House of Dust

Dust

House of Dust, Rome, 2013

Akin to a Cinema Set

Enclosure

Akin to a Cinema Set, Sergio Rossi, Milan, 2010

Elogio del grigio

Fog

Elogio del grigio, Castiglione delle Stiviere, 2023

Memories for Cruising

Forest

Memories for Cruising, Parma, 2019

House for Wallpaper

Gold

House for Wallpaper*, Neues Museum, Berlin, 2009

Colour as a Narrative

Grotto

Colour as a Narrative, Illuminum, London, 2015

Birnbeck Island

Island

Birnbeck Island, Royal Institute of British Architects, Weston‑Super‑Mare, 2007

Specus Corallii

Labyrinth

Specus Corallii, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Trapani, 2016

Mammacaura

Mother

Mammacaura, Saline Ettore e Infersa, Marsala, 2021

Concrete Moon House

Moon

Concrete Moon House, Melbourne, 2009

Paradiso

Paradise

Paradiso, Rome, 2018

Min at the Soane

Phallus

Min at the Soane, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, 2014

Purple House

Purple

Purple House, Pembrokeshire, 2011

House of Convexities

Shadow

House of Convexities, Barcelona, 2008

Ellipse 1501 House

Tower

Ellipse 1501 House, Rome, 2007

House of Twelve

Twelve

House of Twelve, Melbourne, 2009

Crepuscular Green

Twilight

Crepuscular Green, Mondrian Suite, Rome, 2014

Vaulted House

Vault

Vaulted House, Parma, 2008

Publications

2025 (selected)

Theoretical writings

  • , ‘Depth architecture – The aesthetic nature of the psyche’, seminar as part of the Training Programmes in Analytical Psychology, C. G. Jung-Institut Zürich, Küsnacht, 31 Oct. 2025; transcript published on , 31 Oct. 2025.
  • , ‘Stile, forma, proporzione, posizione’, lecture as part of La giovane architettura 4, ed. Antonio Biancucci, Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Palermo, Palermo, 25 March 2025; transcript published on , 1 April 2025.

Bibliography

2025 – 2016 (selected)

Reception in press and internet