Stadi. Architecture of a Myth
edited by Manuel Orazi, Fabio Salomoni, Moira Valeri
texts by Cecilia da Pozzo, Elena Dellapiana, Luca Di Lorenzo Latini, Gabriele Neri, Manuel Orazi, Fabio Salomoni, Agnese Sferrazza, Jasper Sharp, Moira Valeri, Marco Vanucci, Francesco Zanot
double edition italian and english
Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, Modena 2025
24×17 cm
304 pages
€ 30
ISBN 9788857021799
A stadium is more than just a physical space; it is a kaleidoscope through which one can observe myriad important dimensions relating to architecture, urban planning, economics, anthropology, politics and art. This book, which accompanies the first-ever Italian exhibition dedicated to stadiums, analyses their transformation through time and space, taking an original comparative and multidisciplinary approach and employing a range of narrative registers: interviews, essays, photography projects and an anthology of literary extracts. A look at Italian stadiums and the current debate surrounding their modernisation sits alongside analysis of these structures’ sociological aspects and the different groups of people who attend them. A series of brief essays then investigates the relationship between stadiums and the arts, from the late nineteenth century through to the present day. The volume is rounded off by fifty profiles of stadiums located both in Italy and the rest of the world, from Archibald Leitch to Herzog & de Meuron, from Pier Luigi Nervi to Renzo Piano, as well as a series of photographic anthologies, including two unpublished ones signed by Stefano Graziani and Filippo Romano.
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