Lina Ghotmeh

This is a journey to discover the work of Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture. It’s a survey on its innovative and poetic work. An essay, a selection of projects and an interview reveal an in-depth, historical, and materially sensitive approach to its projects. Lina Ghotmeh defines her work as ‘Archeology of the future’. The archeology of the future is a way to reinvent the traces of the past. Space is thought of as a palimpsest of stories, of narratives, but also of specific conditions that the architect brings to the surface. It is an approach in which the phenomenological dimension is founded with a rigorous knowledge of the natures – environmental, cultural, social – of the context. Accessing Lina Ghotmeh’s architectures means intercepting the hermeneutic relations between the different phases of their design process.

Chiara Rizzi (1976), born and raised in Basilicata, Italy, ultimately returning there after a journey of personal and professional training that lasted more than twenty years. Architect, activist and walker, she is associate professor in architectural and urban design in Matera, at the University of Basilicata, where she carries out her action-research activities in the Nature-City Lab. Her main research interests concern issues related to regenerative design with a focus on biophilia and the community dimension of dwelling. She is the author of more than 100 articles and contributions in journals and essays of national and international relevance and the following monographs: The Demolishers Manifesto and more strategies, with Silvana Kühtz, (2019), La città dell’Altro Adige (2016), Joao Nunes: progettare paesaggi, (2016), The Fourth landscape (2014).