Fornace Penna rises on the wind-scoured cliffs of southern Sicily, just beyond a fishing hamlet, facing the open Mediterranean. Built between 1909 and 1912, the brickworks was sited for logistical reasons, close to the clay quarry, the railway, and the sea. Its vast, arcade-pierced mass is often compared to a seaside “cathedral.” Today, the monumental shell remains, slowly crumbling under salt and storms.
Following the Sicilian Region’s recent public purchase of the site, participants in this competition were invited to reinterpret the ruin as a civic center: a place for public services, with spaces for meetings, study, and work.
Discover the New Mission, Save the Convent!
2nd
Adelaide Tremori
Teresa Cantini
Luciano Ligorio
Alessandro Marini
1st
Wonjae Lee
Jonathan Wilmers
3rd
Xiangyu Zhao
Huayue Wang
Ruohan Chen
Competition's Jury
Carmen Maurice
Office Winhov
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Exhibition
The submitted projects will be displayed at a local exhibition in Scicli.