New Architecture in South Tyrol 2018 – 2024

Curated by
Filippo Bricolo

Kunst Meran Merano Arte, together with the South Tyrolean Architecture Foundation and the South Tyrolean Artists’ Association, is pleased to present the exhibition and catalogue New Architecture in South Tyrol 2018 – 2024.

Following the first three editions of 2006, 2012 and 2018, Kunst Meran Merano Arte is now proposing a fourth inventory of projects documenting the architectural horizon that has developed in South Tyrol, selected by an international jury consisting of curator Filippo Bricolo, an architect (Bricolo Falsarella Architetti) and a lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Milan, along with Elisa Valero Ramos, architect and professor of architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of the University of Granada, and Annette Spiro, architect (Spiro + Gantenbein Architekten ETH/SIA AG) and full professor of architecture and construction at ETH Zurich. The project in its entirety accordingly tells the story of 24 years of architecture in South Tyrol: from the year 2000 until today.

The three members of the jury conducted a preselection process of over 240 projects and, after numerous site visits, chose 28 main structures, with a detailed account of each. These were joined by a second group of 28 others.

As curator Filippo Bricolo states in his introduction to the catalogue, the project revolves around two fundamental questions: Is there such a thing as South Tyrolean architecture? And, if so, what does it consist of?

Intended as a survey, not as an award, the initiative as a whole has permitted the in-depth study and analysis of the region’s architecture from an external perspective, with several international juries successively taking part. From time to time, aspects would emerge that characterised this context in relation to various factors such as exchanges with other regions, the existence of design competitions or the needs of clients. 

Projects by:  alpina architects, Walter Angonese, Architekten Mahlknecht Comploi, Architekturgemeinschaft 15, Architekturkollektiv null17, Area Architetti Associati, Roland Baldi Architects, bergmeisterwolf, Busselli Scherer, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli, CeZ Calderan e Zanovello architetti, Comfort_Architecten, Daniel Ellecosta, Martin Feiersinger, Flaim Prünster Architekten, Andreas Gruber Architekten, Alfred Gufler, Markus Hinteregger, Höller & Klotzner Architekten, kostnerarchitektur, KUP – ARCH, Messner Architects, MoDusArchitects, Andreas Moroder, NAEMAS Architekturkonzepte, NOA, Fabian Oberhofer, Pedevilla Architects, Peter Pichler Architecture, Plasma Studio, Markus Scherer, Senoner Tammerle Architekten, STIFTER + BACHMANN, tara, Julian Tratter, Martin Trebo, Lukas Wielander

Partners: Architekturstiftung Südtirol / Fondazione Architettura Alto Adige,, Südtiroler Künstlerbund
Members of the jury: Filippo Bricolo, Elisa Valero Ramos, Annette Spiro
Catalogue: © Kunst Meran Merano Arte und/e/and Park Books AG, Zürich
Graphic design: Andrea Muheim, Lioba Wackernell, granitdesign.eu