Edizioni del Pesce
“In 1994 I created an activity in New York to produce vases and objects with polyurethane resin, developing a specific know how and an original approach to the material over years of hard work...
Il giullare
“For more than two years we are going through a severe economic times, but not as much as you hear. Many fearful, or lovers of “rest“, deliberately exaggerate the seriousness
of this crisis. Certainly it...
A double interview to Gaetano Pesce and Paulo Antonio Pedó Filho, Melissa‘s Manager
Marco Casamonti: You are a designer who has given proof of great versatility over the years, working in every field, as an architect planning both buildings and interiors, as a designer of furniture and...
Italy: the new domestic landscape
The discovery of a small subterranean city, belonging to the epoch known “The period of the Great Contaminations”; location: Southern Europe (Alps). The basic living unit of the urban settlement was found to be...
Le temps des questions
“Polymorphously perverse” is not normally a term that pops to mind when discussing architectural innovation, but when it comes to the exuberant, messy work of Gaetano Pesce, space has many seats of pleasure. Who...
L‘Italia in croce
The first idea of “L‘italia in Croce“ dates back to 1976, year of the above drawing. The project at that moment wasn‘t realized for the tricky policy situation of those years
Italy needs a dynamic,...
La torre pluralista
It has often been said that “when the spirit, the content of a work of art is lacking, the form prevails”. I have been convinced for years that this sentence faithfully mirrors, and in...
The organic building
The goal of this project was to create a new typology, a vertical garden. The nine-story building’s red steel panel exterior incorporates a system of small bays with controlled irrigation and drainage that allow for plants and...
Bahia house
Through an expressive use of varied materials, Bahia House is an experiment of architecture that connects with the cultural identity of the place where it is built. Bahia (Brazil) has a long, multi-layered physical...
Pescetrullo
Is it not surprising that present-day architectural expression has not yet taken advantage of all that happened in the culture in the Fifties and Sixties of last century? Pop art, Bukowski’s “ordinary” poetry, the...
Pink pavilion
Architecture, as any other human activity, needs to progress. I hope this Pink Pavilion will make us think about the urgent necessity of innovation in its many necessary guises - including, as seen here,...
Ponte sullo stretto di Messina
1. The bridge with the “S“ shape to slow speed and to remember the initial of Sicily.
2. The bridge supported by 20 pillars as there are Italian Regions.
3. The pillars are large in order...