Architecture of Pica Ciamarra Associati

Since 1970, based in an isolated building situated on the peninsulaof Posillipo, Pica Ciamarra Associati (www.pcaint.eu) has acted asa laboratory of architectural and urban design which has graduallyincorporated new members and new energies over the time: usinga multidisciplinary approach, the roots of the architectural practice0lie in the intensive theoretical and practical work begun in the early 1960s by Massimo Pica Ciamarra. 0This monograph is the result of an intensive period of work and consists of two interacting parts. It stems from research into the archive of the studio Pica Ciamarra and conversation with the members of the architectural practice. Organised diachronically, the book tells the long story, unfolding over a period of over fifty years of a team of Neapolitan architects and designers, who have maintained the lively spirit of the practice which is still geared towards the future.0The textual and iconographic account tells a story and offers an interpretation that highlight the vibrant atmosphere of the studio, based on a consistency of thought and action, and fuelled by an interest in many different forms of knowledge. The contextualisation of the events related to the studio, as they unfolded over time, is0wide-ranging, coherent and connotative.