Open House restarts in Rome with an ‘urban beat’

Return to Rome Open House. After the forced stop imposed by the pandemic, the great public event – and totally free – that opens the doors of historic buildings, contemporary architecture, places of excellence in the city resumes on 2 and 3 October. The theme chosen for the 2021 edition is “Urban beat” to underline the return to city life. “The city is an organic system, a living body, fed by a multiplicity of competing actions, which expands and retracts, adapting and evolving” says the director of Open House Roma (Ohr) Davide Paterna. Paterna explains that “this edition of Open House Rome is dedicated to the reconquest of urban spaces, of interrupted relationships, of dormant desires. In the discovery of the new architecture of the Eternal City, the invitation is to marvel again, to participate again in a reality yet to be revealed “. “The program of this edition foresees the opening of more than 200 sites including walks, visits to studios and private houses, new architectures, or usually inaccessible places, which Open House Roma can visit for free” announces Paterna. underlines that “the commitment that we make every year with Open House Roma is to reaffirm how much the city is first of all a collective space, of shared knowledge, and we do so not only by celebrating its historical heritage, but by allowing the exploration of the city in becoming, contemporary. We try to build an ever greater urban ‘awareness’, stimulating the direct experience of architecture and encouraging citizens to claim a central role in its design, development and care “. Open House Italia network is born, 4 weekends from 18 September to 10 October This year for the first time the four Italian cities of the international network – Turin, Milan, Rome and Naples – present the Open House Italia network by launching the edition of openings in 4 consecutive weekends from 18th September to 10th October. “Open House 2021 was born from the common desire to give a strong signal of reopening in the name of sharing and knowledge that have always been the philosophy of Open House, to stimulate the exploration of our cities and confirm how urban space is the best place. deputy to discussion and participation for the communities and citizens who live there every day “say the four directors of Open House Torino, Luca Ballarini, Milan, Maja Plata, Rome, Davide Paterna, and Naples, Stefano Fedele. The 4 events are linked by an unprecedented editorial project “Trame Urbane” which sees Italian authors and authors as protagonists in an autobiographical and evocative narrative of the city: the director Marco Ponti tells about Turin, the writer Marco Missiroli unveils his Milan, the photographer Francesco Zizola reveals his gaze on Rome and with the writer Valeria Parrella we discover an unprecedented skyline of Naples. This year at its IX Edition Open House Rome, promoted by the Open City Rome Association, it has become an “unmissable” appointment to visit places usually not accessible: a weekend dedicated to the discovery of extraordinary yet often unknown sites in Rome. The 2021 program – which requires reservations and a Green Pass for guided tours or events but no certification for outdoor tours – will lead visitors through new places, city tours, private homes and events that will enliven the city for the whole weekend. Among the novelties of this year, the special opening of historic buildings such as the Casa delle Armi at the Foro Italico by Luigi Moretti, the recently restored Troisi cinema, together with contemporary places such as the new Angelini headquarters of the Transit studio, the headquarters of Bnl in Tiburtina of 5 + 1AA, or the new John Felice Rome Center University campus by Ignazio Lo Manto. There are also numerous openings to the public of private houses Numerous in this 2021 edition also the openings to the public of private houses – among the many ‘Casa in via Giulia’ inside Palazzo Sacchetti by Massimo Adario, ‘House of Dust’ by Antonino Cardillo , and ‘La linea’ at the Olympic Village by Martina Di Egidio – which underline the pleasure of citizens to open up again to the city.The 2021 edition of Open House Roma is also marked by t our in the districts of the city – San Lorenzo, il Vittoria district, the Parioli between villas and barracks, the Quadraro and its walls – or in the underground city with the caves of Villa De Sanctis in Centocelle and the caves of the It’s studio in Casalbertone. There are also numerous events such as Voices from Gazometri in Ostiense, Portuense201 & Floralism, or even Kaleidocity in the Nomentana area. Finally, the event also includes ’40X Roma al Microscope’ at the Gimema Foundation – scientific research center and main partner of the event – an unpublished photographic collective dedicated to Rome in its living organism and in which the photographs will be viewed under the microscope.