Officina 21

Officina 21 is an architecture workshop founded in 1993 and based between Catania and Paterno in Sicily, which describes itself as a workshop of landscape. Sustainability, the recovery of memory and urban strategies run through its design experience.

The practice moves between the recovery of historic buildings and archaeological sites, strategic planning and contemporary architecture, exploring marginal places, the urban countryside and historic cities. Residences, hospitality buildings, social housing and collective spaces form the built output, with projects including Casa di pietra, Villa Gina, the Caucana archaeological area and the Convento di San Francesco. Research and teaching run through its method, bringing art, natural sciences and anthropology into contact with architectural work.