promoters

CNAPPC - Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori (National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservationists)
Via di Santa Maria dell'Anima, 10 - 00186 Rome, Italy
Web-site www.archiworld.it

President: Raffaele Sirica

Public Rights Institution created by Law no. 1395 of 1923 under the vigilance of the Ministry of Justice. Performs judiciary functions, gives opinions on law and regulation designs regarding the above-mentioned professions, gives interpretations on sector normatives; co-ordinates the activities of the 102 provincial professional associations in which those intending to practice the profession of architect are obliged to enrol; oversees quality and appropriate conduct of its members by means of ethical norms and, hence, the quality of professional performance.

MINISTRY FOR CULTURAL TREASURES AND ACTIVITIES
DARC - Direzione Generale per l'architettura e l'arte contemporanea
Piazza del Popolo, 18 - 00187 Rome, Italy
Web-site: www.darc.beniculturali.it

General Director: Pio Baldi

DARC was created in May of 2001 and promotes contemporary artistic creativity, in support of the traditional activities of the Ministry in the sectors of protection and restoration of the ancient. Joining protection and conservation to the contemporary project means undoing the deeply-rooted reassuring presuppositions that "conservation" is equivalent to "quality"; it means, therefore, recognising the unfeasibility of the conservation/contemporary juxtaposition, and searching for "quality" in any form of design or planning which may not be contemporary. The new director's task is, therefore, demanding and fundamental to the development of Italian architecture.

"Italia in Giappone 2001" FOUNDATION
Founders: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Associazione Italia Giappone
Piazza Venezia, 11 - 00187 Rome, Italy
Web-site: www.italjapan2001.it

President: Umberto Agnelli

A non-profit foundation whose members include the Italian Ministries, public administrations and agencies and corporations interested in the development of relations between Italy and Japan. From the spring of 2001 to the summer of 2002, the Foundation opened valuable windows in major Japanese cities on the art, culture, technology, products and creativity of Italy, following an ideal route leading from ancient classical times, through the Renaissance, and on up to the end of the 20th century. The exhibition on Italian Architecture "From Futurism to a Possible Future" and the competition open to young Italian and Japanese architects for "Piazza Italia in Giappone 2001" will conclude this year of cultural exchange.

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