ArchitetturAlpinA,un docufilm

The Architetti Arco Alpino Association coordinates and promotes cultural initiatives focused on design in mountain contexts. Its ambition is to raise awareness among a broader audience, beyond professionals, about the conditions that foster architectural quality and territorial integrity. Feedback from initiatives promoted in previous years has shown that, using language suitable for a non-expert audience, architecture and territory can be discussed outside of a strictly disciplinary context. AAA’s latest project, set to be completed between the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026, will showcase ten examples of transformation across the Italian Alps, where high-quality architecture embraces both people and their stories. Titled ArchitetturAlpinA (Alpine Architecture), this project is a nearly hour-long docufilm directed by Francesca Molteni, who has curated significant works on Aldo Rossi, Emilio Ambasz, and Renzo Piano, among others. AAA will explore ten projects that, at vastly different scales and within diverse social and economic contexts, reaffirm the importance of a thoughtful design process that respects people and places. In order to better capture the stratified complexity of these transformations, and to break away from the almost sacred image of architecture, normally devoid of any human presence, the video format becomes the ideal medium to invite reflection on the current state of architecture in the Italian Alps, bringing human stories and landscapes into meaningful dialogue.