Architecture and Vision has won an international competition to design a sculpture at the waterfront of Messina bay in Sicily.

The winning sculpture, called ‘LaFenice’ – ‘The Phoenix’ – recalls the story of the mythological bird, which is reborn out of his ashes ‘more glorious than before’. A symbol of hope and renewal and the power of its message lives in minds and hearts of the people.

Theme of the competition was to propose a sculpture which deals with the collective memory of the City of Messina, which was completely destroyed by an Earthquake in 1908.

The sculpture is forming a connection between Earth and Sky, between past and future and reflecting the lights and the movements of the city into the square. The abstract sculpture consists of three and a half highly reflective slightly deformed double pyramids, which are stacked on top of each other, being reminiscent of growth and the uplifting flight of a bird.

Link: www.architectureandvision.com/av/056.html