Paolo Soleri was invited to an interesting four-day summer workshop in Ravello, Italy, a small village on the beautiful coast south of Naples.

Ravello, Italy : Photo: www.ravellotime.it

The event, titled THE POWER - THE POWERS, was organized by world famous Italian sociologist Domenico De Masi, S3 STUDIUM and the magazine NEXT.

Part of the event was a special SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, coordinated by Antonio Fragiacomo, assisted by the mayor of the city, Secondo Amalfitano, and Professor Domenico De Masi. It was organized on the stage of an amazing open theater erected along a cliff balcony right above the sea.

The official conference was attended by more than 200 people, many of them intellectuals from all around the world. Soleri spoke about the power of utopia and his experience in the US. His speech was followed by a slide show about Cosanti and Arcosanti.

Soleri also had the opportunity of meeting the public and presenting his latest book ITINERARIO DI ARCHITETTURA, the anthology of Paolo Soleri’s writing recently translated into Italian and published by the Italian publishing company JACA BOOK.