Named after its charmingly christened Moon Alley, the Vicolo Luna neighbourhood is an urban quarter on the edge of Favara?s town ? which is a unique web of dammusi, low stone-and-lime buildings directly derived from the Roman domus, of which dammuso is the surviving archaic Sicilian word.

© Salvatore & Lillo Giglia

Architects: Lillo Giglia Architecture

Location: Favara AG, Italy

Collaborator: Giorgio Parrino

Area: 1500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Salvatore & Lillo Giglia

© Salvatore & Lillo Giglia

From the architect. Named after its charmingly christened Moon Alley, the Vicolo Luna neighbourhood is an urban quarter on the edge of Favara?s town ? which is a unique web of dammusi, low stone-and-lime buildings directly derived from the Roman domus, of which dammuso is the surviving archaic Sicilian word.
© Salvatore & Lillo Giglia

This project?s target is to toggle on urban and social regeneration dynamics, to the benefit of such complex network of old and new buildings, of public, private and venue spaces: squares, historical streets, alleyways, plazas, courtyards and gardens. It is indeed a manifold interaction between public and private, leading to a remarkable degree of cultural livelihood and to a striking nightlife, such as making Favara stealing the ...