News

Re-certification: visit by evaluator in Forlì

October 2025

On 16-17 October 2025, within the framework of the re-certification process as an official Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, the ATRIUM Association headquarter in Forlì received visit by an evaluator.

The evaluation for the re-certification of a Cultural Route is conducted by independent experts contracted by the Council of Europe's Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes (EPA). These experts assess the route through a documentary review and a field visit, submitting a report on its compliance with the criteria. The final decision to renew the certification is then made by the EPA Governing Board. 

Ibrida Festiva: Artist Residency Award

September 2025

As part of the collaboration between Ibrida Festival and ATRIUM – Dissonant Architectures, the Artist Residency Award was assigned to Gian Luca Abbate for his work Fallen Houses.

“A work that imagines architecture as a living organism, where urban geometries intertwine with the dancers’ bodies. Through this dialogue between matter and movement, the piece evokes memories and transformations that inhabit built space, offering a poetic and immersive experience.”

Press article (in Italian language).

New collaboration with Ibrida Festival

September 2025

Ibrida Festival, an international video art festival based in Forlì, announces a new collaboration with ATRIUM:

“This year we are taking another step forward thanks to the collaboration with Atrium, a European association based in Forlì (Italy). The artists selected by Ibrida will live in the city and create a video art work dedicated to its dissonant architectures. The work will premiere at the next edition of the festival and will become part of the Atrium collection, turning into a shared visual memory.” Read the full interview on Arshake.

Benetusser, Spain - new Atrium member

September 2025

On 15 September 2025, the Municipality of Benetusser (Spain) will join the ATRIUM Cultural Route. Benetússer is the first Spanish town to join the ATRIUM European Cultural Route. This marks a key step in preserving its historical heritage and connecting it to a wider European network. Download the programme.

ATRIUM on Diário de Coimbra

September 2025

ATRIUM appears on the local nespaper "Diário de Coimbra". The article "Valores Europeus e o Itinerário Cultural ATRIUM" is written by Patrick Leech on the ATRIUM route for a Portuguese newspaper, which will publish a series of articles on the Cultural Routes that cross the Coimbra region. View the article.

Dossier submitted: re-certification as Cultural Route of the CoE

September 2025

The ATRIUM Association has recently sumbitted the dossier for the third re-certification as official Cultural Route of the Council of Europe.

This is a key step in confirming the European recognition first awarded in 2014 and successfully renewed in 2017 and 2021. The certification process is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made and to reaffirm our commitment to be part of the large community of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme, representing and promoting the 20th-century dissonant architectural heritage and its related history and memory.