{:en}The awards ceremony of the 32nd edition of “Architects in the Grass,” the sand building competition promoted by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Municipality of Loano in cooperation with the Loano Marine Baths Syndicate and the Ati Loano Association of Equipped Free Beaches, was held last night at the Loano Prince's Garden summer arena.
As usual, the protagonists of the initiative were the children, who for one day turned into little architects trying their hand at creating imaginative and elaborate sand constructions. The sculptures were made inside the bathing establishments that joined the initiative. For their works, the young “Architects in the Grass” were allowed to use only natural materials found on the beach: sand, water, stones, shells and seaweed. The working tools, however, were shovels, buckets and, of course, a lot of imagination.
This year's event was again well attended: “The 297 children who entered the contest,‘ explain Loano Mayor Luigi Pignocca and Tourism Councillor Remo Zaccaria, ’once again demonstrate the success enjoyed by this event, which aims to stimulate children's creativity and foster a moment of aggregation with peers and parents at the beach. Nineteen bathing establishments on our coast joined this 32nd edition, in which 49 sand works were created. All numbers, these, which confirm that ”Architects in the Grass' is one of the most anticipated events of the Loano summer for families. This year, then, we received a visit from a TgCom Ragazzi crew, which throughout the day on Tuesday documented the work of the young participants in the competition and the jury.".
This year, the “Architects in Grass” competition was included in the framework of “A Liguria Above the Rows,” the new campaign launched by the Region of Liguria for the summer of 2018, which aims to tell the story of the beauty of our territory through the creation of several colorful itineraries that will pass through its most fascinating and interesting sights. The goal is to present the reasons for “pride” of each location that took part in the initiative. The children, therefore, were asked to make sand sculptures on the theme of “Pride Loano.”.
The winners of the 2018 edition of “Architects on the Grass” were announced at last night's event organized by Dimensione Eventi (under the artistic direction of Ivan Fabio Perna) and animated by Genoa's Teatro Scalzo. The jury awarded first prize to Bagni Sirena for the work “From the Mountain to the Sea.” Second place went to Bagni Sole Mare with “The Lighthouse.” In third place was the Piccola Opera with “La piazza del comune.” In fourth place was Bagni Nadia with “In Liguria... Holiday 10 and praise.” Fifth place for Bagni Ondina with “Postcard from Loano.” In sixth place was Bagni Ippocampo with the work “Ippocampo.” In seventh place was Bagni Doria with “The Castle.” In eighth place the Marina Beach with “La loggetta.” Ninth place to Bagni Virginia with “The Aquarium of Genoa.” In tenth place the Bagni Delfino with the work “No Plastic.”.
“We would like to thank Sib, the Ati of the free beaches, Dimensone Eventi and Teatro Scalzo as well as jury members Marina Papaleo, Mario Giuffrida, Francesco and Claudia Ravotti, Franco Piccardo and Ilaria De Falco and Rita Calcagno of the City's sports and tourism office (who was in charge of coordinating the entire event) for the great work they did these days. See you next year,” Pignocca and Zaccaria concluded.{:}
