Francesco Merlo (La Repubblica)
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This is a small house that has everything of a small house.
Just like a prison is all about a prison.
"And her name is"
Mama,
"adds Renzo Piano.
Here, Mama is an acronym, but it is also the word of love, because if we are to believe the dictionaries, "
ma
" is the first syllable pronounced by newborns who, chasing who knows what sound. or what shadow, repeat it and lengthen it, deform it and split it, to finally pronounce the long-awaited "
mamma
".
What other name could we give to this little orange wooden house on the lawn of Rebibbia women's prison?
First and foremost, Mama takes the place of the sordid parlor, a place of sadness, harshness and public privacy - this is a painful oxymoron.
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This is a mini-apartment where detained mothers can receive their children.
Indeed, the law no longer allows them to keep them in their cell after the age of 4.
And even if outside, between the pomegranates,
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