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ALDO ROSSIITALIAN ARCHITECT
BY ISAAC SWANSON
ALDO ROSSI• Born May 3rd 1931 in Milan,
Italy.
• Died September 4th 1997 in Milan, Italy.
• Married Swiss Actress.
• Father of 2 children.
• Internationally Recognized.
ALDO ROSSI
• Theorist
• Writer
• Product Designer
• Artist and Painter
• Architect
EDUCATION
• EARLY EDUCATION – SOMASCAN RELIGIOUS ORDER (MILAN)
• COLLEGE – ALESSANDRO VOLTA COLLEGE (LECCO)
• UNIVERSITY – POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN (1949-1959)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• ARCHITECT – STUDIO IGNAZIO GARDELLA (1956), STUDIO MARCO ZANUSO (1963).
• INSTRUCTOR – ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR – AREZZO SCHOOL OF URBAN PLANNING
(1963), ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR - INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE IN VENICE (1963),
LECTURER – POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN (1965), CHAIR OF ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN – ETH ZURICH (1971-75), INSTRUCTOR – COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK CITY,
INSTRUCTOR - CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA NY, INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE
AND URBAN STUDIES WITH THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
• DESIGNER – UNIFOR (NOW MOLTENI FURNITURE) (1989), ALESSI (1986-88), PIRELLI.
ALDO ROSSI’S THEORY
A CITY MUST BE STUDIED AND VALUED AS SOMETHING CONSTRUCTED
OVER TIME, ARCHITECTURE HAS DEVELOPED CERTAIN CONTINUOUS FORMS
AND IDEAS; OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE URBAN ARTIFACTS THAT
WITHSTAND THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THE CITY REMEMBERS ITS PAST WITH A
COLLECTIVE MEMORY THAT WE USE THROUGH MONUMENTS TO GIVE
STRUCTURE TO THE CITY. AN ARCHITECT MUST RESPECT THE FABRIC OF
THE CITY RATHER THAN DISRUPT IT WITH SHOCKINGLY NEW
ARCHITECTURE.” – ALDO ROSSI
• ORIGINATED FROM ALDO ROSSI’S THEORIES. HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE
THE FATHER OF THE POSTMODERN NEORATIONALISM MOVEMENT.
Postmodern Neorationalism
• ALDO ROSSI’S CONCEPTUALIZED DESIGN WAS INFLUENCED BY 1920’S
ITALIAN MODERNISM, THE CLASSICIST INFLUENCES OF VIENNESE ARCHITECT
ADOLF LOOS, THE REFLECTIONS OF THE PAINTER GIRORGIO DE CHIRICO AND
IMPRESSIONS OF STALINIST ARCHITECTURE.
• IN SEEKING TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY BEYOND SIMPLE
FUNCTIONALISM, ROSSI REVIVES THE IDEA OF TYPOLOGY AS A METHOD FOR
UNDERSTANDING BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS THE LARGER CITY. HE ALSO
WRITES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MONUMENTS AS EXPRESSIONS OF THE
COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE CITY, AND THE IDEA OF PLACE AS AN
EXPRESSION OF BOTH PHYSICAL REALITY AND HISTORY.
PUBLISHED WRITINGS• CASABELLA-CONTINUITA – ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL
MAGAZINE (1955-1964)
• SCRITTI SCELTI SULL’ARCHITETTURA E LA CITTA (SELECTED
WRITINGS ON ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY (1956-1972)
• L’ARCHITETTURA DELLA CITTA (THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE
CITY) WHICH BECAME AN ARCHITECTURAL CLASSIC (1966)
• A SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY (ALDO ROSSI’S
AUTOBIOGRAPHY) (1981)
CONCEPT AND DESIGN
• ROSSI’S ARCHITECTURAL WORK IS BASED OFF OF ORIGINAL
FORMS OF ARCHITECTURE IN NORTHERN ITALY. THIS WORK
IS BASED OFF OF 5 AREAS, CONE, CHIMNEY, BAPTISTERY,
THEATER, AND PASSAGEWAY.
• “HIS BUILDINGS SEEM TO BE DRAWN FROM A MEMORY
THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE OF TIME, A MEDITATION ON HISTORY
AND THE ESSENCE OF ARCHITECTURE.” - UNKNOWN
ART AND DESIGN
ALDO ROSSI ALSO DESIGNED FUNCTIONAL FURNITURE AND OBJECTS.
ART AND DESIGN
Drawing of Hotel il Palazzo (1987)
Drawing of Quartier Schützenstrasse (1994)
Abstract plan/drawing of San Cataldo Cemetery (1971)Sketch of Ca'di Cozzi (1996)
ART AND DESIGN
AWARDS• 1971 – WON DESIGN COMPETITION FOR SAN CATALDO
CEMETERY.
• 1979 – BECAME MEMBER OF ACADEMY OF SAINT LUKE.
• 1984 – WON DESIGN COMPETITION TO RENOVATE TEATRO CARLO FELICE IN GENOA.
• 1987 – WON INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AT PARC DE LA VILLETTE IN PARIS, FRANCE.
• 1987 – WON INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM IN BERLIN, GERMANY.
• 1990 – AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS PRITZKER PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE.
• 1991 - AWARDED THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEDAL IN ARCHITECTURE FROM THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS.
AWARDS
• 1991- AWARDED THE "CAMPIONE D'ITALIA" NEL MONDO PRIZE.
• HE WAS NOMINATED HONOURARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS OF NEW YORK.
• 1996 - RECEIVED THE CULTURA PRIZE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SECTOR.
• 1996 – HONORARY MEMBER OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS.
• 1997 – POSTHUMOUSLY RECEIVED THE TORRE GUINIGI PRIZE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO URBAN STUDIES.
• 1997 – POSTHUMOUSLY RECEIVED THE SEASIDE PRIZE OF THE SEASIDE INSTITUTE.
FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
SAN CATALDO CEMETERY IN MODENA, ITALY (1971-84)
TEATRO DEL MONDO (1979) VENICE, ITALY
This 250 seat floating Teatro del Mondo was designed by Aldo Rossi for the 1979 Venice Biennale.
CENTRO DIREZIONALE FONTIVEGGE (1982) PERUGIA, ITALY
CITY HALL OF BORGORICCO (1983) BORGORICCO, ITALY
LA VILLETTE SUD (1986-91) PARIS, FRANCE
BLOCK 10 KOCHSTRAẞE (1987) WEST BERLIN, GERMANY
TEATRO CARLO FELICE OPERA HOUSE (1991) GENOA, ITALY
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING FOR DISNEY (1991) ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Aldo Rossi’s only building designed and built in the United States.
QUARTIER SCHÜTZENSTRASSE (1994-98) BERLIN, GERMANY
BONNEFANTENMUSEUM(1995) MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS
CA'DI COZZI (1996) VERONA, ITALY
CA'DI COZZI WAS THE LAST ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT OF ALDO ROSSI, A NEIGHBORHOOD OF SHOPS, OFFICES AND APARTMENTS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF VERONA, ITALY.
AS IN MOST OF HIS PROJECTS, ROSSI USED LOCAL MATERIALS FOR BUILDING, CIRCULAR AND TRIANGULAR CEILINGS, RECESSED WINDOWS, CORNICES, COLUMNS AND PORTICOS OF WAYS.
REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Rossi
http://architect.architecture.sk/aldo-rossi-architect/aldo-rossi-architect.php
http://www.designboom.com/eng/exhibition/rossi1.html
http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/collection/541-aldo-rossi-archive
http://www.pritzkerprize.com/1990/announcement
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/510204/Aldo-Rossi
http://bbrebel.com/tag/aldo-rossi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism_%28architecture%29