at work 04: Ian+

Last visit in the at work series: Luca Galofaro introducing us to the work of Ian+...
Here you can listen to some words about theory, style, and the tradition of italian architecture.
... showing their great models, telling us the important role that they have in their research.

and extending the discussion in the Ian+ garden.

thank you so much!

at work 03: Stalker

11th of april, we meet the Stalkers, represented by Francesco Careri and Aldo Innocenzi...
Here you can listen to some words about theory in architecture, and here the full final discussion.

project proposal

ITOPIAN RANGERS
seeking untopia

This project will follow the upcoming launch of a new website of an Italian architectural firm – The Itopia Rangers. The five founding members of The Itopia Rangers have relied on their different ideals to propel them towards relative success in the local architecture circuit, but have recently decided to project themselves via the internet. The launch of the website coincides with the original four members’ recent decision to promote one of the junior designers as a partner. It should be noted, that The Itopian Rangers are one of the leading architectural firms responsible for dealing with architectural restoration – not of historical, archaeological buildings, but of ailing, derelict buildings deemed to be in need of ‘help’.

Eddy, Eddie, & Gideon

The City of Sport and Culture

Itinerary

1 – Villaggio Olimpico, Residential districts for athlets for the Olympic Games 1960
(Adalberto Libera and others) 1957-1960
2 – Palazzetto dello Sport, Sporting palace (Pierluigi Nervi, Annibale Vitellozzi) 1956-1958
3 – Stadio Flaminio, Football stadium (Pierluigi Nervi) 1957-1958
4 – Corso Francia viaduct, (Pierluigi Nervi, Adalberto Libera and others) 1968-1960
7 – Auditorium – Parco della Musica (Renzo Piano) 1994-2002
8 – MAXXI – National Museum of 21st century Arts, (Zaha Hadid) 1998-2009
9 – Foro Italico (former Foro Mussolini) – Sporting complex
(Enrico Del Debbio, Luigi Moretti) 1928-1933

A Giant Face...

Inside dome of Palazzetto dello Sport sporting palace by Pierluigi Nervi & Annibale Vitellozzi, 1956-1958.



Villaggio Olimpico by Adalberto Libera, 1957-1960. Instead of an open space, it has a park as its courtyard.

A cute car... anybody knows what this is called?



Renzo Piano's Parco Della Musica, 1994-2002.

Use of the street in front of Parco della Musica as playspace for children.

Maxxi by Zaha Hadid, under construction, 1998-2009.

Track fields at Stadio Flaminio. Each of the marble statues around the field represent a sport of both modern and ancient origin.

~Stephanie

More Quartiere Tuscolano

Barn on the 6th (7th) floor. (top right of image) - Not actually a barn of course.

I thought the single line parking in the middle of the street was interesting, Joy said that this happens in parts of Virginia too.

Detail of the building-with-restricted-shutters (see Joe's post). Every "pilaster" is skewed in this way.

Yay accessibility! Elevator shaft appears to have been added after the building's construction... I think it fits in quite nicely though.

Some more pictures of this very beautiful project. It is nice to see a success story in an utopian residential scheme. Nice use of the panoramatic park after a dark "entrance vestibule". Note the abundance of greenery - there actually weren't that many people out and about when we were there but potted plants mean that someone with a lot of love must be keeping them alive.

City-esque "streets" within a microcosm. Note the importance of seeing the sky. It wouldn't be quite as street like without the sky. Also interesting are the transverse streets implied by the roofed over portions of the "streets": many of us walked down the paths expecting to find similar but perpendicular passages only to be greeted with the front doors of people's residences.

~Lester

Renato Nicolini

Renato Nicolini came to lecture on 22nd of February on "Architecture of Politics: Politics of Rome."
>>1968-80's: Head of Culture Department.
80's: Parliament member
90's: Head of City Image department in Napoli<<  

"No more city, just shopping. No more urban life, just politics."

"Symbolic value alone does not empower architecture."

"In reality, we don't want strong architecture,

we want a relation with me."

-Joy & Stephanie

Quartiere Tuscolano

The market at Tuscolano. We were allowed to take pictures from the outside, right?

One of the housing complexes in Tuscolano. Note the attic loft that is meant to recall rustic farmhouses.


Note the brickwork, this building was made before the popularization of mass production. Also note the inability to open the shutters all the way. Then go back to the picture above and note it three hundred and sixty times.
The adjacent building. The grilles in the attic floor provide ventilation to the building using traditional rural methods.

Libera's housing development in Tuscolano. View of the Parco degli Acquedotti from one of the upper balconies.

- Joe