| Aldo Rossi |
Article Index for Aldo |
Website Links For Aldo |
Information AboutAldo Rossi |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ALDO ROSSI | |
| 1931 births | |
| rossi, aldo | |
| 1997 deaths | |
| people from milan | |
| italian architects | |
| italian architecture writers | |
| rossi | |
| postmodern architects | |
| pritzker prize winners | |
|
In his writings Rossi criticized the lack of understanding of the city in current architectural practice. He argued that a city must be studied and valued as something constructed over time; of particular interest are urban artifacts that withstand the passage of time. Rossi held that the city remembers its past (our "collective memory"), and that we use that memory through monuments; that is, monuments give structure to the city. He is considered the founder of the Neo-Rationalist movement known as ''La Tendenza'' (see Rationalism ). His influence in shaping European architectural thinking during this period is often compared to that of Robert Venturi in the USA; however, Rossi was clearly progressing ''Modernist'' views that were based on European urbanism whereas Venturi was a ''Post-Modernist''. For the . He won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1990. Ada Louise Huxtable , architectural critic and Pritzker juror, has described Rossi as "a poet who happens to be an architect." ADDITIONAL MAIN WORKS
EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|