Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies

Aldo Rossi

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid object of architectural study, and in part an analysis of the rules and forms of the city's construction, the book has become immensely popular among architects and design students.

Architettura Della Città

Con cerca de cincuenta años de historia, este libro forma parte del imaginario de varias generaciones de arquitectos y sigue siendo una obra fundamental para comprender los procesos de conformación de la ciudad entendida como arquitectura. Desde que en 1966 se publicara La arquitectura de la ciudad por primera vez en italiano, la crítica al funcionalismo ingenuo, los conceptos de locus, monumento y tipo, o la recuperación del valor de la memoria colectiva en la arquitectura han permanecido para siempre en el debate teórico arquitectónico. En este texto, Aldo Rossi reclamó el valor autónomo de la arquitectura y reivindicó, en el marco de lo que él denominaba la �ciencia urbana”, la obra singular y el monumento como los elementos fundamentales de la historia de la ciudad y de la memoria colectiva. Pero más allá de estas aportaciones y en la línea de otros autores, desde el iluminismo hasta la actualidad, con este ensayo Rossi abordó directamente los principios y fundamentos de la teoría de la arquitectura y propuso el establecimiento de un cuerpo científico autónomo que fundara la actividad de la arquitectura y condujera a la acumulación de las experiencias, al estudio ordenado de los problemas y a una enseñanza sistemática. En definitiva, uno de los textos programáticos más influyentes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX en arquitectura.

La arquitectura de la ciudad

Autobiografia scientifica

Kersten Geers

Jelena Pancevac

Rossi's urban theory of "collective memory" interpreted through 23 architectural projects The great Italian architect, designer, theorist and printmaker Aldo Rossi (1931-97) galvanized the postmodernist architectural movement in the middle of the 20th century with his unique synthesis of influences such as Adolf Loos, Giorgio de Chirico and Soviet architecture. From his publication Architecture of the City(1966) to his 1976 exhibition Analogous City, Rossi spent a decade developing a theory of urban design that focused on the "collective memory" of a city as an essential element of its urban planning and gave consideration to how buildings and urban areas age over time. Here, Rossi's theory is applied to his own works from that period, both built and unbuilt, in a careful selection of 23 projects that express this memory-based paradigm of civic existence and construction. Aldo Rossi: The Urban Factthus unifies Rossi's theory and practice, demonstrating the visionary dimension driving his singular brand of postmodernism.

Aldo Rossi. The Urban Fact A Reference Book on Aldo Rossi

Carter Ratcliff

Stefanie Lew

Aldo Rossi is admired as much for his artistic ability as for his architectural design skill. His drawings, paintings, and renderings have been exhibited in museums and galleries from New York to Moscow, and formed the basis of a 1991 retrospective at the Pompidou Center in Paris.This elegant book collects over 200 color reproductions and 200 black and white reproductions of his drawings and paintings together in a companion volume to . An introduction by the editors explores the themes common to Rossi's architectural and drawn oeuvre, and an essay by critic and art historian Carter Ratcliff situates Rossi's graphic work in the context of contemporary art.Together the text and plates offer an insight into the creative mind of one of the most important architects in practice today.

Drawings and Paintings

Berlinische Galerie

H. G. Hannesen

Helmut Geisert

This architectural monograph provides a critical study of Aldo Rossi, a leading Italian architect and one of the most successful architects of the post-modernist period. An historical analysis of Rossi's work is presented as the author explores the source material, and projects and buildings of the period 1965-1992 are examined. The book is illustrated throughout and includes a reappraisal of nine recent projects.

Aldo Rossi Architect

Admired as much for his artistic ability as for his architectural skill, Rossi has exhibited at galleries around the world.

Aldo Rossi

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