Aldo Rossi : The Sketchbooks, 1990-1997

by Rossi, Aldo; Rossi, Aldo; Portoghesi, Paolo

• ISBN13: 9780500510209
• ISBN10: 0500510202
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

One of the most influential architects of the postwar era, Aldo Rossi has enriched the world of design and architecture with his imaginative ideas, his people-friendly buildings, and his dedication to teaching. Capturing the essence of Rossi's multidisciplinary approach are his exquisite drawings. From his treatise The Architecture of the City (1966) and his seminal Cemetery of San Cataldo (1971) to his popular Hotel II Palazzo in Fukuoka (1987) and a public housing project in Berlin (1992-98), his paper explorations and renderings have been an integral part of his creative process and a key to understanding the meaning behind his architecture. This delightful volume collects over two hundred of Rossi's most recent and largely unpublished drawings, executed between 1991 and his tragic death in 1997. From his musings on Casa Alessi (1989-94) to more ambitious projects for the Walt Disney Corporation (1996), each drawing conveys the individuality and idiosyncrasy of a master at work. It is too easy to describe these personal and exuberant images as works of art, for they are much more: documents, records, visions, and illuminations of a master at work. 226 illustrations, 191 in color.

Table of Contents

Aldo Rossi's Drawings
`Beloved Architecture!' Paolo Portoghesi	6	(18)
The Sketchbooks 1990--1997 Text	24	(160)
Marco Brandolisio
Villa Alessi, Suna di Verbania	24	(2)
Carlo Cattaneo University, Castellanza	26	(6)
New Palazzo del Congressi, Milan	32	(6)
Palazzo del Cinema, Venice	38	(6)
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht	44	(10)
New headquarters for Eurodisney, Paris	54	(4)
Linate airport, Milan	58	(6)
Walt Disney offices, Orlando	64	(4)
Stage set and costumes for Electra, Taormina	68	(4)
Italian embassy, Washington, D.C.	72	(4)
Whitehall ferry terminal, New York	76	(6)
Landsberger Allee, Berlin	82	(8)
Schutzenstrasse, Berlin	90	(8)
Marseilles port	98	(2)
Hotel and commercial development in the port of Moji	100	(6)
Technological park on Lake Maggiore	106	(4)
Theatre, Frankfurt an der Oder	110	(4)
Office Tower, Mexico City	114	(4)
Leipzigerplatz, Berlin	118	(10)
Single family housing at Seaside, Miami	128	(4)
Spree-Ufer competition, Berlin	132	(4)
Walt Disney buildings, Los Angeles	136	(4)
Fiera di Verona	140	(10)
Square for the Italian Forum, Rome	150	(6)
Terranova commercial centre, Olbia	156	(6)
Fenice opera house, Venice	162	(8)
National Museum of History and Art, Luxembourg	170	(4)
Museum of Figurative Arts, Leipzig	174	(10)
A Happy City Giovanni da Pozzo	178	(2)
Angels and Architecture Massimo Scheurer	180	(2)
Drawings and Memories Michele Tadini	182	(2)
List of Aldo Rossi's Drawings	184	(2)
Summary of Aldo Rossi's Projects 1989--97	186