Lecture by Anna Bronovitskaya: Aldo Rossi (Italy, 1931–1997)

DESCRIPTION

Anna Bronovitskaya’s next lecture introduces Aldo Rossi, a pioneering figure in the history of European postmodernism.

Aldo Rossi’s approach involved the arrangement of archetypes instead of historical motifs, wherein he saw a tool for creating a poetic “recollection” and atmosphere. In his opinion, rather than decorating functions, architecture should provide conditions for “events” to happen. By bringing modern architecture back to monumentality, Rossi was restoring the connection with numerous layers of Italian history. His inspiration sources were diverse: from household items, such as coffee makers and watches, to the Moscow skyscrapers he admired a lot following his visit to the Soviet Union in 1955.

ABOUT THE LECTURER

 

Anna Bronovitskaya is an architectural historian, director of research at Moscow’s Institute of Modernism. She teaches at the Moscow School of Architecture (MARCH) and has dozens of publications on twentieth century architecture to her name. In 2016, Garage published the guidebook Moscow: Soviet Modernist Architecture. 1955–1991 which Bronovitskaya co-authored with Nikolay Malinin. In 2018, Garage published the book Alma-Ata: Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955–1991, A Guidebook by Anna Bronovitskaya, Nikolay Malinin, and Yury Palmin.

SUPPORTED BY

Dornbracht

HOW TO TAKE PART

Entrance is free, but space is limited. Please arrive early.

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