The exhibition “Aldo Rossi and Reason. Architecture 1967-1997”, curated by Cinzia Simioni and Alessandro Tognon with the Aldo Rossi Foundation, presents a selection of architectural works designed and built by the Milanese architect that serves, still today, as an essential reference for research and the study of urban science.<\/p>\n
Set up in the magnificent Salone di Palazzo della Ragione, one of Rossi’s architectural archetypes, the exhibition develops chronologically from the 1960s to the 1990s through over 150 original works including studies, paintings, drawings and models. It features everything from his Monument to the Partisans of Segregate (1965-1967) to the “Salvatore Orr\u00f9” Primary School in Fagnano Olona (1972-1976), from the Town Hall of Borgoricco (1983-1988) to the reconstruction of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice (1996).<\/p>\n
The extensive design chronology presents 34 different architectural structures and is enriched by some design objects, writings, and photographic and filmic documents.<\/p>\n
Four projects are developed in four different rooms and presented through studies, drawings, models, artefacts, and video documents.<\/p>\n
The four architectures emblematically lead the visitor from Rossi’s debut with the Cemetery of San Cataldo in Modena (1971-1978), to the affirmation of his iconic status with the Teatro del Mondo in Venice (1979), to his international recognition with the Hotel and Restaurant Complex Il Palazzo in Fukuoka (1987-1989), and his competition project for the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin (1988).<\/p>\n
“Aldo Rossi e la Ragione” is a tribute to the “reason” so sought after by Aldo Rossi: one that is able to determine the function of spaces and forms in architectural design, and develop the criteria that make it possible for them to have a deep relationship with the context, even in a future setting. The title of the exhibition is also a tribute to the monument in Padua that has been able to reinvent itself over the centuries while keeping its formal identity intact, establishing itself as an excellent example of urban architecture.<\/p>\n