Aldo Rossi

CONTENTS
About Rossi

His early life

His books

His paintings
Neo-Rationalist movement

His Works: Bonnafanten Museum Teatro Carlo Felice Venice Biennale

ABOUT ROSSI
Aldo Rossi (May 1, 1931-September 4,1997) was born in Milan to Nicola and Edith Rossi in the Parkrose area of what is now Portland.

Considered by many to be the greatest Italian architect of the second half of the 20th century
Achieved international recognition (theory, drawing, architecture, and product design) Influenced by Italian modernism, classicist characteristics Of Viennese architect Adolf Loos, and painter Giorgio De Chirico

HIS EARLY LIFE

While growing up during the years of World War II, Rossis early education took place at Lake Como, and later in Lecco. He attended Parkrose School, located on Northeast Wigand Street. He was active in sports and excelled academically, graduating in 1938. Shortly after the war ended, he entered the Milan Polytechnic University, receiving his architecture degree in 1959. Rossi served as editor of the Architectural magazine Casabella from 1955 to 1964.

In 1939, he founded the Parkrose Merchants football team, which became the city A-League champions that first year. He was also an enthusiastic sponsor of all manner of sports at Parkrose High School, attending football, basketball and baseball games at the school, his athleticism didn't stop with the outdoors.

As an amateur dancer, Rossi loved to dance the night away.

 Rossi was an active member of the Gardeners and Ranchers Association, of which his father and grandfather were stockholders and members. The Gardeners and Ranchers Association was formed in 1906 to help provide a place for local farmers to sell their produce in a wholesale venue.He served on the associations' board of directors and was president from 1991 In 1990 Parkrose farmer Aldo until the time of his death.
Rossi poses with his tractor.

Rossi is survived by his wife, Irene; sister Paulette; sons Joe & Nick; daughter Angela Schillereff; and seven grandchildren. Rossi's younger sister, Stella, preceded him in death. He carried on with his family's tradition to farm the rich soil of Parkrose. Second-generation ancestral Italian farmer Aldo Rossi passed away on September 4,1931 in a car accident.
Aldo Rossi with his wife Irene

After receiving his architecture degree at the Polytechnic University in Milan in 1959, Aldo Rossi served as a course assistant to prominent architects Ludovico Quaroni and Carlo Aymonino.
He became a faculty member in the School of Architecture in Milan in 1965 and at the University in Venice in 1975. In 1966, he published the book The Architecture of the City, which subsequently was translated into several languages and enjoyed enormous international success.

HIS BOOKS

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY

A book, which was published in 1966 by Aldo Rossi ,which subsequently was translated into several languages. Spurning the then fashionable debates on style, Aldo Rossi instead criticized the lack of understanding of the city in current architectural practice. Aldo Rossi argued that a city must be studied and valued as something constructed over time

For example-Aldo Rossi held that the city remembers its past and uses that memory through monuments; that is, monuments give structure to the city.

In his book, A Scientific Autobiography, he describes an auto accident that occurred in 1971 as being a turning point in his life, ending his youth, and inspiring a project for the cemetery at Modena. It was while he was recuperating in a hospital that he began thinking of cities as great encampments of the living, and cemeteries as cities of the dead. Rossi's design for the cemetery at San Cataldo won first prize in a competition in 1971, and is being built in stages.

HIS PAINTINGS

Perceiving the cemetery as a repository of social meaning, Aldo Rossi conceived of it as a house for the dead, indeed, a city of the dead. The elemental architectonic forms, with chamfered windows, reflect his ongoing investigations into building typology, that which remains beyond the particular and the concrete.

PAINTINGS OF ALDO ROSSI

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.

NEO RATIONALIST MOVEMENT

Rossi is considered one of the founders of the NeoRationalist movement known as La Tendenza. His influence in shaping European architectural thinking during this period is often compared to that of Robert Venturi in the USA. Along with Venturi, Rossi became one of the prime examples given by architecture critic Charles Jencks Postmodern. But this characterization of Rossi sat oddly with his background in European urbanism and his idea of progressing Modernist views.

HIS WORKS

BONNEFANTEN MUSEUM, MAASTRICHT,NETHERLANDS

HISTORY
The museum was founded in 1884 as the historical and archaeological museum of the Dutch province of Limburg. The new building was designed by the Italian architect Aldo Rossi. With its rocket-shaped cupola overlooking the river Maas, it is one of Maastricht's most prominent modern buildings. Since 1999, the museum has become exclusively an art museum. The museum is largely funded by the province of Limburg.

COLLECTION:
The combination of old art and contemporary art under one roof gives the Bonnefanten Museum its distinctive character. The department of old masters is located on the first floor and displays highlights of early Italian, Flemish and Dutch painting. Exhibited on the same floor is the museum's extensive collection of Medieval sculpture. The contemporary art collection is exhibited on the second floor and focuses on American Minimalism, Italian Arte Povera and Concept Art . The second and third floors are also used for temporary exhibitions.

SOME OF THE INTEROIR VIEWS OF THE MUSEUM

TEATRO CARLO FELICE GENOA,ITALY

HISTORY
The hall is named for Duke Carlo Felice. On January 31, 1825, local architect Carlo Barabino submitted his design for the opera house, and the first stone of the new building was laid on 19 March 1826. The inaugural performance of Bellini's Bianca e Fernando took place on April 7, 1828, even though the structure and decoration were not quite finished. The auditorium accommodated an audience of about 2,500 in five tiers.

DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE BUILDING

The Teatro Carlo Felice is the principal opera house of Genoa, Italy, used for performances of opera, ballet ,orchestral music, and recitals. It is located on the Piazza De Ferrari. The hall was altered many times in the years 18591934, and remained remarkably unscathed by war until 9 February, 1941 when a shell fired by a British warship hit the roof, leaving a large hole open to the sky and destroying the ceiling of the auditorium.

Further damage was sustained on 5 August, 1943 when incendiary bombs started a backstage fire which destroyed all scenery and wooden fittings.

Finally, an air raid in September 1944 caused the destruction of the front of the theatre leaving virtually only the outside walls and the corridors behind the tiers of boxes standing.

Reconstruction plans

It began immediately after the war's close. The first design by Paolo Antonio Chessa(1951) was rejected; the second by Carlo Scarpa was approved in 1977 but brought to a halt by his untimely death. Aldo Rossi ultimately provided today's design, in which portions of the original facade have been recreated but the interior is entirely modern. The hall officially reopened in June 1991, with a main hall holding up to 2,000 seats and a smaller auditorium holding up to 200 seats.

SOME OF THE INTERIOR VIEWS OF THE OPERA HOUSE

VENICE BIENNALE

The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years (in odd years) in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years.

A dance section, the "International Festival of Contemporary Dance", was established in 1999.

HISTORY
The first Biennale was held in 1895. During the first editions, decorative arts played an important role. After World War I, the Biennale showed increasing interest in innovative traditions in modern art. In the 1930s, several new sections of the event were established: the Music Festival in 1930, the International Film Festival in 1932 and the Theatre Festival in 1934. From 1938, Grand Prizes were awarded in the art exhibition section.

FORMAL PRESENTATION
The formal Biennale is based at a park, the Giardini, that houses 30 permanent national pavilions. The number of countries represented is still growing. In 2005, China was showing for the first time, followed by the African Pavilion and Mexico ( 2007), the United Arab Emirates (2009), and India (2011). The assignment of the permanent pavilions was largely dictated by the international politics of the 1930s and the Cold War. There is no single format to how each country manages their pavilion.

ROLE IN ART MARKET

When the Venice Biennale was founded in 1895, one of its main goals was to establish a new market for contemporary art. Between 1942 and 1968 a sales office assisted artists in finding clients and selling their work , a service for which it charged 10% commission. Sales remained an intrinsic part of the biennale until 1968, when a sales ban was enacted.

SOME INTERIOR VIEWS

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By:Anjali Soumya Reemah Utkarsh Suhas Mohtasham