19 Oct 2016

Gherardo Bosio. Complete work 1927-1941

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19October 2016

Orario

17:30

Museo Novecento

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Wednesday 19 October, 5.30pm 

Gherardo Bosio. Complete work 1927-1941 

Presentation of the book by Riccardo Renzi curated by Gabriele Corsani, Saverio Mecca, Ulisse Tramonti. Introduced by Roberto Masini, Monica Nocentini and Tommaso Rossi Fioravanti. In collaboration with DIDA – University of Florence.

The volume, published by Edifir for the Architetti del Novecento Series, reconstructs the creative and professional path of Gherardo Bosio (1903-1941), whose figure is placed decisively within the architectural culture of the thirties. After an initial training period in Rome, Bosio graduated from the Florentine School of Architecture and became a member of the first Tuscan Architects Group. Professor of Architectural Composition at the University of Florence, combines the collaboration with the major magazines of the time a profitable and intense professional activity.

His participation in the V Triennale in Milan in 1933, which followed the one at the Mostra di Architettura Razionale in 1932, made him a national leader. The realization of the House of the Golf Club of Florence, thanks to publications in the major foreign magazines, instead amplifies its fame on the international scene. In 1936 Bosio was one of the first technicians to leave for Italian East Africa, for which he designed the major cities with avant-garde compositional principles becoming one of the leading experts in colonial urbanism. Thanks to these experiences, in 1939 he was called to direct the Central Office for Housing and Urban Planning in Tirana, where he had the opportunity to realize the main buildings for the city and to coordinate the major regulatory plans for the urban centers of the nation.

Riccardo Renzi, PhD in Architectural and Urban Design, has been a lecturer at the University of Florence since 2010. His main field of research concerns 20th century Italian architecture. He has been dealing with the archive of Gherardo Bosio since 2007, the archive of Alfredo Lensi since 2011 and the architecture of the reconstruction with particular attention to the social housing heritage since 2010. He is a member of the Florentine Studies Association and a member of the Research Unit in Landscape, Cultural Heritage and Project of the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence. Involved in various researches of the University of Florence on the urban project, he participated and organized numerous conferences and exhibitions. Active as an architect since 2005, he has received awards and mentions in national and international competitions. He is the author of numerous essays and several monographs, including Gherardo Bosio, le ville (2010), Allestire per la Moda – Architettura città e moda (2011) and Abitare sociale, la cultura architettonica italiana del secondo dopoguerra… (2012).

Saverio Mecca, architect, is a full professor of Construction Production. Already Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Florence, since January 2013 he has been Director of the Department of Architecture DIDA of the same university. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Calabria and at the University of Pisa. He is the author of numerous publications and has participated in national and international conferences dedicated mainly to quality and risk in construction and in the project.

Gabriele Corsani is full professor of Urban Planning at the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, where he teaches History of the territory. Coordinator of the PhD in Landscape Design since 2009 and of the PhD in City, Territory and Landscape Design since 2011; director of the Ri-Landscapeview and the relative Notebooks and member of the Board of Directors and of the editorial staff of the History of Urban Planning of the Association of the History of the City (ASC). Author of numerous essays and volumes, he has participated in national and international conferences. He took part in the international research The presence of Italian architects in Mediterranean Countries (2006-2007).

Ulisse Tramonti is Professor of Architectural Design at the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence. Member of the College of the Doctorate in Architectural and Urban Design of the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence since 1992, since 2014 he is responsible for the Master of Level II (MASCIM) of the University of Florence and since 2015 he has been president of the degree course of the Faculty of Architecture Nostra Signora del Buonconsiglio, Department of Architecture of Florence in Tirana. Author of numerous scientific publications, he has been part of several evaluation committees for roles of Researcher and Associate Professor as well as final evaluation commissions of PhD.

Roberto Masini, President of the Order of Architects of Florence, is a member of the professional training committee and Head of the Culture Commission of the project. PhD in Architectural and Urban Design, is lecturer at the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence. He deals with architectural design and restoration, with particular attention to the themes of urban regeneration and restoration of the modern architectural heritage.

Tommaso Rossi Fioravanti, President of FAF (Fondazione Architetti Firenze), studied architecture in Florence and Valencia and graduated in 1999 with a thesis in design that was exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Perugia Architecture Festival. Invited professor of the TEC of Monterrey (Mexico), PhD and contract professor of Theories of Contemporary Architectural Research at the University of Florence, he is editor of the magazine «Opere». With his studio he mainly deals with public establishments and hospitality, creating numerous restaurants and hotels, but often also participates in architectural competitions, obtaining several international awards.

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