1886/1903 Gaetano Koch (1849/1910)
So called
for the ancient series of porticoes with seats constituting the exedra of the
ancient Baths
of Diocletian built in the years 298/306
The palaces
were built following the circular line of the baths’ exedra
Inside it
is possible to see remnants of mosaic, a bathtub and an octagonal fountain
Gaetano
Koch himself lived here and now the palaces house offices and the luxury hotel
BOSCOLO EXEDRA after modifications designed by the architect Maurizio Papiri and the designer Adam D. Tihany
“The Exedra
Palaces, the most significant mark left by Koch in the city, are one of
symbolic urban hubs of the Third Rome. Constructed on the ruins of the exedra
of the Baths of Diocletian, the buildings have a curved arch form in serial
succession - Giant Order - attic executed purely in Roman style, while in the
four short ends, with more pronounced plastic character, style and decorative
elements (caryatids, curvilinear gables) are concentrated to denote the ease of
the designer in making inroads in different historical periods” (Fabrizio Di
Marco - Dizionario
Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)
Cardboard
drawn in preparation for “Geography” 1934/36 by Mario
Sironi (1885/1961), part of the mosaic “Corporate Italy” exhibited at
the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1937 and now in Milan in the Palazzo dei
Giornali (Palace of Newspapers)
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