RESIDENCE PRATI ROMA
1938/43 Luigi Piccinato
(1899/1984) with the collaboration of the engineer Giulio
Landi
Elegant
twin buildings built for a hotel of the residence type consisting of
apartments equipped with kitchens
One of the
apartments was the home of the great Italian movie director Federico Fellini
and before his marriage with Giulietta Masina
Luigi
Piccinato also designed the Naples train station and the Stadio Adriatico in
Pescara
“This pair
of buildings is one of the best known examples of this period of Roman
architecture. (...) A very special architectural scheme, designed with a
central element of distribution that includes an elevator, an outdoor staircase
and a series of air links between the two buildings” (Piero Ostilio Rossi)
“The
considerable evidence of architecture, projects and achievements, mostly
produced from the thirties to the period of post-war reconstruction, are often
obscured by the decisive role Piccinato played in the Italian and international
events regarding the layouts of cities. For Piccinato, who was among the
founders of the Association for Organic Architecture, the city is a 'living
organism', like a biological entity, and as such, it can only be understood
beginning from the study of its eventful history, and then proceed with the
establishment of a methodology for the interpretation of the urban and social
dynamics. Vitality and mutability of urban amenities are not going to be
stiffened by systems of rules. It is necessary to think about sensitive
planning tools, able to interpret the instances of cultural, social and
economic conditions that are the basis of urban transformation. So it took
shape the idea of 'open plan' that Piccinato exposed in the course of the
works for the plan of Rome” (Roberto Perris - Enciclopedia Treccani, V
Appendix, 1994
