1972/82 Mario Fiorentino (1918/82) who coordinated a group of
twenty-three designers including Federico Gorio,
Piero Maria Lugli, Giulio
Sterbini, Michele Valori
It consists
of two buildings of nine floors that run closely parallel for 980 m (3,215
feet), plus a third separate building
It is known
by the nickname SERPENTONE (the big snake)
Originally
built for 6,000 residents in 1,200 apartments, but many others have been added
on the fourth floor that was occupied by squatters in rooms originally intended
for businesses
The total
population is therefore currently of about 8,000 people
“Corviale
was inspired by the great bravado phalansteries of the twentieth century such
as the Karl Marx Hof in Vienna or the Unité d'abitation of Nantes and
Marseille, indelible mark of Le Corbusier. An explicit reference was made to
the Italians Daneri, Vaccaro and Aymonino (Genoa, Bologna, Gallaratese). The
cultural reference was rationalism and with this social promotion, empowerment
of citizens, ultimately, European modernity. (...) 'Sure, some architectural
mistake has been made - admits Sandra Montenero, a university professor and
director of the Municipal Public Works for many years - but they are marginal.
The disaster is the inadequacy of those who thought to be able to create a very
advanced project, almost a Roman Utopia, and have not being able to deal with
it'“ (Giuseppe Pullara - Corriere della Sera on July 1, 2012)
