Via di S. Ippolito/Via Eleonora
D'Arborea/Via Giovanni da Procida/Via Arduino/Via Matilde di Canossa
1926/28 Innocenzo Sabbatini (1891/1984) for the ICP, ISTITUTO
CASE POPOLARI (Institute for Social Housing)
It is
divided in two by Via Eleonora D'Arborea
The
southern part includes apartments with two or three bedrooms, the northern part
larger apartments
“The
generating idea is based on the possibility of creating a meeting point between
the building model with low density, typical of the English New Towns and the
intensive one, typical of the Roman compact blocks” (Giorgio Muratore)
“One can
sense the thoughtful study that the designers did with respect to indoor
environmental quality for better and healthier buildings and the importance of
including harmoniously the entire complex in the rest of the neighborhood. This
intervention of semi intensive constructions highlights a specific research
project on how to structure public housing to give continuity to the new
buildings with the rest of the city so to get even a low population density.
The cohesive element with the rest of the urban area, actually makes the
outbuildings more attractive, the ones which in some way define the perimeter
of the blocks and almost invite us to come and explore other areas of this city
within a city” (Gaia Rinaldelli - www.gaiarinaldelli.it)
The CASA A
GRADONI S. IPPOLITO (House with Big Steps St. Hyppolitus) in Via della Lega
Lombarda 41/43, built in the years 1929/30 stands out for its originality
“To
the expressionist phase of the work of Innocenzo Sabbatini can be traced back
the project for the building, which is the spectacular solution for the head of
the block between Via della Lega Lombarda and the staircase in continuation of
Via Berengario. (...) A recent English guidebook (Modern Architecture in
Europe. A guide to buildings since the industrial revolution) claims the direct
derivation of this project to the one of Hans Poelzig for a 'House of
Friendship' in Istanbul in 1919. This statement could be debatable, but well
corresponds to the ability to tap into models that is characteristic of the
work of Sabbatini” (Piero Ostilio Rossi
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