Via dei Monti Parioli 15
1947/48 Luigi
Piccinato (1899/1984), Silvio Radiconcini and
Bruno Zevi (1918/2000)
Bruno Zevi
wrote a History of Modern Architecture
published in 1950. His intention was to review functionalism in the light of
the changing needs of society after World War II
In this
three-storey small villa with three apartments there is the refusal of the
traditional plan and distributions of internal rooms, identical on the three
floors
"In
this building, albeit with the help of Luigi Piccinato, who was certainly more
mature professionally, the ideas developed in the writings of Bruno Zevi had a
first, perhaps still embryonic, application. (...) Especially the façade open
towards the Tiber Valley and characterized by large panoramic balconies,
reflected the desire to break the mechanism of mass production through an
articulation of volumes. Inside, the idea of linking the most possible of the
various rooms in a continuous space by breaking the 'masonry box' is made
possible by the use of sliding panels and transparent dividers. It was a design
that Piccinato had already adopted in the Small
Villa on Via Archimede 148" (Piero Ostilio Rossi)
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