To go.projects. Monument To The Fallen. Villa Tugendhat Brno, Czech Republic Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house.

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1 To go Projects 8 Created 04-Aug-13 By Ezequiel Benitez, Sevilla, Spain Villa Tugendhat Brno, Czech Republic Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house Casa del Fascio in Lissone Villa Bianca 3 Casa Rustici Monument To The Fallen 6 Asilo Sant'Elia 7 Como, kindergarten 4 Seveso, private house Como, memorial space, monument Lissone, government 2 Novocomum 8 Como, housing 5 Milan, housing Casa Giuliani Frigero 9 Como, housing 1

2 photo: Helen Postawka photo: Helen Postawka Villa Tugendhat Cernopolní Brno Czech Republic Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic, was built for Fritz and Gerta Tugendhat, an entrepreneuring couple in the textile industry Employing Mies van der Rohe, Mr Tugendhat stressed that he was "utterly horrified by rooms full of figurines and blankets" The villa, built between , consists of three floors On the first one (the basement floor), utility areas for maintenance and technical operations of the house are located The second, the main floor, contains a representative living room, a library, a winter garden and a dining room On the third floor are bedrooms and a bathroom The building is constructed with a steel frame, which permits to create a spatial and bright interior The whole interior of the house was also designed especially for the Tugendhats, with the use of sophisticated materials like travertine, milk glass, chrome-coated metal, stainless steel, honey-yellow onyx and exotic wood photo: Helen Postawka Project is public! 1930 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe helenita Wednesday - Sunday: / There are only guided tours, which are provided every hour / Last admission: 1700 Tram connection: 3, 5, 11 / Get off at the Children's Hospital 2

3 Casa del Fascio in Lissone Piazza Libertà Lissone The Casa Del Fascio in Lissone is one of many former Fascist institutions in They were built during the Fascist period between World War I and World War II These institutions were designed to be gathering places on Saturdays to spread the Fascist propaganda The Casa Del Fascio in Lissone is not as well known as the one in Como but is no less important At first your eye is drawn to the pink marble platform jutting out of the brick enclosed staircase, which was used by Mussolini for his public speeches Afterwards you realize how small you are in comparison to the huge public piazza that is still the main centre of Lissone today Project is not public! 1939 Client National Fascist Party 3

4 Villa Bianca Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi Seveso Villa Bianca in Seveso, north of Milan, is a good example of Italian Rationalism by architect The house is one of many he designed in Milan and vicinity, all of them experiments that show his research on shape, even in the face of more binding professional commissions Terragni designed Villa Bianca in 1937 and played with its composition The enclosed volume is still articulated thanks to the body projected towards the outside on the ground floor, as well as to the podium and the playful combination of protuberances in the crowning mezzanines (text from website Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea) Public access unknown!

5 Casa Rustici Corso Sempione Milan This housing complex in Milan was built by famous fascist architect He was important for the development of livable and cheap housing in 1930s Casa Rustica is located on Corso Sempione, an inportant thoroughfare to get into Milan's city centre It has got a rooftop garden, to be used by all the building's occupants Project is not public! 1936 Main designer, Pietro Lingeri A 10-minute walk from the famous Parco Sempione 5

6 Monument To The Fallen Via Gaincarlo Puecher Como In the 1930s, the National Fascist Party became a bigger and bigger factor in the political landscape of Their influence found its expression in modern buildings, in contrast to Nazi Germany which preferred traditional, stately architecture In 1931, and his brother were asked by the fascists to design a monument for the victims of World War I Their design was based on a sketch of the Italian futurist Antonio Sant'Elia, whose sketches showed modernity, dynamics and speed Most of his designs were never built, but his futurist vision has influenced many architects Made of Serizzo granite and Nabresina marble, the monument has a surface polished like a mirror and shows that the Terragni brothers have skillfully adapted Sant'Elia's vision Project is public! 1933 Associate architect Client Atillia Terragni National Fascist Party You can park your car close to the football stadium From there, you can easily walk to the boulevard where the monument is located 6

7 Asilo Sant'Elia Via Andrea Alciato Como The main entrance is protected by an ample cantilevered portico, whose function is providing shelter for the relatives waiting for the children and for the children themselves as they throng to the exit The ample, well-lit atrium is part of a larger covered space forming the recreational centre The kindergarten is to be considered a home for a large family, which has encouraged avoiding long, monotonous corridors Hence, the principal rooms, classrooms, refectory and offices are located around this atrium-recreational centre that lies at the heart of the building In summer time, the glass wall separating the two recreational zones may be folded back to create one single, easily supervised area A large ramp leads to the solarium located above the portico and is decorated with a hanging garden This feature has a highly useful function of offering protection from the excesses of temperature and climate for the underlying rooms Project is public! 1937 You can visit the building but you have to make an appointment in advance Send an to the tourist information at least 2 months before heading to the Asilo 7

8 Novocomum Viale Giuseppe Sinigaglia Como From 1927 to 1929 designed the Novocomum, a modern apartment complex He presented a proposal with very traditional sides to the municipality, which they approved The scaffolding was placed and construction was started However, the construction drawings which were presented to the municipality have never been received by the builders, which he gave a new proposal Nobody could see what was developing behind the scaffolding At the moment of presenting the finished building, it was a big shock An awful building had risen up, according to the municipality There was even a moment they considered demolishing it, until they realized that the avant-gardists loved the building and it made Como an even more popular destination Terragni was looking for a good combination between surrounding landscape and the building This Rationalist thinking ended up in a well-designed apartment complex Project is not public! 1929 You can easily park the car in the street and walk around the building 8

9 Casa Giuliani Frigero Viale Fratelli Rosselli Como 's last project before he died at the age of 39 was Casa Giuliani Frigero The housing complex is just 100 metres away from his first project, the Novocomum This block is much smaller but the façades are much more complex The Novocomum was a benchmark in the search for modern forms and the Casa Giuliani Frigero is a well-designed last composition in Terragni's Rationalist oeuvre Project is not public! 1940 Client Giuliani Frigero It is close to the Novocomum Park your car at the stadium and take a stroll through this area with many buildings by Terragni 9