Rome 2017 Projects 7 Created 19-Jan-17 By Gregory Ross, London, United Kingdom EUR district Marcello Piacentini urban plan Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana Palazzetto dello Sport 3 La Rinascente Rome Baths of Caracalla 6 Sensory Garden at Parco delle Rupicole 7 mtstudio garden 4 Pier Luigi Nervi sport Giuseppe Milani information centre Giovanni Guerrini museum 2 Panteón de los Españoles 8 Javier Carvajal Ferrer cemetery, monument 5 Franco Albini cafe, commercial space, shop http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 1
photo: Raban Haaijk photo: Raban Haaijk EUR district Viale della civiltà del lavoro 100 00144 Rome photo: Maarten Scheurwater The Esposizione Universale Roma (EUR, originally called EUR42) is a large complex, now a suburban area and business centre, started in 1935 by Benito Mussolini and planned to open in 1942 to celebrate twenty years of Fascism In urban planning terms, EUR42 was designed to direct the expansion of Rome towards the south-west, connecting it to the sea The planned exhibition never took place due to 's defeat in World War II EUR offers a large-scale image of how urban might have looked, if the Fascist regime had not fallen; wide axially planned streets and austere buildings, inspired by ancient Roman architecture, or Rationalism, modern architecture but built using traditional limestone, tufa and marble 1942 Main designer, Urban planner Urban planner Marcello Piacentini Maarten_Scheurwater Giuseppe Pagano Benito Mussolini Metro B (blue line): termini Magliana/EUR marconi and EUR fermi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 2
photo: Maarten Scheurwater photo: Maarten Scheurwater Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana Viale della civiltà del lavoro 10 00144 Rome The most representative building of the "Fascist" style at the EUR district is Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, an iconic project which has since become known as the cubic or the "Colosseo Quadrato" the Square Colosseum It is particularly symbolic of this district, exemplifying its monumentality The design of the "Square Colosseum" was inspired more to celebrate the Colosseum, and the structure was intended by Benito Mussolini as a celebration of the older Roman landmark Similar to the Colosseum, the palace has a series of superimposed loggias, shown on the façade as six rows of nine arches each These numbers are an allusion to the name of the Fascist dictator: "Benito" having six letters and "Mussolini," nine It is a parallelepiped on a square base, with six levels rising above a podium The scale is imposing: the base covers an area of 8,400 square meters, and the building has volume 205,000 cubic meters with a height 68 meters (50 meters from the base) photo: Maarten Scheurwater 1943 Main designer, Giovanni Guerrini Ernesto Bruno La Padula Mario Romano Benito Mussolini Maarten_Scheurwater In 2003 a large renovation process started, allegedly turning the building into a museum, but in mid 2007 is still wasn't open Metro B (blue line): termini Magliana/EUR marconi and EUR fermi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 3
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Palazzetto dello Sport Piazza Apollodoro 1 00196 Rome Built for the 1960 Olympics, the palazzetto is a modest sports stadium in an innovative concrete dome Designed by Pier Luigi Nervi it hosted boxing among other sports during the Olympic Games The innovative dome is made of ribbed reinforced concrete The lower half of the dome has continuous ribbon of window the whole way around the circular stadium, beneath the elegantly ribbed, white-painted concrete ceiling A wonderful space Pier Luigi Nervi was educated and practised as a "building engineer" in After 1932, his aesthetically pleasing designs were used for major projects This was due to the booming number of construction projects at the time which used concrete and steel in Europe and the architecture aspect took a step back to the potential of engineering Nervi successfully made reinforced concrete the main structural material of the day He died in 1979 1957 Pier Luigi Nervi City of Rome / 1960 Olympics MI_MOA photo: Naomi Schiphorst The stadium is in use and so not formally open to the public for visits But you can buy a ticket to a sports-event and enjoy! The stadium is in the former Olympic park towards the north of Rome, just north of the Stadio Flaminio (also by Pier Luigi Nervi) Piazza Apolladoro is at the intersection of the Viale Tiziano (running north-south) and Viale P De Coubertin (running east-west), home of the Parco della Musica http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 4
photo: Evan Chakroff photo: Evan Chakroff La Rinascente Rome Piazza Fiume 00198 Rome http://wwwlarinascenteit/webapp/ Albini's work had always dealt with history and tradition but here he used varied historical references in concert to produce something contemporary Perhaps taking the meaning of 'La Rinascente' - 'the rebirth' - too literally, his design maintains the basic massing of the 1887 Rinascente building on Via Del Corso and transmutes the geometry of its cornice profiles into steel The expressed steel frame structure is complemented by red masonry infill panels whose material mirrors the immediate context However, these are not simply flat infill panels; they are folded, and the subtle geometry suggests engaged columns: a Renaissance façade redone with contemporary technology photo: Evan Chakroff 1961 Main designer, Franco Albini Franca Helg La Rinascente evanc http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 5
photo: Milani Guiseppi photo: Milani Guiseppi Baths of Caracalla Via delle Terme di Caracalla 52 00153 Rome Two existing basement artifacts in the area of the Baths of Caracalla have been completely restored, masked and reused as a coffee bar and information office The new artefacts want to carry on a soft dialogue with the landscape and the huge Roman ruins, without competing but borrowing some of their features: the geometry from the softly rolling land and the colours and texture of the Ruins photo: Milani Guiseppi 5-2000 Giuseppe Milani EXGRAU Tue-Sun: 900-1630 h Mon: 900-1400 h http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 6
photo: mtstudio photo: mtstudio Sensory Garden at Parco delle Rupicole Via delle Rupicole 65 00169 Rome photo: mtstudio Rupicole Park is located in the east part of Rome, close to the GRA The district has one of the highest percentages of residents with physical, sensory or psychic disabilities The decision to locate the "sensory garden" in this position is the result of the consideration that on the border, with direct access to the garden, stands a housing community for persons with disabilities The goal is to create a space for all residents of the neighborhood, where they can be carried out in play, socialization, job placement and rehabilitation, such as: training of gardening for people with various disabilities; laboratories in the green areas for children, teens and adults with disabilities; ortotheraphy and aromatherapy practice; job placement in the management and arrangement of the garden by guests of the community housing; integration among the guests of the housing community, residents of the neighbourhood (children, adults and elderly) and institutions in that area Floor area/size 6-2012 3700 m² Landscape designer mtstudio Prof Antonella Canini Rome Municipality mtstudio Every day from 9:00 am to 18:00 h By car, by train line Roma - Giardinetti stop Walter Tobagi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 7
photo: Jose V Vallejo photo: Jose V Vallejo Panteón de los Españoles Cimitero del Verano 1 00185 Rome The "Panteón de los Españoles" in Rome is a little gem of twentieth century architecture forgotten and hard to find among the cypresses of the Verano monumental cemetery It was designed by Javier Carvajal and Jose M Garcia de Paredes, two pensioners at the Academy of Spain in Rome It is a three-dimensional enclosure defined by the slab of travertine (which welcomes buried there), a plan of concrete and black steel grate At this moment it incorporates the work of sculptors with the relief of Garcia Donaire on the concrete wall It so happens that since September 2013, the remains of Javier Carvajal, one of the architects, are buried here photo: Jose V Vallejo Floor area/size 1957 100 m² Main designer, Javier Carvajal Ferrer José María García de Paredes Obra Pia JVVallejo http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gregory/guides/rome%202017/ 8