Rome Trip Projects 18 Created 27-Oct-13 By Stephen Bender, Gainesville, United States Corviale Rome, Mario Fiorentino housing Auditorium Parco della Musica Palazzetto dello Sport Jubilee Church Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center Maxxi Santo Volto di Gesu Rome, Sartogo Architetti Associati church Sapienza University Faculty of Studies in Humanities 12 La Rinascente Rome 13 MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art 14 Rome, ODBC museum 6 Renovation Dutch Embassy in 15 Rome, cepezed architects embassy 7 Public Garden in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 16 Rome, Giuseppe Milani park, square 8 Ponte della Musica 17 Rome, Powell-Williams s bridge 9 Rome, King Roselli Architetti library 5 Rome, Zaha Hadid s museum Lateran University Library Extension 11 Rome, Franco Albini cafe, commercial space, shop Rome, Paolo Portoghesi mosque 4 Rome, Richard Meier church Tor Vergata Laboratories Rome, Spsk: Studio di Architettura e Ingegneria university Rome, Richard Meier museum 3 Rome, Pier Luigi Nervi sport Ara Pacis Museum Rome, IaN+ laboratorium Rome, Renzo Piano auditorium, music theatre 2 Stazione Tiburtina 18 Rome, ABDR train station 10 Federico Caffe 19 Rome, Spsk: Studio di Architettura e Ingegneria university http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 1
Corviale Via Poggio Verde 100 00148 Rome Corviale is one of the housing projects built on the outskirts of Rome in the 1970's as part of the 1964 regional plan to alleviate crowding in the older central city It is well-known as the longest single residential building in Europe: an 11-story high slab of apartments nearly 1 km in length Conceived as an independent community for about 8000 people including other facilities such as schools, shopping, recreation facilities and even a church, the building was based on the idea of social housing to provide all needed infrastructures of a city within the complex itself, and to encourage social contacts between the occupants For internal and political reasons many of these originally planned structures were never realized or are, almost 20 years after the first occupants moved in, still unfinished The area suffers from the lack of an adequate metropolitan infrastructure and it remains isolated from the greater city of which it was intended to be a part photo: Letizia Gañan 1983 Mario Fiorentino Instituto Autonomo per le Case Populari Maarten_Scheurwater The general public places inside this housing block are open for the public to visit Better not go there at night! Metro A (red line): Termini Cornelia (10 stops) Bus 889: with direction Mazzacurati (26 stops), get out at poggio verde/quadrelli http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 2
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Auditorium Parco della Musica Viale Pietro de Coubertin 15 00196 Rome http://wwwauditoriumcom/ The Parco della Musica is a large public music complex on the north side of Rome, exploiting a spacious site that was part of the 1960 Olympic area It is composed of three separate giant bug-like halls whose forms are inspired by musical instruments Positioned around an open air amphitheatre, the halls look like three enormous music boxes, whose colours and materials recall those of the domes dotting the urban landscape of Rome Each concert hall differs from the other in terms of dimension and functions, but they are all characterized by an extreme flexibility and versatility of the space By these means, space can be regulated and adjusted to the nature of performance, where floor and ceiling can be moved to adjust the acoustic properties of the wall The interiors are entirely made of cherry-wood, which best resolved acoustic problems photo: Raban Haaijk 12-2002 Structural engineer Building costs consultant Renzo Piano Arup Davis Langdon & Everest City of Rome MI_MOA Weekdays: architectural tours by reservation only for groups min 10 people Saturday, Sunday and holidays: departures every 60 minutes from 1130 to 1630 Other shifts by reservation only for schools and groups of 10 to 40 people Tickets: guided tour: Adults 9 euros, reduction for groups of 10 to 40 people and over 65: 7 euros; to 26, students, school groups organized 5 euros Information via visiteguidate@musicaperromait The Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome is in Viale Pietro de Coubertin, near the Palazzetto dello Sport, off Viale Tiziano, in the Flaminio district of Rome, by the Villaggio Olimpico and can be easily reached by public transport: Bus: 910 and 217 from Termini Station; 53 and 231 from Piazza Mancini; Linea M special bus route between Termini Station and Auditorium, from 17:00 every 15 min Tram: 2 from Piazzale Flaminio Trains: Metro A line to Flaminio stop then no2 tram http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 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/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 4
Ara Pacis Museum Lungotevere in Augusta 00100 Rome http://wwwarapacisit/ The Ara Pacis Museum, located along the Tiber River, near the Ponte Cavour, on the western edge of the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, is an integral part of the urban context of the Augustean Area It is designed to house the ancient relic, the Ara Pacis Augustae, a sacrificial altar dating to 9 BC, originally housed in a building designed by Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo in 1938 The only surviving part of the Morpurgo structure is a low travertine wall that Mussolini had engraved with the "Res Gestae" (the Acts of the Divine Augustus) The new design protects and enhances the relic The travertine comes from the same quarry as the stone that was used to build the Piazza of the Emperor Augustus in the Thirties; it was also, more recently, used by Richard Meier for the Getty Centre in Los Angeles and other important architectural works 2006 Richard Meier City of Rome Maarten_Scheurwater Tuesday-Sunday 900am-700pm; 24th and 31st December 900am-200pm (the ticket office closes an hour in advance) Monday, 1st January, 1st May and 25th December From Termini: METRO LINE A to BATTISTINI for 4 stops Get off at Flaminio Walk about 850 m down Via di Ripetta From Rome Ostiense station: Go to OSTIENSE/MATTEUCCI stop Take no 716 bus (marked for TEATRO MARCELLO) for 7 stops Get off at PETROSELLI Take no 628 bus (marked MARESCIALLO GIARDINO) for 9 stops Get off at LGT AUGUSTA/ARA PACIS On foot from Piazza di Spagna: Follow Via dei Condotti to its end, about 700 m Then continue down Via Tomacelli until you reach bank of Tiber http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 5
photo: Eelkje Meindertsma Jubilee Church Via Francesco Tovaglieri 00155 Rome http://wwwdiopadremisericordiosoit/ The Parisch Church of Dio Padre Misericordioso built as part of the Vicarage project 50 Churches for Rome 2000 was designed as a mark and symbol of the Grand Jubilee of 2000 it takes on the idea of a ship, a ship which ploughs the seas of the Third millennium The Jubilee Church has been conceived as a new center for a somewhat isolated housing quarter in the Tor Tre Teste area, located outside central Rome The three shells discretely imply the Holy Trinity, the reflecting pool symbolizes water in the ritual of Baptism 2003 Richard Meier City of Rome Maarten_Scheurwater morning 7:30 12:30 afternoon 15:30 19:30 Bus 105 (STAZNE GROTTE CELONI)for 24 stops, get out at CASILINA/TOBAGI Walk for another 100 m to the busstop TOBAGI, to take bus number 556 (GARDENIE) for another 12 stops, get out at the stop TOVAGLIERI / ERMOLI http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 6
Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center Via della Moschea 85 00197 Rome The Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center is intended to serve the growing number of Muslims that have moved to Rome The mosque is the only one in Rome and the complex is considered one of the major monuments built in the city in the past few decades It has become well known outside Rome and as a result of the considerable coverage it has received in a number of international publications Rome, traditionally the centre of Roman Catholicism, accommodates people of many faiths and denominations 6-1995 Paolo Portoghesi King Faisal of Saudi Ariabia Maarten_Scheurwater Wednesday and Saturday: 9:30 11:30 From termini station take busline 910 (MANCINI) for 14 stops, get off at stop STAZIONE EUCLIDE, walk 50 metres to busstop SACRO CUORE DI MARIA/EUCLIDE, take busline 230 (MOSCHEA/FORTE ANTENNE) for 1 stop Get off at stop MOSCHEA/FORTE ANTENNE http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 7
photo: Raban Haaijk photo: Raban Haaijk Maxxi Via Guido Reni 6 00196 Rome http://wwwfondazionemaxxiit/ The MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is a new institution of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities of In 1998 the ministry advertised the international call for tenders and among the 273 candidacies the winning project of Zaha Hadid convinced the jury because of its possibilities to integrate with the urban texture and the innovative and highly creative architectonical solution The complexity of shapes, their sinuous outline, the variation and interlacing of dimensions, determine a spatial and functional plot of great complexity The two museums - MAXXI art and MAXXI architecture revolve around the full-height grand hall, from where the reception services, the cafeteria, the bookshop, the didactic laboratories, the auditorium, the live event halls, the galleries dedicated to temporary exhibitions and the collections of graphics and photography are accessed 2008 Zaha Hadid s Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali Maarten_Scheurwater photo: Raban Haaijk Tuesday Sunday 1100-1900 closed Monday From termini starion, take busline 910 (MANCINI) for 18 fermate, get of at stop FLAMINIA/RENI walk 250 metres to via guido reni 6 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 8
photo: Santi Caleca photo: Santi Caleca Lateran University Library Extension Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano 4 00120 Rome http://cmspulit/ The Lateran University Library in Rome found itself unable to cope with the growing number of books and the increasing requests from users This resulted in the decision to create a new building to house a large, public reading room with annexed archives, easily accessible from both the external plaza and, via a first floor corridor, from the adjacent university buildings The new structure with the reading rooms is volumetrically characterized by a sharp contrast between solids and voids or, in terms of effect, between light and shadow These effects are obtained by significant cuts in the masonry and long strip windows that illuminate the interior spaces What is more, the decision to recess the glazing means there is no need for any 'add-on' form of shading; the façade itself functions as a brise-soleil Inside, the reading room is designed as an open central space encircled by a succession of three ramps Their stepped form is rendered lightweight by the use of glass balustrades photo: Santi Caleca Project is not public! Floor area/size 10-2006 2660 m² Lighting designer King Roselli Architetti iguzzini Pontificial Lateran University Luigi_Prestinenza Monday - Friday: 0830-1845 The library is normally not public, but with some luck you can encounter a visitor with keys Entry into the reading room is allowed for students of the Pontifical Lateran University, through a card smart Such a card can be issued to external students following a request to be presented at the reception Library Service: tel: 06-69895609 Library Fax: 06-69886107 e-mail: biblioteca@pulit The library lies in-between the Via dei Laterani and the Palazzo del Laterano, somewhat hidden and accessed from a smaller street The Library is accessible from the center with lines Atac 81, 85, 87, is also reachable from Termini by metro line A, Manzoni and S Giovanni http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 9
photo: Andrea Jemolo photo: Andrea Jemolo Santo Volto di Gesu Via della Magliana 166 00146 Rome How to reconcile a vision of the divine, something that has generally been represented using the symbolic forms of the circle, sphere and central plan, with the requirements of a modern culture that tends to avoid the ideals of wholeness, perfection and hierarchy? Sartogo Architetti intelligently resolved this problem in Rome The first step entailed designing a semi-circular church hall and adding to this solid the void of an exterior apse, also semi-circular in form, so that the two forms complete one another The second step consisted of placing a large round window, reminiscent of medieval rose windows, in the perimeter wall This is coupled with the emerging form of a semi-dome, containing a parish centre, suggesting the possible transformation of the virtual circumference of the plan into a sphere The path that separates the church from the parish centre is a highly symbolic space and converges towards a focal point that is dominated by a narrow and elongated cross photo: Andrea Jemolo 2006 Artist Sartogo Architetti Associati Eliseo Mattiacci (Cross) Vicariato Opera Romana per la Preservazione della Fede e la Provvista di Nuove Chiese in Roma Luigi_Prestinenza http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 10
photo: Alessandro Ciampi photo: Alessandro Ciampi Tor Vergata Laboratories Via Fermo Corni 6 00156 Rome In a semi-rural part of Rome, a new element rises above the ground plane The site was once a farm in an agricultural village that is now part of the University of Rome Tor Vergata campus, a grouping of offices and scientific research departments, and a splendid place to work, far from the noisy city Working in a context tied to elements of tradition, IaN+ have managed to develop an interesting experiment in this three-storey building for the hydrobiology department The architecture becomes part of a process of exchange with its surrounding context creating a simple element - a paralelepiped that is subjected to the effects of deformation The exterior surface is rough, as though irritated by the toxic solvents inside the building, and painted red to blend in with the nearby farmhouses A shift in the ridge line produces a double sloping roof that is a hybrid of a single slope and a flat roof A large glass wall projects forward creating a cantilever, as well as a viewfinder Project is not public! 2004 IaN+ University of Rome Matteo_Costanzo photo: Alessandro Ciampi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 11
photo: Carlo Peiser photo: Carlo Peiser Sapienza University Faculty of Studies in Humanities Via dei Volsci 112 00100 Rome http://wwwuniroma1it/ Vetreria Sciarra is one of the industrial estates from the 1920s in the San Lorenzo district along Via Tiburtina, such as the Whurer beer factory, Cecere pasta factory and Pizzamiglio ice factory All of them are located inside a dense urban fabric, prevalently residential, where courtyards become intense space of relationship, both visually and spatially binding together different pieces The project, between urban infill and recovery of industrial archaeology, is the result of a mediation between the functional and dimensional requirements of the client for the installation of a new university on the one hand, and the requirements of the inhabitants to have semi-public spaces, not wanting to modify the inside views on the other hand The new complex preserves and recovers the two principal façades, integrating them with a new volume, while the inside space assumes a new configuration determined by the dialectical comparison with the historical fabric of the district Floor area/size 7-2008 6000 m² Spsk: Studio di Architettura e Ingegneria Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' photo: Carlo Peiser 08:30-2000 spsk http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 12
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/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 13
photo: FD photo: FD MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Via Reggio Emilia 54 00198 Rome http://wwwmacroromamuseum/ The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO) is a municipal art museum located in the north-east of Rome,, on Via Reggio Emilia The project began in the late 1990s over the site old factories Peroni After an initial phase of restructuring of the site which allowed the opening of six rooms in September 1999, the museum was officially opened October 11, 2002 Since 2003 the museum also have an annex entitled MACRO Future and composed of two refurbished flats of 1000 m2 each, in the former slaughterhouse of Rome, located in the neighborhood Testaccio Since July 2004, an extension is being built in order to present all of the permanent collection These arrangements have been entrusted to the French architect Odile Decq The extension consists of an exhibition space and a roof terrace, connected with the old museum through a fluid and continuous route Floor area/size 12-2010 12000 m² ODBC MACRO haaijk photo: Raban Haaijk Tuesday-Sunday 900am-700pm; 24th and 31th December 900am-200pm (the ticket office closes half an hour in advance) Walk from Metro Castro Pretorio http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 14
photo: Frankss photo: Frankss Renovation Dutch Embassy in Via Michele Mercati 8 00197 Rome http://italienlambassadeorg/ Radical renovation of the Dutch embassy in Rome, which was residing in an urban villa built in Renaissance style in 1929 and a vaguely resembling annex from some decades later Because the main building had a lot of interesting original details, the splendor hereof has been restored and brought to the fore as much as possible Around the much more ordinary annex, a secondary façade of weathering steel has been installed It serves as an abstract, neutral backdrop for the Renaissance building On the inside, the buildings have been stripped down to their concrete skeleton and have been provided with a new, drastically revised arrangement aimed at lightness, transparency and good communication possibilities In doing so, the two parts of the building have been forged into a unity, as a result of which the difference is hardly noticeable inside Outside, the building is "guarded" by the 1993 artwork of two ceramic dogs 'Cave canem' (beware of the dog) from Irene Fortuyn & Robert O'Brien photo: Frankss 2007, Interior architect Contractor Services engineer Structural engineer cepezed architects Franks Alba Construzione De Blaay - Van den Bogaard DHV Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken The consulate is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 900 to 1200 From metro station Flaminio (line A) / Piazza del Popolo: Take tram No 2 (Mancini) After one stop get off at the Ministero Marina stop Take tram no 19 (Gerani) After 4 stops get off at Adrovandi http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 15
photo: Milani Guiseppe photo: Milani Guiseppe Public Garden in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 1 00185 Rome The project has returned a new life to an untended garden located in one of the largest squares of the historical district of Rome The area shows a palimpsest of historical layers: fountains and aqueducts from Imperial City, the Renaissance urban plan by Pope Sixtus V, Baroque villas and gardens A regular urban development after 1870 including some modern technical plants of the Rome Subway The new design tends to celebrate and ideally connect all the historical fragments A set of streams and new fountains keep memory of the lost aqueducts The technical plants in the central area have been masked by some forms recalling elements of the Renaissance Italian Garden, such as a 'Green Theatre', the 'Stone Tree', a ramp and a 'Belvedere' They stand on a paved semicircular place like metaphysical pieces of scenery, on a stage which wants to be inhabited by people photo: Milani Guiseppe Floor area/size 1994 33600 m² Giuseppe Milani Comune di Roma EXGRAU 5 minutes walk from Termini train Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 16
photo: Fabio quici photo: Fabio Quici Ponte della Musica Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 1 00100 Rome The 'Music Bridge' named due to its vicinity with the prestigious Parco della Musica Auditorium by Renzo Piano is a key part of the Rome city plan which involves the development of a new east-west axis along the Via Guido Reni on the east bank of the Tiber It connects the various cultural and sporting facilities of the Flaminio district with the Olympic stadium and other sports facilities on the west bank in Monte Mario photo: Fabio Quici 2011 Technical engineer Structural engineer Structural engineer Powell-Williams s Buro Happold Carlo Lotti & Associati Mario Petrangeli Associati Comune di Roma FABIO_Q http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 17
photo: Antonino Saggio photo: Antonino Saggio Stazione Tiburtina Piazzale della Stazione Tiburtina 1 00162 Rome http://itwikipediaorg/wiki/stazione_di_roma_tiburtina Roma Tiburtina is the second largest railway station in Rome, after Roma Termini Located in the north-eastern part of the city, it is being redeveloped as a hub for the Italian high speed rail services instead of Termini, which is a terminal station Outstanding new example in Rome of a large scale project The bridge-like railway station organization solves many issues The building presents itself with a story cantilever to the city and its long span organization creates several spatial surprises The new station is expected to reach a daily ridership of over 450,000 by 2015 It is served by 140 high speed trains and 290 regional trains every day photo: Antonino Saggio Floor area/size 8-2011 30000 m² ABDR AntoninoSaggio 6 am 12 pm take subway line B Exit Stazione Tiburtina http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 18
photo: Carola Clemente photo: Carlo Peiser Federico Caffe Via Silvio D'Amico 77 00145 Rome The building plan is a projection of the three functions that will assume: didactic, research and general management It is composed by three joined constructions: The classrooms and library building; the laboratory, workshops and studios building connected to the general management The space and morphologic articulation of the complex reflects the functional articulation of the activities hosted inside This was planned to help spatial recognition and, as well, to put emphasis on the functions The three buildings are formally self dependant, but in a clearly interlocked manner, tough keeping their own identities The urban fitting of the new university complex is a chance to create a new space acting as a reconnection element between urban systems and architectural modules, nowadays split Toward this goes the ability for neighbour citizens to access spaces properly built by the university administration: the cafeteria, the parking and many other public areas inside the complex Floor area/size 10-2006 15000 m² Contractor Spsk: Studio di Architettura e Ingegneria Astaldi Spa Università di Roma Tre clementeca photo: Carlo Peiser 8:00 am - 8:00 pm metro B, Basilica di SPaolo http://wwwmimoaeu/users/s0db/guides/rome%20trip/ 19