![Giancarlo De Carlo 1950s](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Giancarlo_De_Carlo_1950s.jpg)
Giancarlo De Carlo (12 December 1919 − 4 June 2005) was an
Italian
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architect
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.
Biography
![Giardino novizi monastero catania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Giardino_novizi_monastero_catania.jpg)
Giancarlo De Carlo was born in
Genoa
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,
Liguria
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, in 1919. In 1939, he enrolled at the
Milan Polytechnic, where he graduated in
engineering
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in 1943. During the Second World War (WWII), he was enlisted as a naval officer. Following the armistice of 8 September 1943, he went into hiding, taking part in the
Italian Resistance
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with the ''Movement of Proletarian Unity'' in which other Milanese architects such as
Franco Albini
Franco Albini (17 October 1905 – 1 November 1977) was an Italian Neo-Rationalist architect, designer and university instructor in design.
A native of Robbiate, near Milan, Albini obtained his degree in architecture at Politecnico di Milano U ...
also participated. Later, De Carlo organized an anarchist-libertarian partisan group in Milan (the
Matteotti Matteotti is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Giacomo Matteotti (1885–1924), Italian politician
* Gianmatteo Matteotti (1921–2000), Italian politician
* Luca Matteotti (born 1989), Italian snowboarder
See also
* ...
Brigades), together with
Giuseppe Pagano
Giuseppe Pagano (20 August 1896 – 22 April 1945) was an Italian architect, notable for his involvement in the movement of rationalist architecture in Italy up to the end of the Second World War. He designed exhibitions, furniture and interiors ...
.
At the end of the war, De Carlo publicized
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
in
Milan
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and joined the
anarchist movement
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, eventually participating in the first congress of the
International of Anarchist Federations
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in
Carrara
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. In this period, he began his collaboration with the anarchist magazine ''Volontà'', in which he tried to launch new social ideas for
reconstruction
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*Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company
*'' Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
and the incessant need for
social housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...
.
In 1948, De Carlo resumed his studies at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (
Università Iuav di Venezia
Iuav University of Venice ( it, Università Iuav di Venezia) is a university in Venice, Italy. It was founded in 1926 as the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia as one of the first Architecture schools in Italy. The university curren ...
) where he received his degree in architecture on 1 August of the following year (1949). In 1950, he opened his own studio in
Milan
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. In 1951, he organized an exhibition on spontaneous architecture and, three years later, presented three short films written with
Elio Vittorini
Elio Vittorini (; 23 July 1908 – 12 February 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel '' Co ...
in which he denounced the drift towards a modern metropolis run by bureaucrats and technicians, in whom interest in man is not a priority, and urged the spectator to act personally.
In 1955, De Carlo obtained a professorship in
urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
, which he maintained until 1983, coming into contact, and often clashing, with the major names in
Italian architecture
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and
urbanism
Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment. It is a direct component of disciplines such as urban planning, which is the profession focusing on the physical design and m ...
such as
Giuseppe Samonà
Giuseppe Samonà (1898–1983) was an Italian architect and urban planner, whose notable works include the post office in the Appio quarter of Rome (built 1933–6), the Banca d'Italia in Padua (1968) and a theatre in Sciacca, Sicily (1974–9). ...
,
Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the tec ...
,
Bruno Zevi
Bruno Zevi (22 January 1918 – 9 January 2000) was an Italian architect, historian, professor, curator, author, and editor. Zevi was a vocal critic of "classicizing" modern architecture and postmodernism.
Early life
Zevi was born and died in ...
and
Paolo Portoghesi
Paolo Portoghesi (born 2 November 1931, Rome) is an Italian architect, theorist, historian and professor of architecture at the University La Sapienza in Rome. He is a former president of the architectural section of the Venice Biennale (1979–92 ...
. Between 1952 and 1960, De Carlo was part of the new generation invited to participate in the ''
Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne
The ''Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne'' (CIAM), or International Congresses of Modern Architecture, was an organization founded in 1928 and disbanded in 1959, responsible for a series of events and congresses arranged across Europ ...
'' (CIAM).
In 1956, as an Italian member of the CIAM, De Carlo presented his own project for a housing complex in
Matera
Matera (, ; Materano: ) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a comple ...
in which all the principles of
le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
are ignored at the expense of specific attention to the
geographical
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,
social
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Etymology
The word "social" derives from ...
and
climatic
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context of the region. It is a strong break with the old generation of architects and the myth of a unique
international architectural model. Thus, in the 1956 congress, the end of the CIAM was marked with the start of
Team 10
Team 10 – just as often referred to as Team X or Team Ten – was a group of architects and other invited participants who assembled starting in July 1953 at the 9th Congress of the International Congresses of Modern Architecture (CIAM) and c ...
, which brought together the new generation of architects (including De Carlo,
Alison and Peter Smithson
Alison Margaret Smithson (22 June 1928 – 14 August 1993) and Peter Denham Smithson (18 September 1923 – 3 March 2003) were English architects who together formed an architectural partnership, and are often associated with the New Brutalism ...
,
Aldo van Eyck
Aldo van Eyck (; 16 March 1918 – 14 January 1999) was a Dutch architect. He was one of the most influential protagonists of the architectural movement Structuralism.
Family
He was born in Driebergen, Utrecht, a son of poet, critic, essay ...
, and
Jacob Bakema
Jacob Berend "Jaap" Bakema (8 March 1914 – 20 February 1981) was a Dutch modernist architect, notable for design of public housing and involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Second World War.
Born in Groningen, Bakema studi ...
) to conceive a new type of architecture, one which was better suited to local social and environmental conditions and where man "is not reduced to an abstract figure".
In 1964, De Carlo was in charge of the first General Town Plan of the city of
Urbino
Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of ...
. From 1965 onward, he was in charge of designing the campus and facilities of the new
University of Urbino
The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" ( it, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", ''UniUrb'') is an Italian university located in Urbino, a walled hill-town in the region of Marche, located in the north-eastern part of central Italy. The ...
. In the design, the campus is designed to merge with the existing hilly landscape. It was this project that saw him busy for many years of his life, and that gave him his first real international recognition. During the
1968 movement in Italy
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
, he sought a constructive dialogue with his students and published a series of texts and essays in which he theorized a more democratic and open "participatory architecture".
Libertarian socialism
Libertarian socialism, also known by various other names, is a left-wing,Diemer, Ulli (1997)"What Is Libertarian Socialism?" The Anarchist Library. Retrieved 4 August 2019. anti-authoritarian, anti-statist and libertarianLong, Roderick T. (201 ...
was the underlying force for all of his planning and design. De Carlo saw
architecture
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as a consensus-based activity: his designs were generated as an expression of the forces that operate in a given context, including human, physical, cultural, and historical forces. His ideas linked the
CIAM ideals with the late twentieth century reality.
![Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Urbino, 1982) - BEIC 6354256](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Paolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_%28Urbino%2C_1982%29_-_BEIC_6354256.jpg)
Although his political beliefs have limited his portfolio of buildings, his ideas remained. From 1970 onward, he began building houses for workers in
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...
, together with the workers and their families themselves. This was the first example of a participatory architecture in Italy, which turned out to be a success, being repeated with different results and procedures; in 1972 for the
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...
City Plan, and in 1979 for the recovery of
Mazzorbo
Mazzorbo is one of various islands in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice. Like the other islands in this part of the lagoon, it was the site one of the earliest settlements in the lagoon which predated the development of Venice. However, th ...
Island in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
![Sala rossa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Sala_rossa.jpg)
In 1976, De Carlo founded the
ILAUD (International Laboratory of Architecture & Urban Design), based on the principles of
Team X
Team 10 – just as often referred to as Team X or Team Ten – was a group of architects and other invited participants who assembled starting in July 1953 at the 9th Congress of the International Congresses of Modern Architecture (CIAM) and c ...
, which for 27 years took place every summer in Italy, in order to carry out continuous research in the evolution of architecture. In 1978, he founded and directed the magazine "Space and Society" which kept the network created by Team X active and guaranteed an alternative and independent voice in the European architectural sphere for the next 20 years.
In
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, De Carlo was in charge of a project for the new suburb of
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of Ego ...
which he criticized for its practical implementation (with its execution completed almost entirely by the municipality of Siena) and from which he dissociated himself later.
![Heating Plant Giancarlo De Carlo Catania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Heating_Plant_Giancarlo_De_Carlo_Catania.jpg)
De Carlo died in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
in 2005.
Honors and awards
* The
Wolf Prize in Arts
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in 1988.
* The
RIBA
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Royal Gold Medal
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in 1993.
Several times he was invited to universities around the world for conferences and meetings, receiving numerous awards and recognitions. De Carlo received an
Honorary Doctorate
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from
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...
in 1995.
Projects
Commencing in the 1950s
* 1950–1951, Public Housing,
Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni (; lmo, Sest San Giovann, label=Western Lombard ), locally referred to as just Sesto ( lmo, Sest, links=no), is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. Its railway station is the northernmost s ...
,
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
.
* 1951–1953, Public Housing,
Baveno
Baveno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, part of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is on the west shore of Lago Maggiore, northwest of Arona by rail.
To the north-west are the famous red granite quarries, which have s ...
.
* 1952–1960, Palazzo Bonaventura (Redevelopment), Seat of the
University of Urbino
The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" ( it, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", ''UniUrb'') is an Italian university located in Urbino, a walled hill-town in the region of Marche, located in the north-eastern part of central Italy. The ...
.
* 1956–1957, Housing and Shops,
Matera
Matera (, ; Materano: ) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a comple ...
.
* 1958–1964, Masterplan,
Urbino
Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of ...
.
Commencing in the 1960s
* 1961–1965, Municipal Masterplan for Milan (with Alessandro Tutino and Silvano Tintori).
* 1961–1963, Summer Camp,
Riccione
Riccione (; rgn, Arciôn ) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. As of 2018, Riccione had an estimated population of 35,003.
History
The oldest archaeological findings in Riccione's area date to the 2nd cen ...
.
* 1962–1965, Collegio del Colle Student Accommodation, Urbino.
* 1963, Restoration of retirement housing (Palazzo degli Anziani), Urbino.
* 1966–1968, Faculty of Law, Urbino.
* 1967–1969, ''La Pineta'' Quarter, Urbino.
* 1967–1969,
Mirano
Mirano is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
People
*Luigi Brugnaro (born 1961), politician and current mayor of Venice (since 2015)
*Federica Pellegrini (born 1988), Olympic swimmer, multiple world-record ho ...
Hospital,
Metropolitan City of Venice
The Metropolitan City of Venice ( it, Città Metropolitana di Venezia) is a metropolitan city in the Veneto region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice. It replaced the Province of Venice and includes the city of Venice and 43 other municipal ...
* 1968, Ca' Romanino (Casa Sichirollo), Urbino.
* 1968–1976, Faculty of Education, Urbino.
* 1969, Italian Pavilion,
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
, Japan.
* 1969–1972, Redevelopment, Piazza del Mercatale, Urbino.
Commencing in the 1970s
* 1970–1975, Villaggio Matteotti Housing Development,
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...
.
* 1970–1972, Plan for the center of Rimini and San Giuliano.
* 1971–1975, Restoration of Francesco di Giorgio's Staircase, Urbino.
* 1973–1983, Student Accommodation, Urbino.
* 1972–1985, Faculty of Engineering,
University of Pavia
The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...
.
* 1977–1982, Restoration of the theatre, Teatro Sanzio, Urbino.
* 1977–1979, Elementary and Middle School, Buia/Osoppo,
Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...
.
* 1979, Plans for the Redevelopment of the Historic Center of
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
.
* 1979–1985, Housing,
Mazzorbo
Mazzorbo is one of various islands in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice. Like the other islands in this part of the lagoon, it was the site one of the earliest settlements in the lagoon which predated the development of Venice. However, th ...
,
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
Commencing in the 1980s
* 1980–1981, Restoration of the historic church and buildings of Cascina San Lazzaro, Pavia.
* 1980–1981, Competition entry for Piazzale delle Pace,
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...
.
* 1981–1983, Restoration of the Prè area of Genoa.
* 1983, New seat for the ''Scuola del Libro'' High School, Urbino
* 1982–2001, Faculty of Medicine and Biology,
University of Siena
The University of Siena ( it, Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI) in Siena, Tuscany, is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called ''Studium Senese'', the institution was founded in 1240 ...
.
* 1983–1987, Restoration of the historic boatshed,
Cervia
Cervia ( rgn, Zirvia) is a seaside resort town in the province of Ravenna, located in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.
Cervia is a major seaside resort in Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Its population was 28,700 at the 2018 census.
...
* 1986–2005, Carlo Cattaneo High School,
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of Ego ...
, Province of Pisa.
* 1986–1999, Restoration of Palazzo Battiferri, Urbino.
* 1986–2004, Restoration and Redevelopment of the
Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena
The Monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena in Catania, Sicily is a former Benedictine monastery, located on Piazza Dante 30 in the city of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy. After the Mafra, this abbey is the second largest Benedictine monastery in Eur ...
,
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...
.
* ?-1989, Masterplan, historic centre of
Lastra a Signa
Lastra a Signa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence.
Main sights
*Hospital of Sant'Antonio (1411)
*"Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi ( , , also kn ...
.
* 1989–2005, Sports Complex, Mazzorbo, Venice.
* 1989–1994, New Masterplan, Urbino.
Commencing in the 1990s
* 1992–2005, New Palace of Justice,
Pesaro
Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...
.
* 1993–1999, Restoration and redevelopment of the hamlet,
Colletta di Castelbianco,
Savona
Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
Savona used to be one of the chie ...
.
* 1994–2000, Entrance gates to the
Republic of San Marino
San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...
.
* 1995–2002, Café/Bathing Establishment, Nuovo Blue Moon, Lido, Venice.
* 1996, Plans for ferry dock,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
.
* 1997–2001, Restoration of Castello di Montefiore,
Recanati
Recanati () is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, ...
.
* 1997–1998, University campus, via Roccaromana, Catania.
Commencing in the 2000s
* 2000–2001, Competition entry for Ponte Parodi, Genoa.
* 2003, Competition entry for the Porta Nuova Gardens, Milan.
* 2003–2006, Housing, Wadi Abou Jmeel,
Beirut, Lebanon.
* 2003–2005, Children's center,
Ravenna
Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...
.
Further reading
* Benedict Zucchi (1992) ''Giancarlo De Carlo'', Oxford: Butterworth Architecture
* John McKean 'Il Magistero: De Carlo's dialogue with historical forms', Places (California/Cambridge Mass) Vol 16, No 1, Fall 2003
* John McKean, ''Giancarlo De Carlo, Layered Places'', Stuttgart and Paris (2004), published in English by Menges (Stuttgart) and in French by Centre Pompidou as "Giancarlo De Carlo: Des Lieux, Des Hommes".
* John McKean, “Giancarlo De Carlo et l’experience politique de la participation”, in 'La Modernite Critique, autour du CIAM 9, d’Aix-en-Provence – 1953', ed. Bonillo, Massu & Pinson, Marseille: editions Imberton, 2006
* Alberto Franchini (2020) ''Il Villaggio Matteotti a Terni. Giancarlo De Carlo e l'abitare collettivo'', Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider
References
External links
Faculty of Architecture, Università di Roma3. Students workshop and exhibition "Giancarlo De Carlo, Partigiano dell'Architettura" (Italian)
ILAUD.ORG
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1919 births
2005 deaths
Architects from Genoa
20th-century Italian architects
Italian libertarians
Modernist architects
Structuralists
Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal
Wolf Prize in Arts laureates