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Manfredi Nicoletti (16 June 1930 – 29 October 2017) was an Italian architect.


Biography

Nicoletti is considered a pioneer in
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urban and architectural design. In the 1970s his book ''L'ecosistema urbano'' (The
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) - a term which he coined - creates a connection between environmental matters and psychological and cultural values. In this volume experts in various disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, biology, engineering, botanics, urban history, economy and acoustics contribute to open a rich discussion on the theme of urban ecosystems. He founded and headed at the Rome University
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the course of ''Urban Morphology and Ecology'' in 1972 and later the course of ''Ecosystemic Architecture'' in 1995. Consultant in urban ecology for the Italian Government and the European Community. Member of Eurosolar and PLEA he was awarded the international prize WREN (World renewal energy network). Born in Rieti, Nicoletti began his artistic and intellectual career very young in the studio of
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. In Rome he studied under
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and graduated in architecture in 1954. The same year he received a Fulbright Scholarship to the
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where he took his master's degree in 1955. During that time he was a student of
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,
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,
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, and
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. He worked in the studio of
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and was assistant to
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at
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. Up to 1957 he collaborated with the studio of
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. Upon his return to Italy, Manfredi worked with
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. As a member of the National Institute for Urban Studies he was one of the founders of the National Institute for Architecture together with
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. In 1962 he returned to MIT with a Sloan Grant and was a member of the Joint Center for Urban Studies. During the years 1963-1964 he travelled through Europe, the Middle East and Asia preparing studies of cave architecture which were later published in the essay of 1980 which won him the Comité International des Critiques d’Architecture prize. In 1963 he was a teacher of architecture at the
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. In 1965 he founded with Paul Maymont, Yona Friedman and Michel Ragon the Groupe International d’Architecture Prospective (GIAP). He is considered to have been a pioneer of Megastructural architecture. He taught in Aquila and Rome; he was full professor of architectural composition in Palermo from 1980 and in Rome from 1988. His engagement in studies on architecture of Art Nouveau brought him to the rediscovery of the work of the Italian architect Raimondo D'Aronco regarding whom he wrote the first monografy dedicated to his drawings and architecture in 1955 that was followed by a second in 1982. A founding Partner, together with
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and Giulia Falconi, of
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, he was Emeritus professor of Architectural Composition at the Rome La Sapienza University, Vice President of the
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, Member of the Academy of Architecture of Russia, Member of the International Academy of Architecture of Moscow and member of the Academy of Architecture of France.
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of the
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and of the
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. From the Minister of Culture of France he received the title of “Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”. Twice awarded with the Dedalo Minosse Prize. His professional experience embraced many aspects of urban and architectural design, especially of public buildings, carried out in Europe, the United States, Africa, the Middle and Far East, where they were integrated with those of specialists in various scientific and technological sectors. A large part of his artistic and architectural archives is entrusted to the collections of FRAC Fonds régional d'art contemporain and
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both located in France.


Main projects

* Social Housing, Rieti (1965) * Artificial Peninsula in Fontvieille, Principauté de Monaco (1968) *
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, New York (1968) * Airport of Reggio Calabria (1974) * Seafront of Reggio Calabria (1976) * Social Housing, Gela (1976) * Urban Plan, Gela (1978) * Airports of Trapani, Lampedusa and Pantelleria (1978) * Airport and Control Tower, Catania (1978) * Moncada House, Bagheria (1987) * University Campus, Udine (1990) * General Hospital, Agrigento (1991) * Urban Plan, Rieti (1992) * Scientific Greenhouse, University of Catania (2000) * Zoological Museum, Catania (2000) * Sport Palace, Palermo (2001) * Italian Parliament Conference Centre, Roma (2002) * Police Headquarters, Rieti (2002) *
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, Abuja Nigeria (2003) * New Courthouse, Lecce (2004) * Unità d’Italia Square, Rieti (2004) * New Courthouse of Arezzo, Arezzo (2008)Jodidio, P "Architecture Now!" Taschen 2008 *
Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall The Central Concert Hall ( kk, «Qazaqstan» Ortalyq kontsert zaly; russian: Центральный концертный зал «Казахстан») is a center for performing arts in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. It was designed by ...
, Astana Kazakhstan (2009) * Millennium Tower, Abuja Nigeria U.C. (expected 2014) * Petaling Jaya "The Pod" Pavilion,
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Malaysia (2010)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicoletti, Manfredi 1930 births 2017 deaths People from the Province of Rieti Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Harvard University staff Rhode Island School of Design faculty 20th-century Italian architects 21st-century Italian architects Members of the Académie d'architecture Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres