ARC131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Robert Venturi, Broni, Léon Krier
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Two strands of post-modernism: north america and europe. Rossi: a few notions which are typical of rossi, his rst notion is the city existing in collective memory. Form follows function and form is stronger than function. Rossi refers to palazzo della, padua: he gives an example showing this functionalist that the form structures the city, not self contained objects but they are part of the city. Rossi, analogue city: he compiled his work into one piece, was paper architecture combined. Rossi, school, broni: used cylinder as central part of building. Rossi: produces arch which is a product of the environment, has reduced and simple work. Georgio grassi, student housing: some of his best work, simpli ed arch, very rational and simple. Rational arch, exhibition, milan 1973: rational comes from the reduction of form. Led to a commission of paper architecture of a building. Rossi made the museum that oated on water in venice.
