Aldo rossi short biography summary

Aldo Rossi Milan, May 3, — ibidem , September 4, was an Italian architect and designer considered one of the main exponents of the postmodern movement, despite the fact that he himself rejected this definition. His father owned a small rag and diaper factory, whose brand was "Rossi". He went to two different schools during World War II and then studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, where he graduated in In he began his teaching activity, first as an assistant to Ludovico Quaroni at the School of Urbanism in Arezzo, later to Carlo Aymonino at the Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia.

Rossi worked for three years for an architecture magazine, and in he published his first book, published under the title "The Architecture of the City". In it he established his theories on the urban design of cities. Rossi had originally been interested in cinema, but eventually turned to architecture. However, in all of his designs the features of theatrical sets are present in some way.

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He carried out projects for the theater and opera. For the Venice Biennale he designed a floating theater, the Teatro del Mondo, with capacity for spectators seated around the stage. More recently he also designed the building of the Genoa National Opera.