| ... the BBPR were in those years amongst the italians who were most open towards international cultural contacts. |
doorhandle
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Emma doorhandle (1967 prod. Olivari)
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Designer This designer group was founded in 1932 by Gian Luigi Banfi (Milan 1910 - Mauthausen 1945), Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (Milan 1909), Enrico Peressutti (Pinzano al Tagliamento, Pordenone, 1908 - Milan 1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (Trieste 1910 - Gardone, Brescia, 1968). The four architects (since then known by the four initials of their surnames), who began collaborating during the last year of their studies at the Milan Polytechnics, were characterized, until the outbreak of the war, by their contribution to urbanistic projects (development plan for the Aosta Valley, 1936-1937) and for their rationalist rigour in such projects as the Helioterapeutic Camp at Legnano (1939). Members of CIAM since 1935, the BBPR were in those years amongst the italians who were most open towards international cultural contacts. After the compulsive pause of the war, during which Rogers had to flee to Switzerland for racial reasons, and the others were actively involved in the anti-fascist movement (Banfi, captured, died in a concentration camp), the studio resumed its activity with realizations such as the monument dedicated to the victims of the German concentration camps (Milan, Monumental Cemetery, 1946), and subsequently important structures like the Velasca Tower (Milan, 1958), considered the epitome of the formal revolution baptized Neo-Liberty. Rogers' activities in the fields of publishing and teaching have been especially important; the editor of "Domus" (1946-1947) and of "Casabella-Continuitˆ" (1953-1964), he taught at the faculties of architecture in Milan and in Venice. His texts have been collected in the volumes Esperienze dell'architettura (Experiences of architecture) (1958), Gli Elementi del fenomeno architettonico (The elements of the architectural phenomenon) (1962), Editoriali di architettura (Editorials on architecture) (1968). |
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