Titre et auteur:

Expressing Materials & Components / [presented by] Angelo Mangiarotti.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1983.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (30 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Angelo Mangiarotti -- Tables & Details Of Their Joints -- Bronze Vases -- Prefabricated Column & Beams -- Prefabricated Factory At Lissone, Milan, 1964 -- Left: Detail Of Parthenon, Athens. Right: Detail Of Concrete Column & Slabs For Factory In Alzate Brianza, Como, 1969 -- Mud Building In Anatolia -- Corner Of Industrial Building, Cinisello Balsamo, 1968 -- Left: Doge's Palace, Venice. Right: Offices In Majano Del Friuli, Udine, 1978 -- Social Services Building At Majano Del Friuli, Udine, 1978. Details Of Steel Structure -- Left: Pierro Della Francesca's "Flagellation". Right: Model Of Structure For Factory At Alzate Brianza, Como, 1969 -- Housing & Social Services For Factory At Marcianise, Caserta, 1962. Model Shows Structure -- Left: Children In Bali. Right: Section Of PVC Joint Between Wall Panels -- Gold Links For Necklet -- Glass Links For Light Fittings -- Greek Doric Temple -- Detail Of Corner Of Factory At Lissone, Milan, 1964 -- Concrete Structure For Factory At Alzate Brianza, Como, 1969 -- Exhibition Building, Padua, 1975 -- Pavilion For Sea Festival, Genoa, 1963.

Résumé:

The Italian architect Angelo Mangiarotti trained at Milan Polytechnic and was in partnership with Bruno Morassutti for five years before setting up his own practice in 1960 in Milan. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Australia, Switzerland and the USA as well as in his own country. He is the author of many articles and the subject of two monographs. Mangiarotti's architectural language expresses the characteristics of materials and components, and his construction methodology is founded on a search for a new and properly motivated relationship between man and environment. In his talk, he begins by describing small objects he has designed, showing how the nature of the materials determines both form and construction. The same is true at a larger scale. Of his structures he says that none are the same, yet in a sense none are different, because his conceptual approach is constant. Only the form or image varies, which in turn affects the way components are designed or assembled. And it is this which gives a Mangiarotti building its satisfyingly enduring quality. A short statement in Italian by Mangiarotti is found at the end of the talk.

Sujet:

Architectural design.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Design architectural.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Vedettes secondaires:

Mangiarotti, Angelo, 1921-2012, narrator.

Expressig materials and components