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Aldo Rossi (born 1931), one ofthe most influential architectsduring the period 1972-1988, hasaccomplished the unusual feat ofachieving internationalrecognition in three distinct

areas:-TheoryDrawing and

Architecture

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Casa Aurora, Turin, Italy, 1987.Gallaratese Quarter II in Milan, Italy(19681974) with Carlo Aymonino.

San Cataldo Cemetery, Modena,

Italy (1971). Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Italy(1981).

Centro direzionale, Perugia, Italy

(198288). Palazzo Hotel in Fukuoka, Japan

(198689).

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Bonnefanten Museum,Maastricht, The Netherlands(199094).

Quartier Schtzenstrasse inBerlin, Germany (199498).

Ca' di Cozzi in Verona, Italy, his

last project.

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Architect : Aldo RossiLocation : Fukuoka, Japan mapDate : 1987 timelineBuilding Type: hotel Construction System: brick masonry

with expressed steel lintels

Climate : temperateContext; urbanStyle: Post-Modern

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This building was one of the late

Aldo Rossi's commercial projects.This Pritzker-prize winnerdesigned this (former) officeheadquarters for GFT, parent

company to the designer labelsof Valentino, Emanuel Ungaroand Giorgio Armani.

Like most of his buildings thisoffice building exhibits"rationalist" qualities and a

sense of timelessness.

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This is achieved in his buildingsthrough the use of geometricessentials like circles, squares,and equilateral triangles and by

using "perpetuating typology," inthis case the portico, a designelement that has been

historically successful and stillhas a public function.

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The wings of the two street

elevations use stone porticoes, acontrast with the brick claddingelsewhere and a way of

emphasizing the porch that is afeature of much traditionalNorthern Italian architecture.

Although "Rationalist" architectsusually eschew ornament, thegreen steel I-beams frame theopenings of the colonnade--and

green metal even punctuates the

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The angled corner entrance.Rossi uses giant doublecolumns surmounted by agreen steel I-beam lintel.

(This motif is repeated as wellin the inside auditorium.)

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"Quartier Schtzenstrasse"consists of a classical

Friedrichstadt block defined bythe Schtzenstrasse,Markgrafenstrasse,

Zimmerstrasse, andCharlottenstrasse.

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Aldo Rossis used the historicalurban structure of the division of

land into small plots as hisconcept for QuartierSchtzenstrasse.

The individualized houses signalindividual plots but the totalnumber of facades exceeds thenumber of houses standing

independently of each other.While two of the buildings are

reserved exclusively for

residential apartments the rest

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The Quartier Schtzenstrasse is

a collage of icons and archetypeswith several obvious referencesto other Rossi buildings as wellas historical references.

Schtzenstrasse 8 is a copy ofthe courtyard facade of thePalazzo Farnese in Rome, built in

1516 by Antonio Sangallo, thatwas modified by Michelangelo.

The court yard facade copies

three of the centre line of

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The path through the smallest,ornamental courtyard behind the

Palazzo Farnese.The intense colorfulness,inspired by the colors of antiquearchitecture, tie the block

together and draws attention tothe allotment structure, whichdistinguishes the individualhouses.

Rossi used particular colors forparticular facade materials; themore "artificial" the material, the

more "vivid" the color.

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Blaring green and bright redsignal aluminium. Muted colors;egg yolk yellow, carmine red andcornflower blue are all stucco.

The earthy tones shading intored- brown or yellow indicatebricks. The pale facades are two

kinds of natural stone; light anddark gray, sand and pink. Thesilver-grey sheet metal stays.

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