ROBALDO MOROZZO DELLA ROCCA. EXPERIMENTAL ATTITUDE
This editorial project is the result of a long journey and is rooted in my doctoral research at the University of Genoa (tutors: Carmen Andriani, Valter Scelsi, with the partecipation of Roberto Gargiani). It also represents a deep friendship and a wonderful collaboration among myself, photographer Francesca Iovene, and graphic designers Andrea Giambelli and Francesca Oprandi.
The new book explores an unpublished architectural and territorial project, developed from original materials: it is the first comprehensive monograph, in English, on Robaldo Morozzo della Rocca, a significant figure in 20th-century Italian architecture.
Robaldo Morozzo della Rocca (1904–1993) is not a particularly prominent figure in architectural history, but nevertheless shaped the architectural landscape of Italy – especially Genoa – through changing times. Morozzo was a modern architect, but he was not a modernist and his buildings belong to an alternative tradition of Razionalismo. His work is impossible to categorise and, without taking any ideological stance, expressed itself in a variety of styles between the periods of the monarchy and the republic: from futurism to neoplasticism, and from Fascist rhetoric to experiments with concrete. This monograph not only reconstructs the past, but also reveals the present-day relevance of Morozzo della Rocca’s approaches. It demonstrates how it is possible to take an autonomous path and simultaneously develop a universal vision of the world through architecture. Presenting his most important works – ranging from villas and palazzi to apartment buildings and his INA Casa projects – this publication traces the story of an architect who was ahead of his time and whose influence is tangible to this day.
The book is structured into four chapters:
- Pleasure and Pain. A Rational Expressionism
- An Itinerary. Genoa as a Laboratory (photography by Francesca Iovene)
- Archipelago. Building Atlas
- Perspectives. Critical Section (articles by Carmen Andriani, Maria Carola Morozzo della Rocca, Valter Scelsi, Adam Štěch)
DELIVERY IN GENOA - SHIPMENTS THROUGHOUT ITALY
