Piazza Nuova, Segrate (project)

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Piazza Nuova, Segrate (project) is an unbuilt urban design proposal by Italian architect Aldo Rossi that reflects his rationalist approach to city form and public space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public square proposal
unbuilt architectural project
urban design project
architect Aldo Rossi
country Italy
designPeriod 20th century
discipline architecture
urban design
documentedIn architectural history literature
publications on rationalist urbanism
studies of Aldo Rossi’s work
focusesOn collective public life
relationship between architecture and urban space
hasDesignApproach rationalist
hasDesignConcept city as architecture
emphasis on public space
primacy of urban form
hasDesignElement axial organization
central piazza
clearly defined edges
geometrically ordered blocks
monumental urban composition
porticoed fronts
regular building typologies
hasRepresentation architectural drawings
perspective views
urban plans
influencedBy classical urban composition
historical Italian piazzas
isExampleOf Italian neo-rationalism
linked to: Italian Rationalism

postwar European urban design
locatedInPlanned Lombardy
Metropolitan City of Milan
Segrate
reflectsTheoryOf Aldo Rossi’s theory of the city
permanence of urban artifacts
urban memory
relatedWorkOfArchitect Gallaratese Housing
San Cataldo Cemetery
Teatro del Mondo
status unbuilt

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Aldo Rossi notableWork Piazza Nuova, Segrate (project)