Perret & Piacentini. A Comparative Analysis of Two Parallel Architectures

Authors

  • José Ramón Alonso Pereira Universidad de La Coruña

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/vlc.2017.7006

Keywords:

Perret, Piacentini, Italian Architecture, French Architecture, Novecento

Abstract

It is very common to understand the home of the masters of architecture as a manifesto of their respective architectures. Nevertheless, those houses are usually identified with single-family models, relegating collective examples. Only the apartment-atelier that Le Corbusier elevated in Porte Molitor (1930-33) is saved from this oblivion. However, there are at the same time two other examples of house-studio by two masters of the moment: Perret and Piacentini. Both are parallel in their vital dynamics and in their programs: The Roman house-studio of Piacentini in Lungotevere Tor di Nona (1929-31) and the Parisian building of Raynouard (1929-33), where Perret established his home and his agence (office). The coincidence of theme and the parallelism of place facilitate the comparative analysis in a common historical time, with their debates between tradition and vanguard.

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Author Biography

José Ramón Alonso Pereira, Universidad de La Coruña

Arquitecto ETSAM, Doctor UPM, Catedrático ETS Arquitectura

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Published

2017-04-26

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Research articles
Received 2016-12-07
Accepted 2017-03-02
Published 2017-04-26