#Administration building #Como #1932
National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista)
Piazza del Popolo 4
22100
Como,
Italy
Public transport: Piazza del Popolo / Como Nord Lago (train)
Today's use: Offices
Description
Square in base (33 meters long) and the main facade characterized by square grids (16.5 meters high), adding up exactly the ratio 1:0.5. All four sides of the house were designed differently. The west facade, which faces the square, is dominated by the skeleton grids, creating open loggias in front of the facade. On the top floor, the rooms in the central part are replaced by loggias without a roof, ensuring that the central hall inside can be illuminated with daylight via a skylight.
The house demonstrates the connection between inside and outside and its transitions, one typical feature of modern architecture. Furthermore it shows its basic construction made of a concrete skelton. The other facades of the house were provided with different window formats. The facade was clad in white marble. Inside the house is designed an atrium that represented a kind of hall of fame. The construction of concrete skeletons is also visible inside. The offices are arranged around this atrium. For staging purposes it was probably possible to open all 16 entrance doors at the same time.
Description
Square in base (33 meters long) and the main facade characterized by square grids (16.5 meters high), adding up exactly the ratio 1:0.5. All four sides of the house were designed differently. The west facade, which faces the square, is dominated by the skeleton grids, creating open loggias in front of the facade. On the top floor, the rooms in the central part are replaced by loggias without a roof, ensuring that the central hall inside can be illuminated with daylight via a skylight.
The house demonstrates the connection between inside and outside and its transitions, one typical feature of modern architecture. Furthermore it shows its basic construction made of a concrete skelton. The other facades of the house were provided with different window formats. The facade was clad in white marble. Inside the house is designed an atrium that represented a kind of hall of fame. The construction of concrete skeletons is also visible inside. The offices are arranged around this atrium. For staging purposes it was probably possible to open all 16 entrance doors at the same time.
History
A first house for the Fascist party in Como was planned in 1928. This version dates from 1932. Construction works started in 1933 and were finished in 1936. The house was used as the seat of the most powerful Italian party until 1943. After the end of the Italian fascism, the house become state property. Since 1957 it is used for the Finance Police.
In 1986, 50 years after its inauguration, the house was listed. Sometimes it is called Palace Terragni named after the architect and to separate the fascist past from the architecture.
History
A first house for the Fascist party in Como was planned in 1928. This version dates from 1932. Construction works started in 1933 and were finished in 1936. The house was used as the seat of the most powerful Italian party until 1943. After the end of the Italian fascism, the house become state property. Since 1957 it is used for the Finance Police.
In 1986, 50 years after its inauguration, the house was listed. Sometimes it is called Palace Terragni named after the architect and to separate the fascist past from the architecture.
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