#Multifunctional building #Bolzano (Bozen) #Italy #1934
Francesco Mansutti, Gino Miozzo
Viale Druso/Drususallee 1
39100
Bolzano (Bozen),
Italy
Public transport: Eurac
Today's use: Reseaech Centre
Description
A building with originally many forms of use: classrooms, gymnasium, paved courtyard and free play.
The theatre is an independent oval building. The sloping staircases running along the side, easily recognisable by the windows, are very characteristic. The theatre was originally connected to the classroom building by a pergola corridor. Today, new buildings of the research centre stand on the site.
The elongated section once housed the gymnasium, which stands alone. Today it houses a library. It is the flat and elongated part of the building that contrasts with the tower.
This tower is surrounded by a two-storey building built at a right angle, in which the remaining educational rooms were inserted. A roof terrace, serving as decoration on the exterior with attached frames as a kind of pergola, visually elevates the building. It was a typical feature of schools and educational establishments, and in some cases other buildings, that people would spend time on these terraces during breaks or when playing sport in order to enjoy healthy outdoor living.
All windows are conspicuously small. They suggest ribbon windows, but they are not, as a support was always installed between the windows. It is not necessarily a reference to the fact that the house was built of brick and concrete was not used. But it does suggest it.
The letters that once formed the name of the building have been removed and are no longer there.
Description
A building with originally many forms of use: classrooms, gymnasium, paved courtyard and free play.
The theatre is an independent oval building. The sloping staircases running along the side, easily recognisable by the windows, are very characteristic. The theatre was originally connected to the classroom building by a pergola corridor. Today, new buildings of the research centre stand on the site.
The elongated section once housed the gymnasium, which stands alone. Today it houses a library. It is the flat and elongated part of the building that contrasts with the tower.
This tower is surrounded by a two-storey building built at a right angle, in which the remaining educational rooms were inserted. A roof terrace, serving as decoration on the exterior with attached frames as a kind of pergola, visually elevates the building. It was a typical feature of schools and educational establishments, and in some cases other buildings, that people would spend time on these terraces during breaks or when playing sport in order to enjoy healthy outdoor living.
All windows are conspicuously small. They suggest ribbon windows, but they are not, as a support was always installed between the windows. It is not necessarily a reference to the fact that the house was built of brick and concrete was not used. But it does suggest it.
The letters that once formed the name of the building have been removed and are no longer there.
History
This multifunctional building was built between 1934 and 1936 by the two architects Francesco Mansutti and Gino Miozzo. With its various functions, it served the sport and politics of the fascist state. It was commissioned by the fascist youth organisation Opera Nazionale Balilla, an organ of the Italian National Fascist Party.
In this city, which belonged to Austria-Hungary until 1918, the presence of the Italian state was particularly significant. As part of the Italianisation of South Tyrol during the Fascist era, Italians in particular were settled in the predominantly German-speaking city. This architecture served as a political instrument of power to emphasise this ideology. It is one of several large buildings in the city with which the regime emphasised its power.
In Italy, after the end of World War II, the relationship to the history of the fascist state and thus also to its buildings was ambivalent. In this case, the building was abandoned in the end. However, the EURAC research centre decided in favour of this building, so that it was restored and extended by 2002.
History
This multifunctional building was built between 1934 and 1936 by the two architects Francesco Mansutti and Gino Miozzo. With its various functions, it served the sport and politics of the fascist state. It was commissioned by the fascist youth organisation Opera Nazionale Balilla, an organ of the Italian National Fascist Party.
In this city, which belonged to Austria-Hungary until 1918, the presence of the Italian state was particularly significant. As part of the Italianisation of South Tyrol during the Fascist era, Italians in particular were settled in the predominantly German-speaking city. This architecture served as a political instrument of power to emphasise this ideology. It is one of several large buildings in the city with which the regime emphasised its power.
In Italy, after the end of World War II, the relationship to the history of the fascist state and thus also to its buildings was ambivalent. In this case, the building was abandoned in the end. However, the EURAC research centre decided in favour of this building, so that it was restored and extended by 2002.
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