Aldo Rossi’s work and legacy celebrated
Aldo Rossi’s work and legacy celebrated
While Molteni & C celebrates the furniture design of Aldo Rossi, MAXXI Museum pays tribute to the postmodernist architect through a series of sketches, photographs and models, on show in Rome until 17 October 2021
Conceived in 1991 by Aldo Rossi and Luca Meda, the ‘Piroscafo’ bookcase was inspired by a building Rossi had designed in Perugia. Its name means ‘steamship’ in Italian, and when the units are lined up together, they give the appearance of a steamship
‘Imagination and fantasy can only blossom from the knowledge of the real,’ said the architect Aldo Rossi. The epigram appears in the Blue Notebooks, a personal and professional journal Rossi started in the late 1960s. It was a discipline he maintained over three decades, filling 47 volumes, which continue to offer an insight into his unique take on the poetry and practicalities of architecture and a wider creative life.