Time & Memory / [presented by] Adolfo Natalini (Superstudio).

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Natalini, Adolfo, 1941- narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (30 minutes)).

Other Title:

Time and memory

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1982.

Summary:

Adolfo Natalini practises as an architect in Italy, teaches in the School of Architecture in Florence, but says his vocation is to be an artist, and he strives to combine all three. In 1966, he started working in Florence with a group of friends (R. and A. Magris, Toraldo di Francia and P. Frassinelli) adopting the name Superstudio. They launched themselves with a series of Utopian projects demonstrating the falsity of the premises of current thought. At the same time they were designing and producing objects and interiors and eventually buildings. Natalini himself is mainly interested in architecture and town planning, especially the relationship between architecture and historical centres. With projects for Florence, Jerusalem and Frankfurt, he has sought to understand the different layers or images which have been superimposed through the ages. When it comes to the design of individual buildings, he gives them personality by the use of metaphor and allegory. All this he explains in the talk presented here, recorded in English with a short statement in his native language, Italian, at the end.

Contents:

Adolfo Natalini

The Continuous Monument

Life, Education, Ceremony, Love & Death

Autobiography On Brass

House Near Osnabruck, West Germany

Computer Centre Near Bologna, Italy

Proposal For Central Area, Frankfurt-Am-Main, Germany

Corner House In Street Near Frankfurt Central Area.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 23, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.