Pietro Porcinai
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Pietro Porcinai is renowned as one of the most outstanding Italian landscape architects of the twentieth century.
He designed a wide variety of projects on the most diverse scales: gardens and public parks, industrial districts, hotels and tourist villages, motorways and agricultural areas. The hundreds of projects implemented in Italy and abroad comprise the most extraordinary “landscaped” gardens, perfectly integrated within the surroundings and so natural as to appear untouched by human hand.
, an early seventeenth-century villa in the village of Settignano
, overlooking Florence
. As a youth, he studied horticulture at the prestigious Regia Scuola Agraria Media agricultural college. After graduation, he started working full-time as a landscape designer at the Martino Bianchi nursery in Pistoia
, and later worked in Belgium
and Germany
. His travels abroad brought him into contact with contemporary European design. He met famous plant breeders and horticulturalists (Fritz Enchke, Karl Foerster) and the most eminent European garden and landscape architects (Russel Page, Geoffrey Jellicoe
, René Pechère and Gerda Gollwitzer). This experience gave the young Porcinai a chance to compare his own education in design and horticulture with a broader concept of the profession that was in sharp contrast with the Italian tradition of formal garden design.
In 1937 Porcinai began writing for the magazine Domus (magazine)
directed by Giò Ponti
, which rapidly become Europe’s most influential design publication. This gave him not only his own professional opening, but also the opportunity to educate both architects and the public at large in the importance of landscape design.
In 1938 Porcinai settled a studio in Florence with the architects Nello Baroni and Maurizio Tempestini. This dynamic studio rapidly became a benchmark in the cultural life of the city, introducing Porcinai to the influential business dynasties who were to remain his loyal clients throughout his professional career.
In 1948 in Cambridge
he was one of the 17 founder members of the International Federation of Landscape Architects
(IFLA). A staunch defender of the natural and landscape heritage, at length he championed the cause of a proper training in landscape and garden architecture in Italy, coming up against a wall of indifference in the schools and even the universities. In 1950, with a handful of other pioneers, he fathered the foundation of the Italian section of the IFLA in the form of the AIAP (Italian Association of Garden and Landscape Architects) of which Porcinai was for many years secretary and, from 1979 on, Honorary President.
In Italy the post-war economic reconstruction produced a new moneyed class of industrial entrepreneurs: manufacturers of televisions and textiles, and executives in the burgeoning empires of petroleum and technology. The Italian practice of holding design competitions for public projects provided more visibility for his expanding practice. From designing private gardens for industrialists it was a logical step to projecting sites for factories and offices: notable examples include the Mondadori centre in Segrate
, Milan (in collaboration with Oscar Niemeyer
), and the Brion Vega plant in Caselle d’Asolo, Venice
. A growing reputation for swimming pool design led to commissions from hotels, including the Hotel des Bains at the Venice Lido and resort complexes such as the holiday village in Nicotera
Marina in southern Italy.
In the 1970s public parks and urban design projects became an important part of Porcinai’s practice, with an increasing number of commissions from outside Italy. Major projects included plans for parks in four Saudi Arabian cities (in collaboration with Albini, Helg and Partners), the Place Beaubourg in front of the Pompidou Centre in Paris
(as consultant to the architects Piano and Rogers), a design for the Parco Sempione
in Milan (with the architect Viganò
), and the Parco della Favorita in Palermo
, Sicily
. He was also engaged in large-scale projects such as the new Brennero
motorway in northern Italy and the intricate relocation of the Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel
for UNESCO
.
Porcinai was convinced of the need to apply the lessons of the garden to the ecology of the urban context. He attacked the arrogant imposition of architectural theory on the modern city. However, he did not confine his criticism to the architectural profession: he was prepared to indict modern society for the twin evils of materialism and collectivism. The solution must lie in a process of education – in his words “a task of evangelisation”.
Frustrated by the architects’ domination of design education in the Italian universities, in the 1960s Porcinai resolved to establish an educational centre at Villa Rondinelli.
The villa would become in the 20th century what the neighbouring Villa Medici
was in the Quattrocento – a meeting place for artists and philosophers. The new studios were constructed in the villa garden for this purpose.
Unfortunately, the dream faded in the 1970s. Although Porcinai had acquired clients among the new elite, he had also made enemies. A period of enforced exile, during which he opened an office in Beirut
, undermined the financial basis of the educational centre.
Committed to the profession, he took an active part in a number of international conferences; in 1971 he took part in the First International Symposium on the protection and restoration of historic gardens in Fontainebleau held by ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites
) where he promoted the ICOMOS-IFLA International Committee for Historic Gardens, which in 1982 drew up The Florence Charter on preservation of historic gardens, a set of rules governing the maintenance, conservation, restoration and reconstruction of historic gardens.
, and in 1979 the Friedrich Ludwig von Schkell Golden Ring by the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
His remarkable professional expertise ranked him among the elite of European landscape architects, a position consecrated in 1985 when he was the only living Italian to be assigned an extensive biography in The Oxford Companion to Gardens by Sir Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe.
, Garten und Landschaft, Architecture d’Aujordhui, and other minor journals such as Il giardino fiorito, Flora, etc.
In his published articles Porcinai called for training in landscape design, professional collaboration between planners, architects and landscape architects, sensitive road and motorway design and a sensitivity to regional characteristics in project development.
For many years he was an outspoken critic of the modern city. In an article entitled Urbanité de l’urbanisme (L’Architecture d’aujour’hui no. 118, February 1965), unanimously acclaimed by specialist critics, he attacked the arrogant imposition of architectural theory on the city. Other important writings include the essay Garden in the Italian Agrarian Encyclopaedia and Giardino e paesaggio 1942 - Accademia dei Georgofili.
In May 1967 his book Giardini d’Occidente e d’Oriente, written with Attilio Mordini, was published by Fratelli Fabbri Editori
.
He designed a wide variety of projects on the most diverse scales: gardens and public parks, industrial districts, hotels and tourist villages, motorways and agricultural areas. The hundreds of projects implemented in Italy and abroad comprise the most extraordinary “landscaped” gardens, perfectly integrated within the surroundings and so natural as to appear untouched by human hand.
Biography
Porcinai’s education in landscape architecture began early since his father was in charge of the gardens at the Villa GamberaiaVilla Gamberaia
Villa Gamberaia is a 14th-century villa near Settignano, outside Florence, Tuscany, central Italy; is it characterized by 18th-century terraced garden. The beauty of the setting was praised by Edith Wharton, who saw it after years of tenant occupation with its parterre planted with roses and...
, an early seventeenth-century villa in the village of Settignano
Settignano
Settignano is a picturesque frazione ranged on a hillside northeast of Florence, Italy, with spectacular views that have attracted American expatriates for generations...
, overlooking Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
. As a youth, he studied horticulture at the prestigious Regia Scuola Agraria Media agricultural college. After graduation, he started working full-time as a landscape designer at the Martino Bianchi nursery in Pistoia
Pistoia
Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...
, and later worked in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. His travels abroad brought him into contact with contemporary European design. He met famous plant breeders and horticulturalists (Fritz Enchke, Karl Foerster) and the most eminent European garden and landscape architects (Russel Page, Geoffrey Jellicoe
Geoffrey Jellicoe
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe was an English landscape architect, garden designer, Architect and author.Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome Scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to research his first book Italian Gardens of the...
, René Pechère and Gerda Gollwitzer). This experience gave the young Porcinai a chance to compare his own education in design and horticulture with a broader concept of the profession that was in sharp contrast with the Italian tradition of formal garden design.
Professional activity
In the 1930s he launched his lifelong struggle for the recognition in Italy of garden and landscape design as a modern profession. In the world of Italian architecture and town planning non-architects were generally excluded from landscape design.In 1937 Porcinai began writing for the magazine Domus (magazine)
Domus (magazine)
Domus is the name of two magazines, one published in Italy and one in the United States.* Domus is an Italian magazine, first published in 1928, which focuses on design and architecture. It is bilingual, with articles printed in both Italian and English....
directed by Giò Ponti
Giò Ponti
Gio Ponti was one of the most important Italian architects, industrial designers, furniture designers, artists, and publishers of the twentieth century.-Early life:...
, which rapidly become Europe’s most influential design publication. This gave him not only his own professional opening, but also the opportunity to educate both architects and the public at large in the importance of landscape design.
In 1938 Porcinai settled a studio in Florence with the architects Nello Baroni and Maurizio Tempestini. This dynamic studio rapidly became a benchmark in the cultural life of the city, introducing Porcinai to the influential business dynasties who were to remain his loyal clients throughout his professional career.
In 1948 in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
he was one of the 17 founder members of the International Federation of Landscape Architects
International Federation of Landscape Architects
The International Federation of Landscape Architects is an organisation which represents the landscape architectural profession globally...
(IFLA). A staunch defender of the natural and landscape heritage, at length he championed the cause of a proper training in landscape and garden architecture in Italy, coming up against a wall of indifference in the schools and even the universities. In 1950, with a handful of other pioneers, he fathered the foundation of the Italian section of the IFLA in the form of the AIAP (Italian Association of Garden and Landscape Architects) of which Porcinai was for many years secretary and, from 1979 on, Honorary President.
In Italy the post-war economic reconstruction produced a new moneyed class of industrial entrepreneurs: manufacturers of televisions and textiles, and executives in the burgeoning empires of petroleum and technology. The Italian practice of holding design competitions for public projects provided more visibility for his expanding practice. From designing private gardens for industrialists it was a logical step to projecting sites for factories and offices: notable examples include the Mondadori centre in Segrate
Segrate
Segrate is a town and comune located in the Province of Milan in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. In December 2004 it had some 33,000 inhabitants....
, Milan (in collaboration with Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
), and the Brion Vega plant in Caselle d’Asolo, Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
. A growing reputation for swimming pool design led to commissions from hotels, including the Hotel des Bains at the Venice Lido and resort complexes such as the holiday village in Nicotera
Nicotera
Nicotera is a comune in the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, southern Italy.-History:Nicòtera origins lie with the ancient Greek city of Medma which was founded by the Locresis of Locri Epizephyris....
Marina in southern Italy.
In the 1970s public parks and urban design projects became an important part of Porcinai’s practice, with an increasing number of commissions from outside Italy. Major projects included plans for parks in four Saudi Arabian cities (in collaboration with Albini, Helg and Partners), the Place Beaubourg in front of the Pompidou Centre in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(as consultant to the architects Piano and Rogers), a design for the Parco Sempione
Parco Sempione
Parco Sempione is a large city park in Milan, Italy. Established in 1888, it has an overall area of 386,000 m², and it is located in the historic centre of the city, inside the Zone 1 administrative division. It owes its name to Corso Sempione, a major thoroughfare of Milan, dating back to the...
in Milan (with the architect Viganò
Viganò
Viganò is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,804 and an area of 1.6 km²....
), and the Parco della Favorita in Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
. He was also engaged in large-scale projects such as the new Brennero
Brennero
Brennero may refer to:* Brenner, a village in South Tyrol* Brenner Pass...
motorway in northern Italy and the intricate relocation of the Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel temples refers to two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel in Nubia, southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 230 km southwest of Aswan...
for UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
.
Porcinai was convinced of the need to apply the lessons of the garden to the ecology of the urban context. He attacked the arrogant imposition of architectural theory on the modern city. However, he did not confine his criticism to the architectural profession: he was prepared to indict modern society for the twin evils of materialism and collectivism. The solution must lie in a process of education – in his words “a task of evangelisation”.
Frustrated by the architects’ domination of design education in the Italian universities, in the 1960s Porcinai resolved to establish an educational centre at Villa Rondinelli.
The villa would become in the 20th century what the neighbouring Villa Medici
Villa Medici
The Villa Medici is a mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and now property of the French...
was in the Quattrocento – a meeting place for artists and philosophers. The new studios were constructed in the villa garden for this purpose.
Unfortunately, the dream faded in the 1970s. Although Porcinai had acquired clients among the new elite, he had also made enemies. A period of enforced exile, during which he opened an office in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, undermined the financial basis of the educational centre.
Committed to the profession, he took an active part in a number of international conferences; in 1971 he took part in the First International Symposium on the protection and restoration of historic gardens in Fontainebleau held by ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites
International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites is a professional association that works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places around the world...
) where he promoted the ICOMOS-IFLA International Committee for Historic Gardens, which in 1982 drew up The Florence Charter on preservation of historic gardens, a set of rules governing the maintenance, conservation, restoration and reconstruction of historic gardens.
Awards and distinctions
Porcinai won numerous prizes and awards, including the In-Arch prize in 1960 and the Award of Merit from the School of Environmental Design of the University of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, and in 1979 the Friedrich Ludwig von Schkell Golden Ring by the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
His remarkable professional expertise ranked him among the elite of European landscape architects, a position consecrated in 1985 when he was the only living Italian to be assigned an extensive biography in The Oxford Companion to Gardens by Sir Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe.
Major written works
Along with his numerous designs and projects, Porcinai has also left a large number of articles which cast fascinating light upon his cultural vision, his strategy and his design concepts. He contributed to magazines and newspapers (both Italian and foreign) including DomusDomus
In ancient Rome, the domus was the type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras. They could be found in almost all the major cities throughout the Roman territories...
, Garten und Landschaft, Architecture d’Aujordhui, and other minor journals such as Il giardino fiorito, Flora, etc.
In his published articles Porcinai called for training in landscape design, professional collaboration between planners, architects and landscape architects, sensitive road and motorway design and a sensitivity to regional characteristics in project development.
For many years he was an outspoken critic of the modern city. In an article entitled Urbanité de l’urbanisme (L’Architecture d’aujour’hui no. 118, February 1965), unanimously acclaimed by specialist critics, he attacked the arrogant imposition of architectural theory on the city. Other important writings include the essay Garden in the Italian Agrarian Encyclopaedia and Giardino e paesaggio 1942 - Accademia dei Georgofili.
In May 1967 his book Giardini d’Occidente e d’Oriente, written with Attilio Mordini, was published by Fratelli Fabbri Editori
Fratelli fabbri editori
Fratelli Fabbri Editori is an Italian publishing house founded in 1947 by the brothers Giovanni, Dino and Ettore 'Rino' Fabbri. Today Fabbri forms part of RCS Libri, which in turn is 100% controlled by RCS MediaGroup.-Origins:...
.
Works and important projects
- 1935: TiranaTiranaTirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
, Giardino del Palazzo di re Zog - 1938-41: Torino, Giardino privato di Villa Bona
- 1938-43: Torino, Giardino con piscina di Villa Maggia
- 1938-47: Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaReggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, Giardino con piscina, aranciera, orto, tenuta "La Barisella" - 1939-40: FirenzeFirenzeFirenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence.Firenze may also refer to:* Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer* Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento...
, Piscina di Villa I Collazzi - 1947-65: FirenzeFirenzeFirenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence.Firenze may also refer to:* Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer* Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento...
- SienaSienaSiena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
– PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
- RomaRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
– CapriCapriCapri is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy...
- Torino – Milano – GenovaGénovaGénova may refer to:* Spanish spelling of the city of Genoa, Italy* Génova, Quindío, a municipality in the department of Quindío, Colombia* Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...
, Piscine e giardini privati - 1948-54: FirenzeFirenzeFirenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence.Firenze may also refer to:* Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer* Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento...
, Giardino Villa L'Imperialino - 1951-58: FirenzeFirenzeFirenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence.Firenze may also refer to:* Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer* Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento...
, Villa La Terrazza - Giardino con piscina e limonaia - 1952-59: SaronnoSaronnoSaronno is a comune of Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Varese. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree in 1960.The place is well known for its apricot kernel biscuits and is also a manufacturing town....
(VareseVareseVarese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
), Giardino di villa Fiorita - 1952-59: AnghiariAnghiari-History:Anghiari is famous for the Battle of Anghiari between Florence and Milan which took place there on June 29, 1440. The battle inspired a fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio by Leonardo da Vinci...
(ArezzoArezzoArezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
), Giardino villa con piscina, tennis e maneggio - 1952-62: PozzuoliPozzuoliPozzuoli is a city and comune of the province of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean peninsula.-History:Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of Dicaearchia...
(Napoli), Sistemazione paesaggistica sede Olivetti e quartiere Ina-Olivetti - 1953-55: Roveta, FirenzeFirenzeFirenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence.Firenze may also refer to:* Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer* Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento...
, ristrutturazione ristorante e sistemazione parco con piscina e minigolf - 1954-56: Montecatini TermeMontecatini TermeMontecatini Terme is an Italian district of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany. The most important center in Valdinievole...
(PistoiaPistoiaPistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...
), Piscina e parco - 1956-57: BerlinoBerlinoBerlino, an anthropomorphic bear, was the mascot for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany, noted for his hyperactivity and celebrations with various athletes during the Championships.Up until now, Berlino appears to be mute...
, parco allo Hansaviertel - 1957-63: San DonatoSan Donato MilaneseSan Donato Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km southeast of Milan.-History:...
, Milano, Sistemazione esterna e giardini pensili uffici-SNAM - 1957-63: ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
, Giardino con piscina Villa sul Lago di Como - 1957-64: SansepolcroSansepolcroSansepolcro , is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Arezzo.Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, Borgo was the birthplace of the painters Piero della Francesca, Raffaellino del Colle and Angiolo Tricca...
(ArezzoArezzoArezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
), Giardino con piscina, campo da tennis, sala giochi - 1958-61: Milano, Ristorante Alfio: sistemazione e ampliamento giardino d'inverno
- 1959-69: TriveroTriveroTrivero is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km northeast of Biella.It is an important centre of the wool industry....
(BiellaBiellaBiella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...
), Giardino di Villa Ca' Gianin - 1960-63: TriveroTriveroTrivero is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km northeast of Biella.It is an important centre of the wool industry....
(BiellaBiellaBiella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...
), Parcheggio fabbrica e giardino, terrazza e giardino d'inverno - 1960-86: San DomenicoConvent of San Domenico, FiesoleThe Convent of San Domenico is a Dominican convent in Fiesole, Italy, situated between the hill of Fiesole and the suburbs of Florence. It was founded in 1406 and completed in 1435 on the initiative of Giovanni Dominici and the bishop of Fiesole, Jacopo Altoviti, both of them monks at the Basilica...
- FiesoleFiesoleFiesole is a town and comune of the province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence, 8 km NE of that city...
(Firenze), Restauro del giardino, ristrutturazione di Villa Rondinelli e realizzazione serre - studio. - 1960: Isola PolveseIsola PolveseThe Isola Polvese is the largest island of the Lake Trasimeno. This island is a part of Castiglione del Lago.- External links :*...
, Lago Trasimeno, (Perugia), Giardino con piscina, campo da tennis ed imbarcadero - 1961-65: Firenze, Giardino Villa Il Roseto
- 1961: RapalloRapalloRapallo is a municipality in the province of Genoa, in Liguria, northern Italy. As of 2007 it counts approximately 34,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Tigullio Gulf and is located in between Portofino and Chiavari....
(GenovaGénovaGénova may refer to:* Spanish spelling of the city of Genoa, Italy* Génova, Quindío, a municipality in the department of Quindío, Colombia* Génova, Quetzaltenango, a municipality in the department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...
), Hotel Bristol: aree verdi, parcheggio, piscina - 1962-64: Trivero Vercelli, Strada panoramica e sistemazione esterna stabilimento Zegna
- 1963-71: Abu SimbelAbu SimbelAbu Simbel temples refers to two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel in Nubia, southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 230 km southwest of Aswan...
, Progetto UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
di trasferimento dei templi - Consulenza. - 1963-76: Collodi, Parco di Pinocchio
- 1963: BascapéBascapèBascapè is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km northeast of Pavia...
- PaviaPaviaPavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...
, Memorial Enrico Mattei - 1965-67: Cap FerratCap FerratCap Ferrat is situated in Alpes-Maritimes département, in southeastern France. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.Saint Hospitius lived here as a recluse during the sixth century...
, Giardino e piscina di due ville unifamiliari - EdmontonEdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Illuminazione del centro civico, Giardino e piscina per una villa privata - TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Giardini pubblici - 1965-70: SienaSienaSiena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
, Giardino di villa L'Apparita - 1965-73: Autostrada del Brennero: tronco Verona - Brennero per conto della Società Autostrade.
- 1966-71: Ca' Vescovo di Caselle d'Asolo (Treviso), Sistemazione paesaggistica dello stabilimento Brion Vega
- 1966-80: Firenze - Perugia -Varese - Siena - Pisa - Piemonte - Veneto – Genova, Giardini e parchi privati; aree agricole private
- SelinunteSelinunteSelinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the south coast of Sicily, southern Italy, between the valleys of the rivers Belice and Modione in the province of Trapani. The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis...
, Agrigento, Parco Archeologico:tracciato delle strade, studio della gestione e aree verdi - 1966: Cran sur Sierre, Giardino privato
- 1967-75: Trivero Vercelli, "Cimitero della montagna" e giardino Villa il Roc
- 1967: BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, Giardino privato - 1968-72: Marina di Nicotera (Vibo ValentiaVibo ValentiaVibo Valentia is a city and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center . There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of...
), Villaggio turistico - 1968: Venezia, Giardino e piscina dell'Hotel des Bains
- 1969-84: PortofinoPortofinoPortofino is a small Italian fishing village, comune and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town is crowded round its small harbour, is closely associated with Paraggi Beach, which is a few minutes up the coast...
, Giardino con piscina - 1969-79: PalermoPalermoPalermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, Studio di fattibilità e progetto di massima del parco La Favorita e del Monte Pellegrino - 1970-72: Firenze, Giardino di villa La Palmierina
- 1970-75: Firenze, San Martino alla Palma, Sistemazione del parco di villa TorrigianiVilla TorrigianiThe Villa Torrigiani is located in the hamlet of Camigliano, a town in Capannori . It is a historical villa, dating from the second half of the sixteenth century.-History:...
con piscina e maneggio - 1970-78: Perugia, Giardino con piscina, campo da tennis e palestra
- 1971-72: GiulianovaGiulianovaGiulianova is a coastal town and comune in the province of Teramo of central Italy.-Geography:The town lies in the north of the Abruzzo region, between the Salinello and the Tordino rivers. Giulianova is split between the Paese, the historic town up in the hills, and the lido, the more recent...
, TeramoTeramoTeramo is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines and the Adriatic coast...
, Albergo, aree verdi e piscina per la Società Onda - 1971-80: Santa Croce sull'ArnoSanta Croce sull'ArnoSanta Croce sull'Arno is an Italian town located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany. There are about 13,400 residents as of 2005 and the city has a well-established leather industry, which counts more than 400 factories and laboratories spread over the 16.92 square kilometres of its total area...
(PisaPisaPisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
), Giardino villa Il Castelluccio - 1972-73: TarantoTarantoTaranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
, Intervento paesaggistico nuovo stabilimento Italsider - 1972-74: Firenze, Giardino con piscina di Villa Il Martello
- 1972-75: Cap Ferrat, Giardino privato
- SegrateSegrateSegrate is a town and comune located in the Province of Milan in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. In December 2004 it had some 33,000 inhabitants....
(Milano), Parco sede centrale Mondadori - Montecarlo, Principato di Monaco, Sistemazione terrazze e complesso Immobiliare “Spelugues”
- BrindisiBrindisiBrindisi is a city in the Apulia region of Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, off the coast of the Adriatic Sea.Historically, the city has played an important role in commerce and culture, due to its position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea. The city...
, Villaggio turistico e camping per la società Torre Guaceto - 1973-78: Roma, Museo di Villa Giulia: aree verdi e giardino pensile per il Museo di arte modernaGalleria Nazionale d'Arte ModernaGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, or the National Gallery of Modern Art , is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, dedicated to modern art....
- 1973: Parigi, Consulenza per la sistemazione della piazza e delle terrazze Centre Pompidou per arch.R.Piano e R.Rogers
- AteneAteneĀtene is a former village located from Whanganui along the Whanganui River. It was named by the missionary Richard Taylor in the 19th century and is a Maori transliteration of Athens. A small meeting house is all that remains....
, Giardini pensili di case private - OtrantoOtrantoOtranto is a town and comune in the province of Lecce , in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses.It is located on the east coast of the Salento peninsula. The Strait of Otranto, to which the city gives its name, connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and Italy with Albania...
, LecceLecceLecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia...
, Sistemazione paesaggistica villaggio turistico Laghi Alimini per la Società Costa d'Otranto - 1974-76:AsoloAsoloAsolo is a town and comune in the Veneto Region of Northern Italy. It is known as "The Pearl of the province of Treviso", and also as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" for its mountain settings.-History:...
, TrevisoTrevisoTreviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...
, Consulenza per le piantagioni tomba Brion (progetto arch. Carlo ScarpaCarlo ScarpaCarlo Scarpa , was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian culture, and Japan. Scarpa was also a glass and furniture designer of note....
) - AbhaAbhaAbha is the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia. It is situated at 2,200 metres above sea level in the fertile mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia near the National Park of Asir. Its mild climate makes it a popular tourist destination for Saudis...
, MedinaMedinaMedina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
, Taif - Arabia Saudita, Parchi ricreativi - Progetto - 1977-78: Atene, Giardino e parchi privati
- AlmeriaAlmeríaAlmería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, Giardino con piscina privata - 1977-79: Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaReggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, Aree verdi del nuovo stabilimento Max MaraMax MaraMaxMara, or The House of MaxMara, is a luxury Italian fashion house known for its ready-to-wear clothing. Established in 1951 in Reggio Emilia by Achille Maramotti... - 1977-83: Roma, Hotel Sheraton- piscina, aree verdi e fontane
- 1977: Teheran, Parco privato con piscina per conto della società Bonifica (Roma)
- Washington, Concorso internazionale per le aree verdi dell'Ambasciata di Francia
- 1978-83: LuganoLuganoLugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Parco privato - 1979: RapalloRapalloRapallo is a municipality in the province of Genoa, in Liguria, northern Italy. As of 2007 it counts approximately 34,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Tigullio Gulf and is located in between Portofino and Chiavari....
, Genova, Nuova sistemazione degli spazi verdi - Hotel Bristol - Sarche di Calavino, TrentoTrentoTrento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
, Progetto di recupero ambientale di una cava per Italcementi - Milano, Giardino d'inverno del Ristorante Savini
- 1981-82: Gavi Ligure, AlessandriaAlessandria-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...
, Progetto di un centro sportivo per un parco pubblico Fondazione Broglia - Bassano del GrappaBassano del GrappaBassano del Grappa is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, region Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo sul Brenta, Conco, Rosà, Cartigliano and Nove...
, Aree verdi stabilimento Nardini - 1981-86: Toscana – Liguria – Umbria, Giardini e parchi privati
- 1982-83: ParmaParmaParma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, Aree verdi stabilimento BarillaBarillaBarilla S.p.A. is a major Italian and European food company founded in 1877 in Parma, Italy by Pietro Barilla... - Fiesole, Firenze, Progetto del giardino e piscina Hotel Villa San Michele
- 1982-86: Reggio Emilia, Aree verdi e cortili nuovo stabilimento Marina Rinaldi
- CernobbioCernobbioCernobbio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northwest of Como, on the border with Switzerland...
, ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
, Villa d'EsteVilla d'EsteThe Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden.-History:...
: progetto per la nuova sistemazione dei Parcheggi sotterranei con giardino pensile sovrastante e del piazzale d'ingresso - Reggio Emilia, Concorso per il progetto di sistemazione urbanistica dell'area caserma Zucchi
- 1983-84: Venezia, Piscina e campi da tennis hotel Cipriani
- Matera, Recupero ambientale di una cava per Italcementi
- ZoagliZoagliZoagli is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 km southeast of Genoa.-History:Zoagli was probably founded by the Tigulli Ligurian tribe...
, Genova, Sistemazione della piazza della chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio - 1984-85: Cap Martin, Parco con piscina, villa Cypris
- Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, Giardino privato con tennis e piscina - Napoli, Aree verdi del Nuovo Centro Direzionale per conto della Mededil
- SabaudiaSabaudiaSabaudia is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy. Sabaudia's center is characterized by several examples of Fascist architecture.-History:...
, LatinaLatinaLatina is the feminine form of the term Latino.Latina may also refer to:*Province of Latina, a province in Latium , Italy**Latina, Lazio, the capital of the province of Latina**Latina Nuclear Power Plant*Latina , a district of Madrid...
, Progetto di villaggio turistico per la Società Cogeca - ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
, Proposte per la nuova sistemazione di Piazza Cavour - Venezia, 1970 - Giardino d'inverno Ristorante Papadopoli Hotel Sofitel Venezia