Rome and the legacy of Louis I. Kahn
by Marco Falsetti and Elisabetta Barizza
Wednesday 4 November 2020, 18:30 – 20:00
Books at the MAXXI.
Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn by Marco Falsetti and Elisabetta Barizza
Carlo Scarpa Hall – Reservation required by registering
10 individual seats reserved for myMAXXI card holders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event.
Few modern architects have had as formative a relationship with a city as Kahn did with Rome.
Although his career began in his fundamental period in Philadelphia, the true “turning point” of his work lies precisely in his stay in the Capital, during which all the processes that had been maturing within him for some time found an answer and a formal representation.
Conversely, starting in the 1960s, Kahn exerted a profound influence on Italian architecture, and on Roman architecture in particular, influencing its evolution and subsequent developments.
For the young students of the time, exponents of a restless generation because they were the children of a world in constant change, the figure of Kahn immediately appeared revealing, perhaps also because he was himself a restless Master, capable of oscillating between the serene celebration of the enigmas of time and the desire to reveal the dominion of form and matter.
Speakers
Franco Purini architect, Professor Emeritus Sapienza University of Rome
Renato Partenope architect, Professor Sapienza University of Rome
Charles Severati architect, Teacher and founder of Embrice
Andrea Maglio architect, Professor at the University of Naples Federico II
in collaboration with Routledge, Taylor & Francis
• the seats available in the hall are limited, we invite the public to present themselves at the entrance approximately 30 minutes before the indicated start time;
• it is not possible to access the room after the start of the event;
• it is necessary to wear a mask for the entire duration of the event;
• due to distancing regulations, seats in the hall are single only and it is necessary to fill out, sign and deliver at the entrance the self-declaration downloadable here.
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https://www.maxxi.art/events/rome-and-the-legacy-of-louis-i-kahn-di-marco-falsetti-ed-elisabetta-barizza/
