Between the 19th and 20th centuries, the architecture competitions at the Brera Academy constitute an interesting subject of study to investigate the relationship between the Academy and the city of Milan. They often overcame the mere didactic exercises and became ideal laboratories on the design of the city. During Napoleonic Age, the ‘great competitions’ verified if there were «public works to be carried out belonging to the Fine Arts», and in the post-unification era, the Canonica and Vittadini competitions aspired to realize good urban projects. The Brera’s competitions concerned in fact urban equipment for the modernization of the city or hypothesized interventions on existing buildings in relation to the transformations of the central areas, often in parallel with the initiatives promoted by the municipal Administration.
I concorsi di architettura a Brera tra XIX e XX secolo costituiscono un interessante terreno di studio per indagare i rapporti tra l’Accademia e Milano, superando in molti casi il mero esercizio didattico per trasformarsi in un laboratorio ideale sul progetto della città. A cominciare dai grandi concorsi di età napoleonica, che dovevano verificare se vi fossero 'opere pubbliche da eseguire appartenenti alle Belle Arti', fino ai concorsi di istituzione privata Canonica e Vittadini, che negli anni postunitari erano destinati a progetti edilizi di interesse cittadino, i concorsi braidensi hanno infatti affrontato attrezzature urbane necessarie al processo di modernizzazione della città o hanno ipotizzato interventi su edifici esistenti in relazione alle trasformazioni delle aree centrali, spesso in parallelo alle iniziative concrete promosse dall’amministrazione municipale.
I concorsi di architettura a Brera, tra esercizio didattico e progetto urbano
Giovanna D'Amia
2023-01-01
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Between the 19th and 20th centuries, the architecture competitions at the Brera Academy constitute an interesting subject of study to investigate the relationship between the Academy and the city of Milan. They often overcame the mere didactic exercises and became ideal laboratories on the design of the city. During Napoleonic Age, the ‘great competitions’ verified if there were «public works to be carried out belonging to the Fine Arts», and in the post-unification era, the Canonica and Vittadini competitions aspired to realize good urban projects. The Brera’s competitions concerned in fact urban equipment for the modernization of the city or hypothesized interventions on existing buildings in relation to the transformations of the central areas, often in parallel with the initiatives promoted by the municipal Administration.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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