Adalberto利比里亚was one of the key figures in the Italian Rationalism. Considered a protagonist of Italian modern architecture, he’d become the protagonist of several projects built under the Fascist regime.

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Important Friendships: a Link with Fascism

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阿拉伯到利比拉出生于此Villa Lagarinain Trentino, Italy. After graduating fromParma’s Institute of Artfirst, then from Rome’sScuola Superiore di Architettura, he came into contact with未来主义，导致他的创始M.I.A.R.要么 ”Italian Movement for Rational Architecture“，他担任其秘书。该集团，对法西斯建筑为导向组织的竞争对手Gruppo Sette, was led, during Fascism, by Libera’s politically astute choices: he established a close working relationship with high ranking officials of the regime, in order to control and funnel funding into public construction programs and commissions. In no small part thanks to this, he attained a prolific career, designing many notable buildings this period, enstablishing himself as a key figure in the international理性主义运动.Congress Arenain Rome is a perfect example of Libera’s notable ability to design ambiguously in a spare, metaphysical language, existing betweenModernism和Neo-classicism. Other renowed designs areCasa Malaparte和the区域政府building for the region of Trentino, continuing his career after the fall of the Fascist regime until his death, in1963.

Between Futurism and Classicism

TheRationalist意大利在20世纪20年代到20世纪40年代，在法西斯政权的二十多年下，意大利繁荣的理想。两个独立的团体在建筑争斗中挑战彼此：Gruppo 7.和the (Libera founded)MIAR. The latter movement sought a middle ground between the glories of theEnlightenmen.t, embodied by theNeo-classical风格，以及直接的暴力未来主义, anavant-garde由工业建筑着迷的运动。根据政权的假装，新的原则是控制,logic和理性.

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as Square Colosseum, EUR district, Roma.

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Palazzo Gualino在都灵是第一批意大利理性建筑之一，由设计设计Gino Levi-Montalcini和Giuseppe Pagano.. Other exemplary works includeCasa del FascioinComo,Medaglia d’Ororoom at theItalian Aeronautical ShowinMilan和theFascist Trades Union BuildinginComo. Moreover, theRationalistsenjoyed some official commissions from the very junta of Mussolini. Large projects arose all over Rome, including theUniversity of Rome和theEsposizione普遍e Roma(EUR) district. The欧元features monumental, monolith-like buildings, trying to evoke the same weight as ancient Roman architecture, yet condensed in an essential form, revealing strong geometric, modern shapes.

Congress Arena

This institutional space was design byAlberto Libera.to hosts the1942 Universal Exposition in Rome. Construction was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II, and finished about a decade later. Libera was inspired bythe Pantheon, and designed the structure with a noble and elegant appearance, combining modern lines with a classical sense of grandeur. Columns and othertraditional elements are mixed with a modern, essential and geometric taste, in order to underline the pure form of the structure silhouetted against the sky.