Armando Ronca

Armando Ronca (born September 13, 1901 in Verona , † March 19, 1970 in Bolzano ) was an Italian architect who executed numerous buildings and interior designs mainly in South Tyrol , Trentino and Milan .

Life

Armando Ronca studied engineering in Genoa , Turin and Padua . In the mid-1930s, Ronca moved to South Tyrol , and had a decisive influence on the architecture of Bozen and Merano well into the 1960s .

Buildings and designs

Armando Ronca: Tower of the INA-Casa residential complex (1964), Bozen

1935: Villa Cembran, Meran
1938/40: "Palazzo del Turismo" (from 1947: "Corso" cinema) on Freiheitsstrasse , Bolzano (demolished in 1988 and replaced with a functional building)
1952: “Rainerum” school institute, Bozen
1955: Expansion of the “ San Siro ” football stadium , Milan
1959: Hotel complex " Eurotel ", Merano
1964: “INA-Casa” residential complex, Bolzano
1970: Church of Pius X., Reschenstrasse, Bozen

Exhibitions

2017: Armando Ronca. Modern architecture in South Tyrol 1935–1970 , Merano Art , Merano

literature

Flavio Schimenti: Armando Ronca. Memorie di Architettura a Bolzano e in Alto Adige 1929–1969 . Practice 3, Bozen 1999.
Meran Art, Andreas Kofler, Magdalene Schmidt, Jörg Stabenow (eds.): Armando Ronca: Architecture of Modernism in South Tyrol 1935–1970 . Park Books, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03860-061-9 .
Roman Hollenstein: Milan in the Alps . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 21, 2017, p. 36.

Web links

Commons : Armando Ronca - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Meran Art, Andreas Kofler, Magdalene Schmidt, Jörg Stabenow: Armando Ronca: Architecture of Modernism in South Tyrol 1935-1970 . Zurich, ISBN 978-3-03860-061-9 .
↑ An exact documentation can be found in Hannes Obermair , Fabrizio Miori, Maurizio Pacchiani (eds.): Lavori in Corso - Die Bozner Freiheitsstraße . La Fabbrica del Tempo - The Time Factory, Bozen 2020, ISBN 978-88-943205-2-7 , p. 29-31, 104-106 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ronca, Armando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verona , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1970
Place of death	Bolzano , Italy

[1] Meran Art, Andreas Kofler, Magdalene Schmidt, Jörg Stabenow: Armando Ronca: Architecture of Modernism in South Tyrol 1935-1970 . Zurich, ISBN 978-3-03860-061-9 .

[2] An exact documentation can be found in Hannes Obermair , Fabrizio Miori, Maurizio Pacchiani (eds.): Lavori in Corso - Die Bozner Freiheitsstraße . La Fabbrica del Tempo - The Time Factory, Bozen 2020, ISBN 978-88-943205-2-7 , p. 29-31, 104-106 .