Gherardo Bosio

Bosio designed Casa di Fascio in Tirana , which today is the main building of the University of Tirana provides

Backyard of the National Archaeological Museum in Tirana. Among other things, Bosio designed an entire ensemble of buildings on Mother Teresa Square in Tirana

Gherardo Bosio (born March 19, 1903 in Florence , † April 16, 1941 ibid) was an Italian architect , engineer and town planner .

Bosio completed his engineering studies in Rome in 1926 and until 1931 he studied architecture in his native city of Florence . After Italy occupied large parts of East Africa in 1936 , Bosio was commissioned to plan the floor plans of the city centers of Gonder and Dese . In 1939 - during the Italian occupation of Albania - he became head of the central building and urban planning office in the capital Tirana and, as a city planner and architect, had a lasting impact on the cityscape.

Seriously ill, Bosio returned to Italy, where he died in April 1941 in his villa in Florence, working on projects in Albania until the end.

Bosio's architectural style can be assigned to (Italian) rationalism .

Works (selection)

• Restoration and expansion of the Villa La Pietra in Florence, 1927–29
• Participation in the project competition for the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo , 1928–29
• Restoration, expansion and furnishing of Villino Uzielli in Florence, 1929–30
• Establishment of the Casa Maraini in Florence, 1932
• Project of the Casa di Cura on Viale dei Colli southeast of Florence, 1932
• Establishment of the Casa Traballesi in Florence, 1933
• Planning of the Villa Ginori Conti in Cerreto di Pomarance near Pomarance , 1934
• Planning of the clubhouse for the Impruneta Golf Club (in collaboration with Pierluigi Nervi), 1934
• Establishment of the Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest , 1935
• Restoration and furnishing of Villa Pandolfini in Lastra a Signa , 1935
• Planning of the city centers of Gonder and Dese in Italian East Africa, 1936
• Urban planning for Tirana with:
  • Construction of the boulevard Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit with Hotel Dajti and Uffici Luogotenenziali (today's Prime Minister's Office), 1939–41
  • Planning of the building ensemble around the Piazza del Littorio with Casa di Fascio , Qemal Stafa Stadium and other buildings, 1939–41
• Planning of various buildings in Tirana: Villa Luogotenenziale (1939–41) as well as buildings for the newspaper Tomorri (1939) and for Radio Tirana (1939)

literature

• Gherardo Bosio: Future città dell'Impero . In: Architettura . No. XVI , July 1937, p. 417-432 .
• Antonio Maraini: Gherardo Bosio e la sua opera . In: Illustrazione Toscana e dell'Etruria . No. 9 , September 1941, p. 18-21 .
• Gio Ponti: Ricordo di Gherardo Bosio . In: styles . July 1941, p. 14-19 .
• Gabriella Carapelli: Gli operatori . In: Edilizia in Toscana fra le due guerre . Edifir, Florence 1994, p. 214-215 .
• Carlo Cresti (Ed.): Gherardo Bosio architetto fiorentino 1903-1941 . Pontecorboli, Florence 1996.
• Pietro Malentacchi: Scheda su Gherardo Bosio . In: Elisabetta Insabato, Cecilia Ghelli (ed.): Guida agli archivi di architetti e ingegneri del Novecento in Toscana . S. 77-83 .
• Riccardo Renzi: Gherardo Bosio . In: Le Ville . Alinea, Florence 2010.
• Armand Vokshi: Gherardo Bosio: Le oppere in Albania . In: Simone Gismondi, Silvia Frassi (eds.): Architetti e ingegneri italiani in Albania . Edifir, Florence 2012, ISBN 978-88-7970-583-7 , pp. 81-88 .
• Armand Vokshi: Tracce dell'Architettura Italiana in Albania 1925–1943 . DNA, Florence 2014, ISBN 978-88-903947-4-4 .