Gino Coppedè

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Entrance to Quartiere Coppedè towards Piazza Mincio, Quartiere Trieste , Rome

Gino Coppedè (born September 28, 1866 in Florence , † September 20, 1927 in Rome ) was an Italian furniture designer and architect .

Life

In his father's workshop, Coppedè learned the profession of furniture designer and later studied architecture. From 1893 to 1905 he converted a villa from the 16th century with side wings, turrets and all sorts of ornaments into a neo-Gothic fantasy castle for the eccentric Florentine banker Evan Mackenzie in Genoa .

Between 1915 and 1926 he developed an area of ​​more than 30,000 square meters in the Roman district of Trieste for the Società Anonima Cooperativa Edilizia Moderna . The Società gave him a free hand, and so a special kind of residential area was created: the architecture created here is based on the Liberty style, the Italian direction of Art Nouveau , but exaggerates it with an imaginative and extremely lavish eclectic mix of Art Nouveau styles, Baroque, mannerism and even medieval elements.

Between the old city wall and the Villa Ada park, a gem was built near Piazza Buenos Aires, 18 palazzi and 27 villas were planned, around half of which had been completed by 1926. Around the Piazza Mincio and the Fontana delle Rane (frog fountain) you can find embassies and company offices, but also exclusive apartments.

In 1927, one year after the main part of "his" district was closed, Gino Coppedè died at the age of 61.

literature

  • Christiane Beese: Ornament as an Instrument of Speculative Housing Construction - the Quartiere Coppedè in Rome (1915–1927) . In:  Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte  74, 2011, pp. 99–122.
  • Christiane Beese: The Quartiere Coppedè in Rome (1915-1926) . Master's thesis at Heidelberg University , 2008
  • Ursula von Petz: Rome, via tagliamento / via Arno. Extravagant living in the Coppedé district. In:  Harald Bodenschatz and Tilman Harlander (eds.): Stadtwohnen. History, urban planning, perspectives. DVA Architektur, Munich 2007, pp. 208–213.

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personal data
SURNAME Coppedè, Gino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian furniture designer and architect
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1927
Place of death Rome