Vittorio Gigliotti

Central Mosque, Rome (1974)

Vittorio Gigliotti (born May 25, 1921 in Salerno , Italy ; † September 24, 2015 in Civitella Alfedena , Italy) was an Italian architect and civil engineer .

life and work

Vittorio Gigliotti studied architecture and civil engineering in Rome. In 1964 he opened a joint architecture office in Rome, together with Paolo Portoghesi . He is particularly known for his designs for cultural, commercial and residential buildings. Together with his partner Portoghesi, he was considered an important representative of postmodern architecture .

Gigliotti's and Portoghesi's Casa Baldi in Rome from 1969 is considered an early example of postmodern architecture. The building is half baroque , half modern, with curves and materials. The planes of the walls are curved to form windows and doors. The curves are freely formed and the design of the house is influenced by both Francesco Borromini and Le Corbusier .

In 1972 he was a participant in Documenta 5 in Dikaia, the city after the 3rd industrial revolution, with a model made of wood, Plexiglas, cardboard and steel and 30 drawings for the planning for the utopian city ​​DIKAIA , developed together with Paolo Portoghesi Kassel in the Department of Parallel Imagery: Utopia and Planning .

Buildings and projects

(Selection)

• High-rise apartment building, 1965 (project, draft), Santa Marinella , Italy
• Parma Opera, 1965 (project, draft), Parma , Italy
• Quartiere Residenziale ISES , 1965 (project, draft), Naples , Italy
• Opera of Cagliari, 1965 (project, draft), Cagliari , Italy
• Casa Andreis , 1964–67, Riete, Italy
• Uffici per la Camera dei Deputati (Palazzo Mentecitorio), 1967 (project, design), Rome
• Middle school in Salerno, 1968, Salerno
• Casa Baldi , 1969, Rome
• Middle school in Rome, 1969, Rome
• Primary school in Asti, 1969, Asti , Italy
• Villa a Poggio Principe , 1969 (project, design), Santa Marinella, Italy
• Santa Maria Mater Ecclesiae , 1969 (project, design), Salerno
• Quartiere Residenziale ISES , 1969 (project, draft), Salerno
• Utopian city design DIKAIA: Dikaia, the city after the 3rd industrial revolution , 1969 (project)
• Casa Papanice , 1969-70, Rome
• Casa Tersigni , 1970 (project, design), Ariccia , Italy
• Department store in Casal Palocco, 1970 (project, design), Rome
• Satellite city in Kuwait , 1970 (project, draft)
• Cultural center with library, 1970 (project, draft), Sulmona , Italy
• Covered swimming pool, 1971, Marbella , Spain
• Elementary and middle school in Rome, 1971 (project, draft), Rome
• Wohnzeile Case a schiera a Poggio Principe , 1971 (project design), Santa Marinella, Italy
• Casa Bevilacqua , 1964-72, Gaeta , Italy
• Primary school in Rome, 1972 (project, draft), Rome
• Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia (Church of the Holy Family) 1969–73, Salerno, Italy
• Officers' Club, 1973, Khartoum , Sudan
• International Airport Terminal , 1973 (project, draft), Khartoum, Sudan
• Royal Court , 1973 (project, draft), Amman , Jordan
• Islamic Cultural Center, 1975 (project, draft), Rome
• Mosque of Rome, 1977 (project, draft), Rome
• Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale dell'Aquila , 1968–78, L'Aquila , Italy
• Roma Interrotta , 1978 (project, draft), Rome
• Ignazio Silone cultural center with library, 1970–82, Avezzano , Italy

Literature and Sources

• Exhibition catalog: documenta 5. Survey of Reality - Imagery Today ; Catalog (as a file folder) Volume 1: (Material); Volume 2: (list of exhibits); Kassel 1972
• documenta archive (ed.); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive on documenta 1972 ; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121-X
• Jencks, Charles : The Language of Postmodern Architecture - Origin and Development of an Alternative Tradition ; Stuttgart 1988 ISBN 3-421-02940-7

Web links

• Vittorio Gigliotti. In: arch INFORM .
• Materials by and about Vittorio Gigliotti in the documenta archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ilgiornaledellarchitettura.com , accessed March 3, 2017