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This book
focuses on the theoretical work of the Italian architect Luigi Moretti. It does so selectively, focusing on the editorials he published between 1950 and 1953 as Editor-in-Chief in the magazine SPAZIO, as well as a further essay on parametric architecture, published in 1971-72 in the first issue of the magazine MOEBIUS.
List of contents
List of figuresPreface: Luigi Moretti and The Magazine Spazio: An Intellectual Journey by Tommaso Magnifico
Introduction: A Book on Architectural Theory (By Roberto Podda)
Chapter 1: Spazio N�/b>
1.1_ From Spazio N� Eclecticism and Unity of Language (By Luigi Moretti)
1.2_ The Morphogenetics of a Unitary Language (By Roberto Podda)
1.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp. 5-7
Chapter 2: Spazio N�/b>
2.1_ From Spazio N� Genesis of Shapes from The Human Figure (By Luigi Moretti)
2.2_ Discussion Around Architecture and Human Figure (By Roberto Podda)
2.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp. 5
Chapter 3: Spazio N�/b>
3.1_ From Spazio N� Abstract Forms in Baroque Sculpture (By Luigi Moretti)
3.2_ Architectural Forms in The Thinking of Luigi Moretti And Peter Eisenman (By Roberto Podda)
3.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp. 9-20
Chapter 4: Spazio N�/b>
4.1_ From Spazio N� Transfigurations of Wall Structures (By Luigi Moretti)
4.2_ From Geometric Composition to The Code Of The Informal (By Roberto Podda)
4.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp. 5-16
Chapter 5: Spazio N�/b>
5.1_ From Spazio N� Discontinuity of Space in Caravaggio (By Luigi Moretti)
5.2_ The Fracturing and The Re-Composition of The Real (By Roberto Podda)
5.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp.1-9, 91
Chapter 6: Spazio N�/b>
6.1_ From Spazio N� Values of Mouldings (By Luigi Moretti)
6.2_ From Spazio N� Structure as Form (By Luigi Moretti)
6.3_ (By Roberto Podda)
6.4_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp.5-12, 112
6.5_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp.21-30, 110
Chapter 7: Spazio N�/b>
7.1_ From Spazio N� Structures and Sequences of Spaces (By Luigi Moretti)
7.2_ The Energy of Space (By Roberto Podda)
7.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Spazio N� Pp. 9-20, 107-108
Chapter 8: Moebius N�/b>
8.1_ From Moebius N� Mathematical Research in Architecture and Urbanism (By Luigi Moretti)
8.2_ Parametric Architecture or Also Augmented Functionalism (By Roberto Podda)
8.3_ (Figures) Reproduction of Moebius N� Pp. 30-53
About the author
Roberto Podda, PhD, MA, BArch, has been Associate Professor of Architecture at XJTLU since 2019. He graduated from Politecnico di Milano. His PhD in architectural and urban design dealt with morphotypological experimentation at the scale of the urban region. From 2009 to 2019, he taught at Politecnico di Milano. From 2019 to 2021, he was director of the UG programme at XJTLU. He has published numerous essays in books and journals on the topics of architectural and urban composition theory. Since 2023, he has been Director of the Sino/Italian Urban Regeneration HUB, at XJTLU School of Design.
Summary
This book focuses on the theoretical work of the Italian architect Luigi Moretti. It does so selectively, focusing on the editorials he published between 1950 and 1953 as Editor-in-Chief in the magazine SPAZIO, as well as a further essay on parametric architecture, published in 1971-72 in the first issue of the magazine MOEBIUS.
