Roberto Gottardi
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Roberto Gottardi | |
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| Born | 30 January 1927 |
| Died | 21 August 2017 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Architect |
Roberto Gottardi (30 January 1927[1][2] – 21 August 2017)[3] was an Italian-Cuban architect.
Biography
Gottardi graduated in architecture from the Istituto Superiore di Architettura di Venezia (
Giuseppe Samoná, who like Scarpa, was an important critic of Rationalism.[4]
After his studies in Venice, Gottardi worked in Milan for the firm BBPR under
National Art Schools, commissioned by Fidel Castro. As part of the three-man team who designed the National Art Schools, Gottardi created the School of Dramatic Arts. He was also the only one of the National Art Schools' three primary architects to remain in the country following the mid-1960s.[4]
Following his work on the School of Dramatic Arts (which remained unfinished in the face of political realignments in 1965 that ended work on the National Art Schools), Gottardi worked as a lecturer and professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Havana. He also assumed the National Command Post of Agriculture (1967–71), the Maravilla pizzeria (1967–68), the set designs for
choreographer Rosario Cárdenas,[5] and the remodeling of the Caracas Restaurant y Cafeteria (actually Prado y Neptuno Restaurant) (1997–98). He lived, taught, and practiced architecture in Havana. He began working with the Cuban National Council of Conservation in 2008 on restoring and finishing the School of Dramatic Arts that had remained incomplete since 1965.[6]
References
- ^ Profile of Roberto Gottardi
- ^ "IASblog".
- ^ "Fallece el arquitecto Roberto Gottardi, coautor de las Escuelas de Artes de la Habana". 22 August 2017.
- ^ a b Revolution Of Forms website, architect profiles page. Retrieved 2011-02-22
- ^ Hernandez, Helson (April 10, 2011). "Choreographer & Director Rosario Cardenas". Havana Times. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Roberto Gottardi's National art school - Paradise lost? Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Cuba Absolutely Magazine, February 2008 - retrieved 03-03-11
Bibliography
- Loomis, John A., Revolution of Forms - Cuba's Forgotten Art Schools (Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1999 & 2011, ISBN 978-1-56898-988-4)
- María Elena Martín and Eduardo Luis Rodríguez: Havana, Cuba: An Architectural Guide (Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, 1998, ISBN 84-8095-143-5)
- Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray: Unfinished Spaces (documentary film) Ajna Films, 2011.
- Eduardo Luis Rodríguez: The Havana Guide, Modern Architecture, 1925-1965 (Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2000, ISBN 1-56898-210-0)
- Roberto Gottardi's National art school - Paradise lost?, Cuba Absolutely Magazine, February 2008 - retrieved 03-03-11
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