Finding aid for the Aldo Rossi papers, 1943-1999 880319
Laura Schroffel
Special Collections
2013
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
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Title: Aldo Rossi papers
Creator:
Aymonino, Carlo
Creator:
Eisenman, Peter, 1932-
Creator:
Hollein, Hans, 1934-2014
Creator:
Krier, Rob
Creator:
Tafuri, Manfredo
Creator:
Krier, Léon
Creator:
Rossi, Aldo, 1931-1997
Identifier/Call Number: 880319
Physical Description:
34 Linear Feet
(31 boxes, 14 flat file folders, and 1 roll)
Date (inclusive): 1943-1999
Abstract: The Aldo Rossi papers contain a selection of works by the prolific architect, writer, artist and theorist. The collection
includes notebooks, lectures and course materials, assorted writings and correspondence, drafts for publications, clippings
and ephemera. A set of architectural drawings for the Palazzo dei Congressi, Milan (not realized) consisting of preliminary
sketches and design plans as well as an architectural design in pencil and oil are also included.
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Italian.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in five series: Series I. Lectures and course material, 1954-1985; Series II. Drafts and writings,
1943-1999; Series III. Correspondence and business documents, 1954-1988; Series IV. Notebooks, 1949-1986; Series V. Architectural
designs, 1972-1982.
Biographical / Historical Note
One of the most important Italian architects of the second half of the 20th century Aldo Rossi is considered by some to be
an integral author of the postmodern movement of architecture. Rossi received international acclaim not just as an architect
but also as a designer, artist and theorist.
Rossi was born in 1931 in Milan. He began his studies in architecture in 1949 at Milan Polytechnic. He completed his architecture
degree in 1959 and in 1965 Rossi was appointed to the Architecture faculty at Milan Polytechnic. Rossi was suspended from
teaching in Italy in 1971 along with members of the Council of the Faculties of Architecture, Milan due to his political activities
in support of the student movement. However, he returned to teaching in Italy four years later. Rossi taught at many universities
in Europe and the United States including Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zurich, Cooper Union in New York and the
University of Venice in Italy. He also lectured substantially and regularly attended conferences domestically and internationally.
Rossi's numerous publications include the influential
L'archittetura della città and
Autobiografia scientifica. From his student days onward he contributed to various journals, especially
Casabella taking a position at the journal as editor from 1964. His articles and essays considered the city as a place of collective
memory, charged with symbolic values, asking architecture to reflect upon its own history.
Rossi was a founder of the Tendenza movement, an architecture movement with origins in Italy, sometimes referred to as Neo-Rationalism.
Tendenza rejected the elaborate and utopian design tropes of the avant-garde and focused on the political and critical aspects
of a realistic architecture. Rossi's architecture used a limited vocabulary stripping architecture to its core. His work focused
on simple typology and morphology manifested in primal forms such as cones, cylinders, prisms and cubes. Among Rossi's most
well known architectural projects are the Teatro del Mondo for the Venice Biennale; the Cemetery of San Cataldo in Modena;
the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa; and the Gallaratese Housing Complex outside of Milan. At various times he collaborated
with architects Gianni Braghieri, Morris Adjmi and Umberto Barbieri.
For some, Rossi's drawings and design work are equally if not more important than his architectural projects. Influenced by
the Surrealist painter Giorgio Di Chirico his artworks have an enigmatic, poetic quality. Rossi also designed furniture and
in 1980 Alessi began producing Rossi's designs for tea services and coffee makers. His art was regularly exhibited nationally
and internationally.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Rossi in 1990. He also received the 1991 American Institute of Architecture
Honor Award, the 1991 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture and the Campione d'Italia nel mondo. Rossi died in Milan in 1997.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Aldo Rossi in 1988.
Preferred Citation
Aldo Rossi papers, 1943-1999, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 880319.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa880319
Processing History
Preliminary processing and inventorying were completed upon receipt. Laura Schroffel wrote the finding aid in 2013 under Ann
Harrison's supervision.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Aldo Rossi papers contain a selection of works by the prolific architect, writer, artist and theorist. Manuscripts, typescripts
and clippings make up most of the papers. The writings in the collection represent Rossi's process of transforming texts.
Similar ideas and often sections of writing appear in altered form as notes, lectures, course materials and published works.
Rossi's iterative writing is often annotated, and drafts of the same works appear in more than one series. Also included are
several examples of his projects and designs represented in sketches, formal building and site plans, and notebooks. The highlights
of these materials are the stunning notebooks which capture Rossi's artistic dexterity as well as his theoretical interests.
Among the lectures and course material in Series I are unpublished speeches, conference papers, and notes for teaching. Subjects
include design theory, history and principles of architecture, and rational architecture. These materials show that Rossi
lectured extensively both domestically and internationally.
Series II includes drafts of Rossi's books
L'archittetura della città and
Autobiografia scientifica as well as work he contributed to other authors' books, notes, and preliminary and final drafts of his writings. This series
also includes project plans, project descriptions and official letters for such projects as Piazza di Sannazzaro and the Scandicci
competition. Rossi bibliographies, ephemera, photographs, and additional clippings are located in this series. While most
clippings comprise articles by Rossi or about Rossi there are also materials outside of this scope that were most likely used
for Rossi's research or that reflect his personal interests.
Series III contains correspondence and business documents such as incoming and outgoing letters concerning current topics
in architecture, symposia and interview proposals, work contracts, invitations, publishing information, student research papers
on Rossi buildings, and financial statements. Color slides or photographs are occasionally included with correspondence. Correspondents
include Carlo Aymonino, Peter Eisenman, Léon Krier, Rob Krier, Paolo Portoghesi, Hans Hollein, and Manfredo Tafuri.
Series IV includes 32 of the original 47 numbered notebooks, also known as "i quaderni azzurri," that highlight Rossi's architectural
creative process. Rossi often drew before, after and during the construction of a project. Some notebooks contain graphic
sketches, often in color, revealing Rossi's practice of reinventing repetitive design themes. The 32 notebooks display the
minimal elegance and gravity of Rossi's artistic practice, with drawings that were often highly evocative of a given design's
physical realization. This series also includes other notebooks and sketchbooks. Notebook content often includes notes, sketches,
drawings, comments on travels, analyses, and drafts of letters. A photocopy of
Il libro azzurro notebook and sketchbook as well as photocopies of other sketchbooks and notebooks are also included. Additionally, typescript
drafts of writing including draft versions of
Autobiografia scientifica can be found here.
Series V comprises drawings and plans with no associated papers. The Palazzo dei Congressi plans are filed here and include
several building plans with hand-drawn color details. This series also includes a detailed drawing in color signed by Rossi.
All of the series in the Rossi papers maintain the original order of the acquisition; consequently some work in each series
does not precisely reflect series descriptions.
Related Materials
Other collections relating to Aldo Rossi may also be found at the following locations: Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA);
Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt (DAM); Maxxi Collection, Rome; Aldo Rossi Foundation, Milan; Museum of Modern Art,
New York (MOMA).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- Italy -- 20th century
Gelatin silver prints -- 20th century
Color photographs
Architectural drawings -- 20th century
Sketchbooks -- Italy -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century
Architecture—Study and teaching
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Color slides
Black-and-white negatives
Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933
Ungers, O. M. (Oswald Mathias)
Kaufmann, Emil, 1942-
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Lectures and course material, Series I.
1954-1985, undated
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Series I. contains unpublished speeches, conference papers, and teaching notes. Subjects include design theory, history and
principles of architecture, and rational architecture. Rossi lectured extensively both domestically and internationally. Because
original order has been maintained this series also contains writing that is not designated as lecture or course material.
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 1
"Architettura moderna e tradizione nazionale,"
1954 April
Scope and Contents
For conference held in Rome, "Conferenza internazionale studenti di architettura." Lecture includes annotations.
box 1, folder 6
Turin conference,
1955
Scope and Contents
Conference possibly regarding Italy and USSR relations.
box 1, folder 7
Berlin, Weimar conference,
1961
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscript drafts of lecture in Italian and German.
box 2, folder 5
"Lezione, Venezia,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes, manuscripts and typescripts.
box 2, folder 2
"Corso di caratteri degli edifici,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Lesson for Politecnico di Milano.
box 2, folder 1
Corso di teoria della progettazione architettonica,
1966
Scope and Contents
Published text.
box 1, folder 11
"La residenza in Inghilterra,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Course syllabus from Politecnico.
box 2, folder 3
"Il problema dell'abitazione negli studi urbani,"
1967 June 3
Scope and Contents
Lecture for University of Naples course "Rinnovamento delle tipologie residenziali."
box 2, folder 7
"Forme tipologiche della abitazione,"
1968
Scope and Contents
Notebook.
box 1, folder 20
"Discorso sulle facoltà e sul suo assetto,"
1969
Scope and Contents
Also includes notes on Alexander Lynch.
box 1, folder 29
"Prime lezioni e interventi,"
1969
box 1, folder 31
Lessons from Politecnico di Milano,
1966-1970
Scope and Contents
Notes and annotated typescripts.
box 1, folder 17
"Seminario,"
1970 February 18
box 1, folder 13
"Per una teoria della progettazione,"
1970 April 20
Scope and Contents
For University of Palermo. Typescript with annotations.
box 2, folder 9
"Il nostro progetto,"
1970 May 18
box 1, folder 24
"Razionalismo,"
1970 May 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript with annotations.
box 1, folder 25
"Ideologia/Architettura,"
1970 June 11
Scope and Contents
Notes from an all-day debate.
box 1, folder 27
"Dibattito razionalismo 1,"
1970 June 19
box 1, folder 28
"Dibattito nel gruppo,"
1970 July 8
box 1, folder 30
"Presentazione ricerca, appunti,"
1970 November 30
Scope and Contents
Annotated typescript.
box 1, folder 14
"Letteratura architettonica,"
1971 February 3
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of resource materials.
box 1, folder 23
"Architettura e storia,"
1971 February 17
box 1, folder 18
"Architettura del realismo,"
1971 March 3
box 1, folder 19
Notes on Luckacs,
1971 March 3
box 2, folder 4
Texts from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule lessons,
1972-1974
Scope and Contents
Published texts. Rossi was a visiting professor in the department of architecture.
box 2a, folder 4
Materials from Internationale Design Zentrum conference,
1974
Scope and Contents
Includes Aldo Rossi exhibition catalog.
box 2, folder 10
"L'architettura analoga,"
1976, undated
Scope and Contents
Typescripts in Italian and German. German typescript for Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule.
box 1, folder 2
Untitled lecture,
1976
Scope and Contents
With annotations. For conference in United States.
box 1, folder 4
"I miei progetti e l'architettura analoga,"
1975, 1977
Scope and Contents
For lecture at Cooper Union. Also includes translated version "The meaning of analogy in my last projects," translated by
Nina Galetta.
box 2a, folder 2
Assorted conference typescripts,
1974-1978
box 2, folder 11
"Mailand,"
1977-1978, undated
Scope and Contents
"Mailand I" and "Mailand II." Typsescripts in Italian and German. One typescript from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
lecture.
box 1, folder 3
Untitled lecture,
1980
Scope and Contents
Lecture in the United States, possibly at Pratt. Includes typescript and manuscript drafts.
box 2a, folder 5
"Teatro domestico,"
1985
Scope and Contents
Lecture given at the Triennale, Milan.
box 1, folder 12
Anthology of writing on architectural history,
undated
box 2, folder 6
Centuriation research material,
undated
Scope and Contents
Castagnoli, Fraccaro. Contains photocopies from unidentified publications.
box 1, folder 16
"Confronto e programma,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Annotated typescript.
box 1, folder 10
"Considerazioni sulla morfologia urbana e la tipologia edilizia,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Lesson for University of Architecture in Venice.
box 2, folder 8
"Descrizione di alcune architetture,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Fragment of typescript on San Carlone.
box 1, folder 8
Grenier research material,
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies from unidentified publication.
box 1, folder 9
Realism lectures,
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescripts titled "Un educazione al realismo," "Lezione sul realismo."
box 1, folder 22
"Seminario autovalutazione,"
undated
box 2a, folder 1
"Some of my projects (designs),"
undated
Scope and Contents
For lecture in the United States and possibly Berlin.
box 2a, folder 3
"Un educazione 'realista,'"
undated
Drafts and writings, Series II.
1943-1999, undated
Physical Description:
10.8 Linear Feet
(11 boxes, 4 flat file folders)
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This series includes drafts of Rossi's books
Architecture of the City and
A Scientific Autobiography as well as work he contributed to other authors' books, notes, and preliminary and final drafts of his writing. Notes regarding
publishing are included only when the published item is present in the collection. This series also includes documentation
such as plans, descriptions and official letters for such projects as Piazza di Sannazzaro and the Scandicci competition.
Rossi bibliographies, ephemera, photographs, and additional clippings are located in this series. While most clippings comprise
writing by Rossi or about Rossi, there are also materials outside of this scope that were most likely used for Rossi's research
or that reflect his personal interests. Because original order has been maintained this series also contains work other than
drafts or writing.
box 3, folder 1
Notes on
L'urbanistica dall'antichità ad oggi,
1943
box 3, folder 1a
"La casa unifamiliare: Case per salariati agricoli nel basso milanese,"
1953
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Paper delivered at Politecnico.
box 3, folder 2
Paper on Le Corbusier,
1953 May
Scope and Contents
Typescripts. Paper delivered at Politecnico.
box 3, folder 3
"J.J. Pieter Oud,"
1954 January
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 3, folder 4
"Considerazioni su spazio, tempo e architettura,"
1954 May
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 3, folder 5
"Il sentimento della natura nell'Unione Sovietica,"
1954 August
Scope and Contents
Published in
Voce Comunista. Clipping and typescript.
box 3, folder 6
"Un dibattito nell'U.R.S.S.: Considerazioni sull'architettura sovietica a proposito di un recente congresso,"
1954
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and manuscript.
box 3, folder 7
"La cultura dei monopoli: Politica dell'industrial design,"
1955 June
Scope and Contents
Published in
Voce Comunista. Written with Guido Canella. Clippings and typescripts.
box 3, folder 8
"Relazione tenuta al convegno degli architetti comunisti,"
1955 October
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 3, folder 9
"Presentazione al monumento di Franco Buzzi,"
1955 November
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 3, folder 10
"Architettura e realismo,"
1955
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Written with Guido Canella.
box 3, folder 11
"Attualità di Perret,"
circa 1955
Scope and Contents
Review of
Auguste Perret by Ernesto Rogers. Typescript and notes.
box 3, folder 12
Review of
Giuseppe Pagnano,
1956 March
Scope and Contents
Book by Carlo Melograni. Typescripts.
box 3, folder 13
"Il concetto di tradizione nell'architettura neoclassica milanese,"
1954-1956
Scope and Contents
Rossi thesis for Politecnico. Also titled "Il concetto di tradizione nell'architettura neoclassica." Published in
Società. Typescripts, notes and offprints.
box 3, folder 14
Article for
Il Contemporaneo,
circa 1956
Scope and Contents
Untitled typescript.
box 3, folder 15
"L'influenza del romanticismo europeo nell'architettura di Alessandro Antonelli,"
1957 February
Scope and Contents
Written with Vittorio Gregotti. Published in
Casabella. Clipping, photographs, typescripts and manuscripts.
box 3, folder 16
"Una discussione su "Casabella" all'M.S.A.,"
1957 May
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Article is also titled "Relazione presentata all'M.S.A. per la discussione sulla rivista Casabella." Clippings, notes and
typescript.
box 3, folder 17
"A proposito di un recente studio sull'Art Nouveau,"
1956, 1957
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings, typescripts and manuscripts. Review of
Sources of Art Nouveau by Stephan Tschudi Madsen.
box 3, folder 18
"Il passato e il presente nella nuova architettura,"
1958
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clipping, typescripts and manuscripts.
box 3, folder 19
"Una critica che respingiamo,"
1958
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Review of
Die Revolution der modernen Kunst or
La rivoluzione dell'arte moderna by Hans Sedlmayr. Clipping, typescripts and manuscripts.
box 3, folder 19a
"Emil Kaufmann e l'architettura dell'illuminismo,"
1958
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and manuscript.
box 3, folder 20
"Il Seagram building,"
1959 January
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings and typescript.
box 3, folder 21
"Avant-Garde Painting and Sculpture (1890-1955) in Italy,"
1959 May
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings.
box 3, folder 22
Review of
L'architettura moderna in Italia,
1959 June
Scope and Contents
Manuscript.
box 3, folder 23
"L'ordine greco,"
1959 June
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Review of
L'ordre grec, by François Cali. Clippings, notes and typescripts.
box 4, folder 1
Adolf Loos research materials
1959, undated
Scope and Contents
Clippings and notes.
box 4, folder 2
"Adolf Loos, 1870-1933,"
1957-1959
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings, typescripts, manuscripts and notes.
box 4, folder 3
"Architecture You and Me,"
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Includes clippings and manuscript.
box 4, folder 4
"Aspetti dell'architettura tedesca contemporanea,"
1960 January
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings, typescript, manuscript, postage and French coin.
box 4, folder 5
"Ventiquattro per cento,"
1960 March
Scope and Contents
Clippings and typescripts. Possibly also titled "Arredamento e architettura."
box 4, folder 6
"Aspetti dell'architettura industriale in Germania,"
1960 April
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and manuscript.
box 4, folder 7
"Peter Behrens e il problema dell'abitazione moderna,"
1960 June
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings, typescript and notes.
box 4, folder 8
"La città e la periferia,"
1960 July
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings, typescripts and notes.
box 4, folder 9
"Il problema della periferia nella città moderna,"
1960 July
Scope and Contents
Written with Gianugo Polesello and Francesco Tentori. Published in
Casabella. Clippings.
box 4, folder 10
Response to
Argomenti di architettura,
1960 October
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 4, folder 11
"Un giovane architetto tedesco: Oswald Mathias Ungers,"
1960 October
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings and typescript.
box 4, folder 12
"Il convento de la Tourette di Le Corbusier,"
1960 December
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings and typescripts.
box 8, folder 1
Via Farini project,
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
Manuscript.
box 8, folder 2
Villa ai Ronchi,
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white photographs.
box 4, folder 13
"Aspetti della architettura industriale in Svizzera,"
1961 January
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and notes.
box 4, folder 14
"L'esperienza inglese e i nuovi problemi urbanistici,"
1961 April
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings and typescript.
box 4, folder 15
"Architettura italiana: 6 domande,"
1961 May
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Response to a questionnaire written with Luciano Semerani and Silvano Tintori. Clipping and typescript.
box 4, folder 16
"L'atelier 5 di Berna,"
1961 December
Scope and Contents
Clippings and typescript.
box 4, folder 17
"L'uomo della metropoli,"
1962 January
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clipping and typescripts. Review of book by Willy Hellpach.
box 4, folder 18
"Nuovi problemi,"
1962 June
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings and typescripts.
box 4, folder 19
"L'architetto e l'urbanistica,"
1962 July
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Review of
L'urbanisme au service de l'homme, by André Gutton. Clipping, typescript and manuscript.
box 4, folder 20
Interview for
Deutsche Architektur,
1961-1962
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 4, folder 21
Review of
Garden Cities of Tomorrow,
1963 January
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Review of book by Ebenezer Howard. Clipping and notes.
box 4, folder 22
"Due monumenti,"
1963 June
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clipping. Includes article written with Gianugo Polesello and Luca Meda "Monumento alla resistenza a cuneo," and article
written with Luca Meda "Fontana monumentale nel centro direzionale di Milano."
box 4, folder 23
"Manuale d'urbanistica,"
1963 June
Scope and Contents
Notebook.
box 4, folder 24
"Un piano per Vienna,"
1963 July
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clipping and notes.
box 5, folder 1
"Locomotiva 2,"
1963 August
Scope and Contents
Clipping.
box 5, folder 2
"Appunti libro urbanistico,"
1963
Scope and Contents
Probably notes for a book.
Caleppio project,
1962-1963
Scope and Contents
Probably for workers' housing project.
box 5, folder 3
"Aspetti della tipologia residenziale a Berlino,"
1964 June
Scope and Contents
Published in
Casabella. Clippings and notes.
box 5, folder 4
"Concorso tronchetto,"
1964 November
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 5, folder 5
"Architettura dei fatti urbani,"
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Notebooks. Probably an early version of
Architecture of the City.
box 8, folder 4
Abbiategrasso project,
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and project descriptions. Probably for Ticino river sport and leisure center project.
box 8, folder 5
Papers
Scope and Contents
Project description, letters and city council minutes regarding building project.
box 5, folder 6
Introduction to
La torre de Babele,
1967
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
Piazza di Sannazzaro project,
1967
box 8, folder 6
Drawings and papers
Scope and Contents
Includes project description and official project guidelines.
box 5, folder 7
"Che fare delle vecchie città,"
1968 February
Scope and Contents
Typescript
box 5, folder 8
Gruppo Rossi papers,
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
Photocopied papers from the Gruppo Rossi which included Aldo Rossi, Giorgio Grassi, Vittorio Introini, Vanna Gavazzeni, Massimo
Scolari. One typescript identified as "documento politico."
box 5, folder 9
"L'architettura della ragione come architetture di tendenza,"
1969 July
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy of published version. Introduction to exhibition
Illuminismo e architettura del '700 veneto.
box 5, folder 10
Preface to second edition of
L'architettura della città,
1969
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 5, folder 11-12
"Città venete" or "Caratteri urbani delle città venete,"
1968-1970, 1977
Scope and Contents
Notebook and typescripts.
box 8, folder 7
Scandicci palazzo comunale,
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Drawings, project description, quote, pamphlet and official letters.
box 5, folder 13
"Bernardo Vittone e la disputa fra classicismo e barocco nel Settecento,"
1970 September
Scope and Contents
Published in
Accademia della scienza di Torino. Offprint.
box 5, folder 14
"Risposte a Melograni,"
1971 October
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 5, folder 15
"L'architettura dell'illuminismo,"
1971 November
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 5, folder 16
"Topografia e architettura milanese fino al 1870,"
1964-1971
Scope and Contents
Notes and typescripts. Includes lessons "I piani regolatori di Milano" and "Ricapitolazione Milano."
box 5, folder 17
"La costruzione della città,"
1972 January
Scope and Contents
Published in catalog for exhibition at Museo Poldi Pezzoli. Excerpt and typescript.
box 6, folder 1
"Progetti scuola x controspazio,"
1972 April
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 6, folder 2
Zurich exhibition catalog text,
1972
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and clippings. Typescripts in German and Italian.
box 6, folder 3
"Architettura e città/Passato e presente,"
1972 September
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and notes.
box 6, folder 4
Introduction to
L'architettura razionale,
1973 August
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 6, folder 5
Transcript of interview with Rossi,
1973 August
Scope and Contents
Interview conducted by Vanna Becciani.
box 6, folder 6
"L'abitazione e la città,"
1974 May
Scope and Contents
Published in
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui. Clippings and typescripts.
box 6, folder 7
"Introduzione alla ricerca urbana su Zurigo,"
1974 July
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 6, folder 8
Internationales Design Zentrum conference papers,
1974 September
Scope and Contents
Clippings with conference press, letter, black-and-white photographs, lectures by others.
box 6, folder 9
"Casa a Borgo Ticino,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 6, folder 10
"Alcuni miei progetti,"
1975
Scope and Contents
Various typescripts.
box 8, folder 8-9
Papers and plans
Scope and Contents
Includes project descriptions and notes. Project descriptions in Italian and German.
box 6, folder 11
Lecture,
1977
Scope and Contents
German lecture text. Città progetto.
box 6, folder 12
"Venezia,"
1977
Scope and Contents
See also "Città venete." Typescripts in German and Italian.
box 6, folder 13
Casa Romana research materials,
1980, undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript notes on various authors, typescripts on general themes. Includes typescript of lecture in English from the United
States.
box 6, folder 14-15
A Scientific Autobiography,
1981
Scope and Contents
Typescripts. In English and Italian. English version translated by Lawrence Venuti.
box 6, folder 16
Introduction to
Architecture of the City,
1982
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescripts. Introduction for American and Portuguese editions.
Baltimore monumental clock,
1981-1983
Scope and Contents
Also referred to as Charles Center Project.
box 8, folder 10
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes drawings, letters and project description.
box 24, folder 1
Black-and-white negatives
box 6, folder 17
Essay on
Paesaggio Urbano, by Mario Sironi,
1985
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 7, folder 1
"Le bambole dell'estate,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript.
box 7, folder 2
Caption project for Angeli book,
undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, clippings and typescripts.
box 8, folder 11
Corbetta project,
undated
Scope and Contents
Notes.
Furniture projects,
undated
box 8, folder 13
Lomello, S. Michele restoration project,
undated
Scope and Contents
Project descriptions and notes.
box 8, folder 14
Monza project,
undated
Scope and Contents
Project description.
box 7, folder 3
Notes for
Casa Vogue,
undated
box 8, folder 15
Novara restoration project,
undated
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white photograph, project description and notes.
box 7, folder 4
Otto Wagner research materials,
undated
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white photographs, clipping and notes.
box 7, folder 5
"Piano territoriale di coordinamento della regione veneta,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 7, folder 6
Review or notes on
Le modulor,
undated
Scope and Contents
Book by Le Corbusier. Typescript is signed by Le Corbusier.
box 7, folder 7
Review of
Von Ledoux bis Le Corbusier,
undated
Scope and Contents
Book is by Emil Kaufmann. Notes.
Sant'Angelo Lodigiano,
undated
box 7, folder 9
"Le tendenze dell'urbanistica contemporanea,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 7, folder 10
[Tipologie delle residenze],
undated
Scope and Contents
Untitled typescript.
box 7, folder 11
"Triennale,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
box 8, folder 18
Urbino project,
undated
Scope and Contents
Notes.
box 7, folder 12-14
Assorted writing by Rossi,
1976-1984, undated
box 7, folder 15
Assorted writing by others,
1957-1975, undated
Scope and Contents
Excerpt by Erminio includes drawings.
box 9, box 10, box 10a, box 10b, box 10c
Clippings, ephemera and publications,
1943-1999, undated
Scope and Contents
Most clippings and publications include writing by Aldo Rossi or writing about Aldo Rossi. Other writing is also included
here, perhaps as resource material for Rossi.
box 7, folder 16
Bibliographies and project lists,
1971-1974
Assorted unidentified,
undated
box 7, folder 17
Drawings
Scope and Contents
Includes unidentified drawing probably by Rossi.
box 10b, folder 7-8
Black-and-white photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of unidentified exhibitions.
box 24, folder 2-3
Color photographs and black-and-white negatives
Correspondence and business documents, Series III.
1954-1988
Physical Description:
12 Linear Feet
(14 boxes and 2 flat file folders)
Arrangement
Files are arranged chronologically with non-correspondence materials at the end.
Scope and Contents
Series III includes incoming and outgoing letters concerning current topics in architecture, symposia and interview proposals,
work contracts, invitations, publishing information, student research papers on Rossi buildings, and financial statements.
Correspondents include Carlo Aymonino, Peter Eisenman, Léon Krier, Rob Krier, Paolo Portoghesi, Hans Hollein, and Manfredo
Tafuri. Because original order has been maintained this series also contains writing that is not designated as correspondence
or business papers.
box 11, folder 7
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Carlo Aymonino and Salvador Tarrago.
box 11, folder 8
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Carlo Aymonino and Salvador Tarrago.
box 11, folder 9-11
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Carlo Aymonino, Vittorio Gregotti and Salvador Tarrago.
box 11, folder 12-13
1971
Scope and Contents
Includes black-and-white photograph from Salvador Tarrago and letters from Carlo Aymonino, Salvador Tarrago, Manfredo Tafuri,
Nory Miller, Carlo de Carli.
box 12, folder 1-2
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Carlo Aymonino.
box 12, folder 3-4
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Carlo Aymonino, Manfredo Tafuri, Michael Graves, Salvador Tarrago, John Hejduk and Rob Krier.
box 12, folder 5-6
1974
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Francois Burkhardt, Francesco dal Co and Rob Krier.
box 12, folder 7-9
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Salvador Tarrago, Rob Krier, Manfredo Tafuri, Francois Burkhardt, Oswald Mathias Ungers and Hans Hollein.
box 13, folder 1-4
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Michael Graves, John Hejduk, Josef Paul Kleihues, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Robert Terradas, Léon Krier,
Carlo Aymonino, Vittorio de Feo and letter to Cesar Portela.
box 13, folder 5-8
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Carlo Aymonino, Manfredo Tafuri, Leo Castelli, John Hejduk, Vittorio Savi, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Paolo
Portoghesi and Hans Hollein.
box 14
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Vittorio Savi, Rob Krier, Hans Hollein, John Hejduk and Paolo Portoghesi.
box 15
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Peter Eisenman, Udo Kultermann, Daniel Liebskind, Léon Krier, John Hejduk, Mark Mack, Vittorio Savi,
Heinrich Klotz, Franklin D. Israel and Carlo Aymonino.
box 24, folder 4
Color slides and color photographs
flatfile 5**
Plans
Scope and Contents
Plans for unidentified market originally with correspondence from José Charters Monteiro.
box 16a
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Udo Kultermann, Heinrich Klotz, John Hejduk and César Pelli.
box 24, folder 4
Color slides and color photographs
box 16b
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Daniel Liebskind, Vittorio Savi, César Pelli, John Hejduk, Philip Johnson, Manfredo Tafuri and Heinrich
Klotz.
box 17a, box 17b
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Francesco Dal Co, Leo Castelli, Peter Eisenman, Rob Krier, Vittorio Savi, Vincent Scully, Joseph Kleihues,
Cesar Pelli, and Carlo Aymonino. Also includes an unidentified drawing.
box 24, folder 4
Color slide and color photographs
box 17b
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Daniel Liebskind, Carlo Aymonino and Francesco Dal Co. Also includes an unidentified drawing.
box 18a
1984
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Heinrich Klotz, Josef Paul Kleihues and Francesco Dal Co.
box 18b, box 19a
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Vittorio Savi, Paolo Portoghesi, Robert Venturi, Daniel Liebskind and Carlo Aymonino. Also includes
black-and-white photographs from Breda exhibition and Bordeaux exhibition
Architecture, Ville, Theatre.
box 19a, folder 3-7
Letters
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Vittorio Savi, Paolo Portoghesi, Carlo Aymonino
box 19b, folder 5
Photocopies of drawings,
1973-1980
box 19b, folder 6
Henry James quotes,
undated
box 19b, folder 7
Introduction to "La mia architettura,"
undated
box 19b, folder 8
"Progetto pensato/progetto realizzato,"
undated
box 19b, folder 9
Introduction to "Scritti scelti,"
undated
box 19b, folder 10
Fantasia,
1960
Scope and Contents
Contains article "4 case per la vacanze dell'anno prossimo," which includes reference to Rossi.
box 19b, folder 11
"Il padiglione sovietico all biennale" by Carlo Bertolli,
1956
Scope and Contents
Offprint from
Società.
box 19b, folder 12
"Tipologia e morfologia edilizia" by Giorgio Grassi,
undated
Scope and Contents
Lecture delivered at Politecnico Milano.
box 19b, folder 13
"Caratteri degli edifici: Prison d'Aix-En Provence,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Author unidentified.
box 19b, folder 14
Lecture fragments,
1954, undated
Assorted,
1966-1986, undated
box 19b, folder 15-16
Papers,
1970-1986, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings and various Rossi biographies.
flatfile 6**
Plan for Municipio di Segrate piazza,
1966
Notebooks, Series IV.
1949-1986
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Arrangement
Series is arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents
This series contains notebooks on architecture often including notes, sketches, drawings in color, comments on travels, analyses,
and drafts of letters. There are 32 of Rossi's original 47 numbered notebooks, the so called Blue Notebooks, additional typescript
drafts of writing including draft versions of
A Scientific Autobiography, and other notebooks and sketchbooks. This series also contains photocopies of
Il libro azzurro notebook and sketchbook as well as photocopies of other sketchbooks and notebooks.
Folder of conservation templates that refer to numbered notebooks is also located in this series.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 2,
1968 November 26
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 3,
1969 December 5
Scope and Contents
Contains drawing.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 5,
1970 May-November
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 6,
1971 February-May
Scope and Contents
Santa Clara. Includes exhibition announcement insert and note.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 7,
1971 May-June
Scope and Contents
Architettura analitica. Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 9,
1971 August-October
Scope and Contents
Il cimitero di Modena. Contains some drawings.
box 20, folder 9
"Note autobiografiche sulla formazione eu,"
1971 December
Scope and Contents
Manuscript.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 10,
1971 November-1972 February
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 20, folder 7
"Appunti conferenza Zurigo,"
1972 February 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript of lecture given at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule conference.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 11,
1972 February-June
Scope and Contents
14 Aprile Pisa mit Sonja. Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 12,
1972 June
Scope and Contents
Alcune mie architetture. Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 13,
1972 July-October
Scope and Contents
Settembre inizio Zurich. Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 14,
1972 November-December
Scope and Contents
Architettura analitica-citta analoga. Contains some drawings.
box 20, folder 10
"Appunti conferenza Barcelona,"
1972
Scope and Contents
Typescript and handwritten notes.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 15,
1973 February-October
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 4
Notebook 16,
1973 November-1974 May
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 17,
1974 May-December
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 20, folder 12
"Autobiografia scientifica,"
1975 March
Scope and Contents
Notebook. Includes one drawing.
box 20, folder 13
"La mia architettura," "L'architettura analoga,"
1975 March
Scope and Contents
Notebook.
box 20, folder 17
"L'architettura analoga,"
1975 April
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 18,
1975 January-June
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 19,
1975 September-1976 July
Scope and Contents
Contains inserts.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 20,
1976 July-December
box 20, folder 16
"La città analoga,"
1976 December
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 20, folder 5
"L'architettura analoga," "Autobiografia scientifica," "Alcuni miei progretti,"
1974-1977
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and clipping.
box 20, folder 11
"Berlin,"
1951-1977
Scope and Contents
Notebook. Includes clipping, receipts, some ephemera.
box 20, folder 15
"Autobiografia scientifica," "Alcuni miei progretti,"
1977 January
Scope and Contents
Notebook.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 21,
1976 October-1977 May
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 22,
1977 May-1978 July
Scope and Contents
Contains drawing.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 23,
1978 July-1979 January
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings and insert.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 24,
1979 February-June
Scope and Contents
NY-Cranbrook-Detroit-Chicago. Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 25,
1979 June-October
Scope and Contents
Contains drawing.
box 24, folder 5
Notebook 26,
1979 November 11
Scope and Contents
Il teatro del mondo. Contains color polaroids.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 28,
1980 April-August
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 29,
1980 August-1981 March
Scope and Contents
Grecia. Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 30,
1981 March-September
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings and inserts.
box 20, folder 1
Borgoricco; Tradizione Milano; Case Milano,
1983 August
Borgoricco; Tradizione Milano; Case Milano, August 1983
Scope and Contents
Sketchbook. Includes ephemera, letter from Werner Blaser and additional notebook.
box 20, folder 3
Torino,
1982 and 1984
Torino, 1982 and 1984
Scope and Contents
Sketchbook.
box 20, folder 14
"Torino, custodia, guardia,"
1985 April
"Torino, custodia, guardia", April 1985
Scope and Contents
Sketchbook. Includes furniture drawings.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 31,
1985 November-1986 January
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 21, folder 5
Notebook 32,
1986 February-May
Scope and Contents
Contains some drawings.
box 20, folder 6
Alfred Loos notes,
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and handwritten notes.
box 20, folder 4
La casa del Mantegna,
undated
La casa del Mantegna, undated
Scope and Contents
Sketchbook. Includes writing by Rossi on Pinocchio with sketch.
box 20, folder 8
"Padova,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
box 20, folder 2
Municipio Borgoricco,
undated
Municipio Borgoricco, undated
Scope and Contents
Sketchbook.
box 21, folder 1-3
Notebook transcripts,
undated
Scope and Contents
Transcripts for numbered notebooks 1-32.
box 21, folder 6
Photocopies of notes and notebooks,
1949-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopy of
Il libro azzurro. Some photocopied notebooks duplicate originals in the collection.
Architectural designs, Series V.
1972-1982
Physical Description:
9.5 Linear Feet
(1 box, 8 flat file folders and 1 roll)
Arrangement
Projects are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This series contains drawings and plans with no associated papers.
box 22
Città con architetture e monumenti,
1972
Scope and Contents
Drawing. Pencil and oil on paper.
Palazzo dei Congressi, V.
1982
Scope and Contents
Contains schematic and tissue drawings, blueprints, site maps, elevation sketches, and conceptual studies representing the
full design development of the Palazzo dei Congressi. The project, designed for Milan, was never realized.
flatfile 7**, flatfile 8**, flatfile 9**, flatfile 10**, flatfile 11**
flatfile 12**, flatfile 13**
flatfile 10**, flatfile 14**
Plans
Scope and Contents
Includes one print of Duomo.
roll 1**
Other plans and sketches
Scope and Contents
Includes plans with hand drawn color details.