Giancarlo De Carlo

Giancarlo De Carlo ( born December 12, 1919 in Genoa, Italy; † 4 June 2005 in Milan, Italy) was an architect, professor emeritus of the University of Venice and one of the most important representatives of the post-war architecture in Italy.

Life

Born in 1919 Genoese Giancarlo De Carlo studied architecture at the Instituto Universitario d' Architettura Venice and at the Politecnico in Milan. Since 1950 he had his own studio in Milan. De Carlo was a member of CIAM ( Congrès International d' Architecture Moderne ) and the X team, which included also JB Bakema, P. Smithson and Aldo van Eyck.

International fame reached De Carlo with his student village at Urbino ( 1962-66 ), " in which he practically formulated his conception of building as an architecture that adapts to the local and social realities. " The campus of the University of Urbino accompanied his work of 1962 until 1983.

With its brutalism to the right visual language he realized in the following decades, more housing estates, such as the workers' settlement Matteotti in Terni ( 1970-75 ) and the social housing project in Venice Mazzorbo ( 1979-1995 ).

He received the " Cittadino Onorario della Città di Urbino ", the 1988 Wolf Foundation Prize in 1990 and the Fritz Schumacher medal.

De Carlo was since the 50s professor at the University of Venice and as a town planner also very active politically. Besides his work as editor of the architecture magazine " Spazio e Societa ' he was involved in " International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design ( ILAUD ) " as well as the International Academy of Architecture (IAA ) in Sofia.