Angiolo Mazzoni
Angiolo Mazzoni ( born May 21, 1894 in Bologna, † September 28, 1979 in Rome ) was an Italian engineer and architect. He coined the style of post and rail buildings during the fascist era in Italy.
Life
Mazzoni studied civil engineering in Rome and received a degree in architecture in 1923 at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna in Bologna. Since 1921 he was employed as an engineer at the Italian railways. In 1924 he was transferred to Rome and promoted in 1926 to the " engineer first class " ( Ispettore di Prima classe ). At the same time he joined the Fascist Party of Italy. He designed many public buildings during the interwar period in Italy. After the end of fascism in Italy, he moved to Colombia. From 1948 to 1950 he taught as a professor of architecture at the University of Bogotá and was also a consultant for the construction of the railway Ibague - Armenia. From 1951 he headed the construction division of the Colombian telephone company. He also worked as an architect for public, private and ecclesiastical patrons. In 1963 he returned to Rome where he died on 28 September 1979. His archive is kept in the Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto.
Work
Initially influenced by Josef Hoffmann, Mazzoni be turned to Futurism. In 1934 he published together with Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Mino Somenzi a manifesto on the Futuristic Architecture ( Manifesto Futurist dell'Architettura Arena).
His works are characterized by a versatile design language, Scrapping from Futurism to Constructivism, from. Because of his stubborn adherence to the fascism its meaning was misunderstood as an architect until recent time.
Post Office
Railway buildings
Other Buildings
Town planning
- Bogotá: 1950: plans for the heroes square in Bogota