Carlo Barabino
Carlo Barabino ( born February 11, 1768 in Genoa, † September 3, 1835 ) was an Italian architect and urban planner.
Life
Carlo Barabino is one of the most important and creative architect of the city of Genoa in the 19th century.
His designs, which he produced mainly for his native town, were of great importance to the townscape. His heavily influenced by the works of Neoclassicism came across benevolent resonance in the population and in management circles and influenced the style of the first half of the century. In the field of urban planning Barabino had an impact as before Galeazzo Alessi in Genoa only.
He received at the Accademia di Genova Ligustica His first training. In 1788 he went to Rome to study there in the studio of Giuseppe Barbieri. After he won several important prizes in architecture, he returned in 1793 returned to Genoa to begin his work as an architect.
At the very beginning of his career, his honorary membership at the Accademia Ligustica was for his project, which expanded the Mole of Genoa and attractive designed, awarded with Lorenzo Fontana (son of Gaetano Cantoni ) and Giacinto Pellegrini. On June 7, 1802 Carlo Barabino was the three-year line of the combined schools of architecture and design, transferred within the academy.
Among the first works Barabinos include the neoclassical baths of the Ligurian Republic in Via dei Servi. These were completed in 1797. However, in connection with this construction, there were cases of misappropriation of funds, so that Barabino had to retire for a few years from the public. His possible guilt could not be clarified until today.
During this period, he received several small orders. In 1801 he was appointed to the Supervisory Commission on the project of the Foro Bonaparte in Milan. In 1805 he opened together with Giovan Battista Crovetto own studios. In 1818 Barabino was appointed city architect of Genoa.
Of great importance for Barabino was in 1825, when he was able to realize this much of his most important designs. First and foremost is one of them, the Teatro Carlo Felice. He was also instrumental in the town planning and influenced the cityscape for the next decades.
In addition to his work as an architect and urban planner Barabino also went to an intensive teaching. Already in 1807 he had opened a teaching studio together with Giovan Battista Crovetto. From 1808 to 1811 he held the post of Director of the School of Design Accademie Ligustica and finally from 1824 until his death he took over the management of the entire Academy. Among his students Giovan Battista Resasco Ignazio Gardella and ( senior).
Carlo Barabino died in 1835 during a cholera epidemic, as it had been made just the project for the realization of the monumental cemetery Staglieno.