LIBERTAD EN EL ORDEN. BRUNO MORASSUTTI, EL ARTE DE LA PREFABRICACIÓN

Abstract

In post-war Italy, architects belonging to the so-called second generation of Italian rationalist architects, such as Ignazio Gardella, Ernesto N. Rogers and Franco Albini, allowed the modern Italian tradition to evolve, leaving behind the formal dogmatism of the first generation, which was led by Terragni. Tradition was the instrument that allowed them to reconcile with history and restore the presence of man within an architecture that the avant-garde had dehumanized. With ingenuity and creativity they hybridized the basics of traditional solutions with the technical possibilities and materials available to them. They paved the way for the architects who succeeded them, the so-called "third generation", one of which was Bruno Morassutti (Padua, 1920), to whom this text is dedicated. He succeeded, thanks to his exquisite training, his willingness to approach architecture from the practical and his enormous talent as a builder, exploring a "terza maniera", in opening a new avenue by which to advance critically in post-war Italy from the experiences developed by the Modern Movement. With tools such as modularization and serial production in the field of design, and the prefabricated construction systems and the assembly of elements in the building, he managed to overcome the shortage of means without giving up his personal commitment.