On 9th February 1934, the Governor of Dodecanese, M. Lago, together with architects Petracco and Bernabiti, went to Coo to establish guidelines regarding the reconstruction of the unfortunate city, recently destroyed by an earthquake. According to a new city plan, the architect M. Paolini designed and restored council houses of Piazza Rotonda and of the Turkish quarter of Halvagià. Composed visions that Paolini sketched in his drawings report the life as it should appear at the beginnings of ‘900; he depicted not only the life in the alleys and in squares, but also the life lived in the enclosed courtyards and houses. The houses settled like a crib with external stairs and Turkish drainpipes sheltered from the summer sun by jutting out modillions and blossomed arbours, white plastered facade, echoing the architecture of Capri and Mediterranean too. This contribution aims to retrace the rebirth of Coo from 1934 to 1937 as airy and modern city, where Greek Mediterranean sea and oriental world coalesce, giving rise to an environment almost metaphysical.
Elementi di architettura popolare italiana nelle case di Mario Paolini per Kos
Rossella MARTINO
2014-01-01
Abstract
On 9th February 1934, the Governor of Dodecanese, M. Lago, together with architects Petracco and Bernabiti, went to Coo to establish guidelines regarding the reconstruction of the unfortunate city, recently destroyed by an earthquake. According to a new city plan, the architect M. Paolini designed and restored council houses of Piazza Rotonda and of the Turkish quarter of Halvagià. Composed visions that Paolini sketched in his drawings report the life as it should appear at the beginnings of ‘900; he depicted not only the life in the alleys and in squares, but also the life lived in the enclosed courtyards and houses. The houses settled like a crib with external stairs and Turkish drainpipes sheltered from the summer sun by jutting out modillions and blossomed arbours, white plastered facade, echoing the architecture of Capri and Mediterranean too. This contribution aims to retrace the rebirth of Coo from 1934 to 1937 as airy and modern city, where Greek Mediterranean sea and oriental world coalesce, giving rise to an environment almost metaphysical.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
