Flashcards on Frank Gehry and Postmodern Architecture
Frank Gehry and Postmodern Architecture Explained for Students
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Card 1
Question: Who was Aldo Rossi, and what professions did he hold?
Answer: An Italian architect and designer; also a theorist, author, artist, teacher, screenwriter, graphic designer, philosopher, and painter.
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Question: When and where was Aldo Rossi born?
Answer: May 3, 1931, in Milan.
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Question: When and where did Aldo Rossi die, and what was the cause?
Answer: September 4, 1997, in Milan; he died in a car accident.
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Question: Where did Rossi study architecture, and when did he earn his degree?
Answer: At the Milan Polytechnic (Politecnico di Milano), earning his degree in 1959.
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Question: What significant award did Rossi receive, and when?
Answer: The Pritzker Prize in 1990.
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Question: What position did Rossi hold in the publication of an architectural magazine, and during what period?
Answer: He was an editor for Casabella magazine from 1955–1964.
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Question: What theatrical work did Rossi design for the 1979 Venice Biennale, and what made it unique?
Answer: The Teatro del Mondo – a floating theater that seated 250 spectators around a central stage and was located at Punta della Dogana.
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Question: How did Rossi describe the location for the Teatro del Mondo?
Answer: As 'a place where architecture ended and the world of imagination began.'
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Question: Which of Rossi's projects in Italy emerged from his experience after a car accident, and what did it inspire?
Answer: The design for the San Cataldo Cemetery (Modena); the 1971 accident led him to consider cities as camps for the living and cemeteries as cities for th
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Question: What significant theater/opera house did he design for Genoa?
Answer: The Carlo Felice Theatre – the National Opera.