SHADOWS IN BACKLIT
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.� - Le Corbusier -
SHADOWS IN BACKLIT
The matter of the use of light and shadows has always played a major role in the field of architectural composition. As the quote formerly used is suggesting, for a various number of architects, the theme is central, almost as being the meaning of architecture itself. Light unveils the matter that composes what exists, while shadow hides it. Everything that exists has a shadow, from the tiniest crumble to the most monumental architectural product. Buildings are sculpted by the ever changing contrast between lights and shades. The purpose and the goal of “Shadows in Backlit� is to disclose and highlight the shadows that are constantly present around us, the same shadows that sculpt the city creating its image and the visible feeling of its architecture. The research tries to understand not only the importance of light and shade but also how they influence our perception of the physical elements that are surrounding us. The pictures are almost always characterized by narrow framings in order to show the de-
tails of the analyzed buildings, with the aim of capturing its matter and drawing. The visual contradiction between black and white is the canvas where the matter is shown and where the pure structure of architecture is laid bare. Smooth surfaces, rough elements, eaves, projections, sequences of plains covered in black shadow or pure light, architecture is lowered to pure shape. The game of light and shadows has been emphasized with a strong, almost unnatural, contrast. In the end, the building are presented in a chronological order to understand the variations through time.
INDEX
8 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 38 40 42 43 44
San Lorenzo Palazzo della Ragione Duomo Sforzesco Castel Santa Maria presso San Satiro Omenoni House Gallerie d’Italia Pinacoteca di Brera Villa Reale Arco della Pace Palazzo Reale Arena Civica Gianni Brera Natural History Museum Houses in Corso Venezia Palazzo Marino San Fedele church Palazzo dell’Arte Palazzo dell’Arengario Laporte Hose Santa Maria Nascente church Velasca Tower Politecnico di Milano City Services building Car Park Burri Theatre Monte Amiata
50 52 54 56 57 58 59 60 61
Sandro Pertini Monument Housing in Portello Vertical Forest Hadid housing Libeskind housing Social Housing Casa della Memoria EXPO Gate Residenze Parco Vittoria
SAN LORENZO CHURCH 300 - 400
Corso di Porta Ticinese 8
PALAZZO DELLA RAGIONE 1233 - 1733
Piazza dei Mercanti 9
DUOMO 1386 - 1813
Duomo Square 10
DUOMO 1386 - 1813
Duomo Square 11
DUOMO 1386 - 1813
Duomo Square 12
DUOMO 1386 - 1813
Duomo Square 13
CASTELLO SFORZESCO 1360 - 1490
Castello Square 14
SANTA MARIA PRESSO SAN SATIRO 1482
D. Bramante, via Torino 15
OMENONI HOUSE
1565
Leone Leoni, via degli Omenoni 16
GALLERIE D’ITALIA 1700 - 1800
Scala Square 17
PINACOTECA DI BRERA 1776
G. Piermarini, via Brera 18
PINACOTECA DI BRERA 1776
G. Piermarini, via Brera 19
VILLA REALE
1790
L. Pollack, via Palestro 20
VILLA REALE
1790
L. Pollack, via Palestro 21
ARCO DELLA PACE
1807
G. L. Cagnola, Sempione Square 22
ARCO DELLA PACE
1807
G. L. Cagnola, Sempione Square 23
PALAZZO REALE
1778
G. Piermarini, Duomo Square 24
ARENA CIVICA GIANNI BRERA 1807
L. Canonica, Sempione Park 25
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 1838
G. Ceruti, Intro Montanelli Garden 26
HOUSES IN CORSO VENEZIA 1890
Bianchi - Cavazzi, Corso Venezia 27
PALAZZO MARINO 1892
L. Beltrami, Scala Square 28
SAN FEDELE
1835
P. Tibaldi, via Case Rotte 29
PALAZZO DELL’ARTE 1933
G. Muzio, viale Alemagna 30
PALAZZO DELL’ARENGARIO
1936 - 1956
Portaluppi Muzio Magistretti Griffini, Duomo Square 31
LAPORTE HOUSE 1938
G. Ponti, via Brin 32
SANTA MARIA NASCENTE CHURCH 1955
V. Magistretti, via Salmoiraghi 33
VELASCA TOWER 1958
BBPR, Velasca Square 34
VELASCA TOWER 1958
BBPR, Velasca Square 35
VELASCA TOWER 1958
BBPR, Velasca Square 36
VELASCA TOWER 1958
BBPR, Velasca Square 37
POLITECNICO
1961
Portaluppi - Ponti, via Ampére 38
POLITECNICO
1961
Portaluppi - Ponti, via Ampére 39
CITY SERVICES BUILDING
1966
Gandolfi Bazzoni Fratino Putelli, Via G. B. Pirelli 40
CITY SERVICES BUILDING
1966
Gandolfi Bazzoni Fratino Putelli, Via G. B. Pirelli 41
CAR PARK
1968
M. Zanuso, via Chiaravalle 42
BURRI THEATRE 1973 (REBUILT)
A. Burri, Sempione Park 43
MONTE AMIATA
1974
C. Aymonino A. Rossi, via Cilea 44
MONTE AMIATA
1974
C. Aymonino A. Rossi, via Cilea 45
MONTE AMIATA
1974
C. Aymonino A. Rossi, via Cilea 46
MONTE AMIATA
1974
C. Aymonino A. Rossi, via Cilea 47
MONTE AMIATA
1974
C. Aymonino A. Rossi, via Cilea 48
MONTE AMIATA
1974
C. Aymonino A. Rossi, via Cilea 49
SANDRO PERTINI MONUMENT 1990
A. Rossi, Montenapoleone 50
SANDRO PERTINI MONUMENT 1990
A. Rossi, Montenapoleone 51
HOUSING
2007
Cino Zucchi Architects, via Traiano 52
HOUSING
2007
Cino Zucchi Architects, via Traiano 53
BOSCO VERTICALE 2013
Boeri Studio, via de Castillia 54
BOSCO VERTICALE 2013
Boeri Studio, via de Castillia 55
HADID HOUSING 2013
Z. Hadid, Milano City Life 56
LIBESKIND HOUSING
2013
D. Libesdkind, Milano City Life 57
SOCIAL HOUSING
2009
MAB Arquitecture, via Gallarate 58
CASA DELLA MEMORIA 2015
Baukuh, via dei Castillia 59
EXPO GATE
2015
Scandurra Studio, Castello square 60
RESIDENZE PARCO VITTORIA 2015
Studio Canali, via Traiano 61
Arin Alia