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    The document discusses Italian Rationalism during the 1930s. It began with Gruppo 7, founded by Giuseppe Terragni, who is considered one of the fathers of rationalism. They sought a middle ground between classical and industrial styles. Terragni developed a rationalist language that combined classical proportions with new construction methods and stripped away applied decoration. This is exemplified in his Novocomum building, which features a strong geometry with square and cylindrical shapes and an orthogonal grid facade emphasizing clarity. Rationalism became not just a political tool under Mussolini but a structured response to social needs in 1930s Italy through new construction technologies.

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    The document discusses Italian Rationalism during the 1930s. It began with Gruppo 7, founded by Giuseppe Terragni, who is considered one of the fathers of rationalism. They sought a middle ground between classical and industrial styles. Terragni developed a rationalist language that combined classical proportions with new construction methods and stripped away applied decoration. This is exemplified in his Novocomum building, which features a strong geometry with square and cylindrical shapes and an orthogonal grid facade emphasizing clarity. Rationalism became not just a political tool under Mussolini but a structured response to social needs in 1930s Italy through new construction technologies.

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    Summary of the early italian Rationalism 1920

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    The document discusses Italian Rationalism during the 1930s. It began with Gruppo 7, founded by Giuseppe Terragni, who is considered one of the fathers of rationalism. They sought a middle ground between classical and industrial styles. Terragni developed a rationalist language that combined classical proportions with new construction methods and stripped away applied decoration. This is exemplified in his Novocomum building, which features a strong geometry with square and cylindrical shapes and an orthogonal grid facade emphasizing clarity. Rationalism became not just a political tool under Mussolini but a structured response to social needs in 1930s Italy through new construction technologies.

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    IE University

    Architecture History and Theory III


    Claudia Pitti
    rd
    23 of November 2017
    Professor: Laura Martinez de Guereu

    Italian Rationalism

    = Abstraction and Monumentality

    During 1930s rationalism starts with gruppo 7 founded by Giuseppe Terragni,


    whom is called one of the father of rationalism, and many others.
    They professed their need for a middle ground between the classism of the
    Novecento with the industrially inspired Italian futurism.

    They didnt want to break the traditions, but being able to show that traditions can
    evolve and respond to what is the socio-political context in the country. For
    example, in Italy during the time they left as pyrrhic winners from WWI; apart from
    that we can add the economic crisis, the high rate of unemployment, the crisis of
    the liberal government and the creation of new political parties with very different
    visions and fragmented on the inside, creating insecurity in the citizens. Hence
    when Mussolini appeared with a concise social agenda, he could start his
    dictatorship achieving the majority of the votes.

    Giuseppe Terragni developed a rationalist language shown by the search of the


    classical proportions but mixing it also with the importance of the faade and the
    new methods of construction mixed well together, as well as stripping away the of
    applied decoration allowing the viewer to contemplate the true beauty of the
    building,

    Shown perfectly in the Novocomum, how it plays with a strong visual in its
    geometry: the square contrasting with the cylindrical shapes and curves, as well as
    the orthogonal grid in the faade focusing on the principle of clarity throughout
    the building. Of course, as different things tend to create scandal this building
    wouldnt be the exception, as it didnt fulfilled the fascist mentality and it evoked
    more towards the emancipation of Italy and it's way of aligning more with other
    European countries.
    Rationalism not only became a political tool, but a structured way to respond to
    the social needs of the 30s in Italy and re-visioning new ways of constructing with
    the technologies that were emerging.

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