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Aldo Rossi & Giorgio Grassi

Men of few words; architects of less.

Somehow held between the Post and the Modern.

War babies of a certain era.

Their work is not encouraged to sing.

Neither can we say that it is a former song.

A radicalism intent upon the understanding of the rational.

But we are only half way there.

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601 Fourth day in Valencia. Impressive sunrise for a windy and hot day (25C peak) great for a Calatrava remix, to see the new tramway 10 and make a getaway to Sagunto to visit the Roman theater redesigned by Giorgio Grassi in a very personal Olympic Palladian way. What a full day! #valencia #sagunto #calatrava #giorgiograssi #romantheater thanks to @andresrscmp for the escapade in beautiful Sagunto! (presso Valencia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFQtPoD_nu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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From There to Here

Rauchstrasse, Berlin

Smoke Street

On a field trip to Berlin in 1985 we happened to visit the IBA development around Rauchstrasse. Filled with the works of Rossi, Grassi, Hollein, to name but a few. By chance we gained access to many, occupying their public staircases and lobbies but without a hint of the spaces the residents occupied. They have remained a mystery other than extrapolating the plans from their extensive publication. It’s a strange area, Smoke Street would be its literal English translation, but there were no chimney’s. It’s aura still proliferates my mind since these architects have gone on to bigger and better things, but the significance of establishing a residential component in an architect’s oeuvre makes even the strangest things seem real.

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