Who Designed Villa Planchart? Gio Ponti’s Architecture in Caracas: Between Influences and Contamination

In 1953, Armando and Anala Planchart asked the Italian architect Gio Ponti to realize a new house for them in Caracas. They did not know at the time that it would become one of the most iconic works of twentieth century architecture: “Can I be your Michelangelo?”1 Nevertheless, the correspondence be...

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Autor: Danesi, G. (Giorgio)|||/items/ad17e052-1879-4897-88c9-e6b26a8f3742
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/62489
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/62489
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Villa Planchart
Caracas
Gio Ponti
autoría colectiva
clientes
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Resumo:In 1953, Armando and Anala Planchart asked the Italian architect Gio Ponti to realize a new house for them in Caracas. They did not know at the time that it would become one of the most iconic works of twentieth century architecture: “Can I be your Michelangelo?”1 Nevertheless, the correspondence between the architect and several of the individuals involved in its construction testifies to the multiple influences that can be recognized in the house. This makes it one of the clearest examples of building with the involvement of multiple authors.