This volume contains a variety of essays pointing at different connections, most of them of Nordic architects being inspired by travels to the Mediterranean, but also some examples of the opposite relationship. Towards the 20th century the interests in Nordic architectural culture shifted towards the regional and vernacular. Vernacular buildings became more interesting than classical temples, and the geographical focus shifted not only to Italian sites, but also to other Mediterranean regions, not least to Spain. In this sense the 20th century added new dimensions to the Grand Tour, as performed by Nordic architects. Their new focus on Nordic vernacular turned the Mediterranean examples into representing a critical dimension of geographical distance, just like the growing interest in modernity turned the classical examples into being radical counterpoints. But an even more complex dimension may be interpreted from the journeys in opposite directions. Some architects in Italy and other Mediterranean countries were admiringly visiting the recent achievements by Nordic architects: it was not the modernity as such that attracted the attention, but the contemporary interpretation.
EDA. Esempi di architettura 2016. Ediz. inglese. Vol. 3/1: Architects travel. Routes, connections and resonances between the Mediterranean and the Nordic countries in the 20th century / Alici, Antonello. - In: EDA, ESEMPI DI ARCHITETTURA. - ISSN 2384-9576. - STAMPA. - 3, n. 1:(2016), pp. 1-118.
EDA. Esempi di architettura 2016. Ediz. inglese. Vol. 3/1: Architects travel. Routes, connections and resonances between the Mediterranean and the Nordic countries in the 20th century
ALICI, Antonello
2016-01-01
Abstract
This volume contains a variety of essays pointing at different connections, most of them of Nordic architects being inspired by travels to the Mediterranean, but also some examples of the opposite relationship. Towards the 20th century the interests in Nordic architectural culture shifted towards the regional and vernacular. Vernacular buildings became more interesting than classical temples, and the geographical focus shifted not only to Italian sites, but also to other Mediterranean regions, not least to Spain. In this sense the 20th century added new dimensions to the Grand Tour, as performed by Nordic architects. Their new focus on Nordic vernacular turned the Mediterranean examples into representing a critical dimension of geographical distance, just like the growing interest in modernity turned the classical examples into being radical counterpoints. But an even more complex dimension may be interpreted from the journeys in opposite directions. Some architects in Italy and other Mediterranean countries were admiringly visiting the recent achievements by Nordic architects: it was not the modernity as such that attracted the attention, but the contemporary interpretation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.