ARCHITETTURA CONTEMPORANEA NEL PARCO E NEI QUARTIERI PERIFERICI

From Park architectures to residential and school settlements: a journey through the twentieth century in Monza

Route category: Bicycle

A journey of discovery of the architecture built in Monza Park since 1922, with particular attention to contemporary elements found in the neighborhoods north of the city and in the areas bordering the park. The analysis extends to residential settlements, sports, school and tertiary buildings, offering an articulated look at the urban and architectural evolution of the area.

Photographs by Marzio Franco

Archive photographs www.lombardiabeniculturali.it

Design, graphic design and text by Associazione Pro Monza

Details of the tour

Properties

Typology: Bicycle

1. Former RAI control center

ex Centro Rai

Typology: tertiary building, industrial architecture

Designer: Gio Ponti, A. Fornaroli, A. Rosselli

Year: 1950-1954

Address: Viale Mirabellino

Ex television control center, built in Monza Park is characterized by the glazed facade with anodized aluminum window frame resting on a band covered in black ceramic tile, which draws a dish along Viale Mirabello and by square-based rear body designed to give residence to the plant engineer and janitor.

2. Racetrack area

Autodromo

Typology: facility for sports

Designer: A. Rosselli, Di Rienzo, C. Scoccimarro, O. Colitti, Donati, V. Benati, CONSA Studio of Arch. Cortesi Design

Year: 1922-2015

Address: Via Santa Maria delle Selve 17

The circuit's structure, made almost entirely of concrete, is designed to attract the international motoring public. The racetrack has 34 pits, refueling points of grandstands made of brick, wood and iron pillars to support the roof. The track layout is revised and designed differently over the years, undergoing innovative and safety-compliant improvement works.

3. Pool of the former Villa Tagliabue

Piscina

Typology: sports facility

Designer: Giulio Minoletti

Year: 1950-1951

Address: Viale Brianza 39

The current home of the Sporting Club of Monza, formerly Villa Tagliabue, a building of Victorian character, houses inside the outdoor swimming pool, designed in 1950, which with its sinuous morphology, surrounded by greenery, is deata as a place for relaxation and recreation. The structure is made of reinforced concrete covered in glass and ceramic mosaic in blue-blue tones, shading along the edge with yellow and black hues to remark the sinuous course of the pool. Enriching the structure is a sculpture pierced inside the pool by Antonia Tomasinie, a dolphin designed by Lucio Fontana, and a trampoline of about 2 meters.

4. Park 80

Via Ramazzotti

Typology: residential and tertiary buildings

Designer: Urbano Pierini

Year: 1976-1986

Address: Ramazzotti Street

"Park 80" was created as an intention to create a highly recognizable portion of the city, designed with architectural consistency for different uses. The buildings are made with pure forms and volumes and are clad in white plaster and gray stone, clear of strong contrast with the surrounding reality. Characteristic are the porches of great functionality for public spaces, as well as the square and fountain "Sun, Moon, Tree" s studied with sculptor Gio Pomodoro.

5. Via Albinoni Condominium

Via Albinoni

Typology: residential building, designer

Designer: Luigi Caccia Domignoni

Year: 1963-1964

Address: Via Albinoni

The building rises in a purely residential area, is seven stories high, above ground, and is characterized by its context by formal rigor, attention to detail, and ceramic tile cladding in the shade of brown that shimmers in the sunlight. The window openings are diversified according to the intended use of the interior rooms and the distribution solution of each floor, conceiving the various levels as different living solutions.

6. Faculty of Medicine

Via Cadore

Typology: tertiary building, university campus

Designer: Remo Dorigati

Year: 1996-1999

Address: Via Cadore 48

The university building is located on the border of the municipality of Monza, with that of Vedano al Lambro. The taller body of five floors above ground houses laboratories, meeting rooms, offices and administration, while the smaller one, with more sinuous forms, houses student services. The elevations are characterized by the sequence of narrow windows or small rounds that pierce the surface, screened by aluminum brise-soleil.

7. Cogeneration Plant

Via Cadore

Typology: industrial building

Designer: Rocca Atelier Associati

Year: 2005-2010

Address: Via Cadore

The power plant is characterized by cladding in rectangular panels with high sound-absorbing power in green-blue hues, from which rise regular polyhedra clad in blue corrugated sheet metal. These color plays are intended to soften the aesthetic impact of the technological plant in the urban environment.

8. ELMAG Plant

ELMAG

Typology: industrial, exhibition and office building

Designer: Angelo Mangiarotti

Year: 1964

Address: Viale Elvezia 35

The building, located on the border of the town of Lissone, is designed with an industrial structure. The plant is distinguished by its formative simplicity, consisting of an innovative precast prestressed concrete system. The beam-pillar-roofing node is exposed as the supporting structure, supported by a reinforced concrete T-pillar, which allows dry assembly of the beam and roof tile. The innovative system makes it easy to increase the structure by simply adding the base node (8x16 meters).

9. Church of St. Joseph

Chiesa di San Giuseppe

Typology: Religious-ritual architecture, church and parish center

Designer: Justus Dahinden, E. De Rossi

Year: 1972-1976

Address: Via Guerrazzi 30

The building, located in a populated residential neighborhood, is designed to convey a sense of community and is characterized by an irregular agerarchical formation. It is clad entirely in bricks that wrap around the different buildings of which it is composed.

10. Church of Christ the King

Chiesa di Cristo Re

Typology: parish church

Designer: Luigi Ricci

Year: 1966

Address: Via Giacomo Tosi 6

The parish complex represents a central plan layout, the fulcrum of the entire structure. In the basement, architect Ricci designed a conference hall, while on the ground floor is the church. Of great significance is the spire-lantern, placed in the center of the roof, the optical reference point of the entire composition, the decorative concrete cladding with vertical streaks along the facade.

Where

Start point: Ex centro controllo RAI
Viale Mirabellino, 20900 monza MB
Get me there

Destination: Chiesa di Cristo Re
Via Giacomo Tosi 6, 20900 Monza MB

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Highlights

ARCHITETTURA CONTEMPORANEA NEL PARCO E NEI QUARTIERI PERIFERICI

From Park architectures to residential and school settlements: a journey through the twentieth century in Monza

Details of the tour

Properties

Steps of the tour

1. Former RAI control center

ex Centro Rai

2. Racetrack area

Autodromo

Autodromo

Autodromo

Autodromo

3. Pool of the former Villa Tagliabue

Piscina

Piscina

Piscina

Piscina

4. Park 80

Via Ramazzotti

Via Ramazzotti

5. Via Albinoni Condominium

Via Albinoni

6. Faculty of Medicine

Via Cadore

Via Cadore

Via Cadore

7. Cogeneration Plant

Via Cadore

8. ELMAG Plant

ELMAG

9. Church of St. Joseph

Chiesa di San Giuseppe

Chiesa di San Giuseppe

Chiesa di San Giuseppe

10. Church of Christ the King

Chiesa di Cristo Re

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