Roma interrotta
Twelve Interventions on
the Nolli’s Plan of Rome
in the MAXXI Architettura collections
To Graziella Lonardi Buontempo
©2014 Johan & Levi Editore
www.johanandlevi.com
Book developed in collaboration
with Incontri Internazionali d’Arte
and Sartogo Architetti Associati.
For the texts © the Authors
For the projects © the Architects
The texts by the 12 architects,
Christian Norberg-Schulz and
Giulio Carlo Argan are reproduced
from the original catalogue
published in 1978 by Officina
Editore.
Photographs of the original
drawings: © Archivio Incontri
Internazionali d’Arte, Roma photo Massimo Piersanti
Printed and bound in Italy
ISBN 978-88-6010-047-4
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Contents
The Publisher wishes to thank:
Sartogo Architetti Associati and
Alessandro Camiz for their contributions to the volume, Antoine
Grumbach for the high-resolution
materials supplied, and Franco
Raggi for the pictures of the
exhibition in 1978.
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History of the Project — Graziella Lonardi
Urban Visions. Roma interrotta in the MAXXI Architettura Collections — Margherita Guccione
The Incontri Internazionali d'Arte for Roma interrotta — Gabriella Buontempo
The Project — Piero Sartogo
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Roma interrotta 1978
Foreword — Giulio Carlo Argan
The genius loci of Rome — Christian Norberg-Schulz
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Interventions by:
Piero Sartogo
Costantino Dardi
Antoine Grumbach
James Stirling
Paolo Portoghesi
Romaldo Giurgola
Robert Venturi
Colin Rowe
Michael Graves
Robert Krier
Aldo Rossi
Leon Krier
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Exhibition at the Trajan’s Markets, Rome
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Roma interrotta 2008 — 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice
Rome Re-Interrupted: Towards a Critical Archaeology — Aaron Betsky
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Appendix
A Travelling Exhibition — Edited by Alessandro Camiz
Bibliography — Edited by Alessandro Camiz
Roma interrotta in the MAXXI Architettura Collections — Edited by Esmeralda Valente and Carolina Italiano
testatina
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Appendix
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A Travelling Exhibition
Edited by Alessandro Camiz
Roma interrotta: Interventions on the Nolli’s Plan of Rome. Piero Sartogo, Costantino Dardi, Antoine Grumbach, James Stirling,
Paolo Portoghesi, Romaldo Giurgola, Robert Venturi, Colin Rowe, Michael Graves, Robert Krier, Aldo Rossi, Leon Krier, Incontri
Internazionali d’Arte: Rome, Trajan’s Markets, May-June 1978.
Conference 'Roma – Città Futura', a debate on reprojecting the city, architects/authors and architecture magazines, Trajan’s
Markets, Rome, May-June 1978.
'Perimetri'. Interventions/documents on Rome by: Maurizio Benveduti, Daniel Buren, Tullio Catalano, Christo, Luciano Fabro, Joan
Jonas, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Eliseo Mattiacci, Fabio Mauri, Robert Morris, Luca Patella, Vettor Pisani, Michelangelo
Pistoletto, Jack Smith, Niele Toroni e Achille Bonito Oliva, Incontri Internazionali d’Arte, Rome, May-June 1978.
Roma interrotta; Italian Cultural Institute, Mexico City, October-November 1978, presented by Bruno Zevi and Piero Sartogo.
Roma interrotta, Architectural Association, London, 14-30 March 1979, presented by Piero Sartogo.
Roma interrotta: ambiente 79, Collegio Official de Arcuitectos Vasco-Navarro, Bilbao, 2-8 April 1979, presented by Piero Sartogo.
Roma interrotta, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 12 June-12 August 1979, presented by Piero Sartogo.
Roma interrotta, Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto, 4-14 October 1979.
Roma interrotta, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1979, presented by Piero Sartogo.
Roma interrotta, ETH (Institut gta, ETH Zürich-Hönggerberg, Architekturfoyer), Zürich, 2-22 November 1979.
Roma interrotta, Architectural Association Exhibition Gallery, London, 14-30 March 1989.
Roma interrotta, Bienal, São Paulo do Brazil, Parque Ibirapuera, 10-21 May 1989.
Roma interrotta, Architecture Biennale – 11th International Architecture Exhibition, 'Out there: Architecture Beyond Building',
Artiglierie dell’Arsenale, Venice, 10 September-23 November 2008, presented by Piero Sartogo.
TRA/BETWEEN arte e architettura. Roma Interrotta | Piero Sartogo e gli artisti, MAXXI Architettura, Rome,
16 April-3 September 2014.
New Plan of Rome revisited by
Piero Sartogo, Costantino Dardi, Antoine Grumbach,
James Stirling, Paolo Portoghesi, Romaldo Giurgola,
Robert Venturi, Colin Rowe, Michael Graves,
Robert Krier, Aldo Rossi, Leon Krier
1978