The skyscrapers of Milan: From experiments to recent constructive challenges S. Talenti, A. Teodosio History of Construction Cultures Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Construction History 7icch 2021, 2022 After the pioneering experiments of Marcello Piacentini in Brescia and Genoa in the 1930s, the construction of the Rasini and SNIA Viscosa Towers shifted the Italian debate on tall buildings to Milan. This city subsequently became the focal point for the further development of this typology. The numerous tall buildings that were erected after World War Two brought about a profound urban, architectural and technological transformation of the city. Due to their great vertical and horizontal loads, increasingly complex supporting structures had to be developed for these skyscrapers, and intense collaboration between architects and engineers became necessary. Although the reinforced concrete frame was preferred, there were attempts to exploit the possibilities of the steel frame. This study, drawing upon information in historical and contemporary architectural and engineering periodicals, analyzes the proliferation of the skyscraper in Milan to increase our understanding of the intrinsic link between technological and stylistic renewal.
Virtual tour through the towers of the defensive system in the province of salerno Disegnarecon, 2019
Rethinking salerno after the 1954 flood: The arrival of plinio marconi in the city Simona Talenti Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2018 One year after his appointment as designer of the new General Urban Development Plan, Plinio Marconi was commissioned by the city council of Salerno to find solutions to the housing shortage caused by the recent flood of 1954. While the districts that sprang up after the natural disaster as a swift solution to the housing emergency showed a fragmented urban planning policy, the urban projects of Marconi sought to promote, an extensive variety of building types, the creation of large green areas and a close relationship with the local landscape, aiming above all to make these settlements autonomous. If they had been built with all the planned social facilities, these housing complexes could have easily recreated the social and urban conditions of the historic city districts.
