Gustavo Giovannoni e Angiolo Mazzoni. Rapporti studenteschi e professionali

Abstract

Gustavo Giovannoni and his urban planning theories both constituted an important key reference for Angiolo Mazzoni, architect and engineer at the building department of the Ministry of Communications in Rome during fascism. As a student, he followed Giovannoni’s lectures at the engineering school in Rome. When Mazzoni was staying in Bologna during World War I, and, in a second phase, in the early 1920s as a founding member of the Associazione Amatori e Cultori di Architettura dell’Emilia e delle Romagne, they maintained an intense correspondence on cultural and institutional issues, on questions of urbanism and preservation of historical monuments. After being employed by the Italian State Railways, the young architect became responsible for the planning of main train stations and post offices throughout Italy. Given this new and increasingly powerful position, the association between Giovannoni and his former pupil gradually transformed into a more professional relationship, which was determined by specific practical as well as political interests.