Prof's life
Birth of the Corridor
Birth of the Corridor It seems that the invention of the corridor can be attributed to the English architect John Thorpe, who in 1597 built a house in London with the first example of this…
Michelangelo Under the Trapdoor
Zoom in: Florence – Church of San Lorenzo – Medici Chapels. Action: a visit with Postgraduate School students to the restoration of Michelangelo’s New Sacristy carried out by the…
The Bar Counter Length Question
All professors have a secret repertoire of exam questions that could be drawn on when they want to get a student in trouble, and maybe knock him off. One of these questions was suggested to me by a…
Marrying a Student
– Prof, would you marry me? After a moment of bewilderment and a few laughs, it was immediately clarified that the matter was celebrating in the Town Hall, Palazzo Vecchio, the wedding of her,…
A Hobby of John Ruskin
A watercolor by John Ruskin, dated 1872, depicts with absolute accuracy a detail of the southwest facade of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence. Shapes, proportions, perspective, colors,…
The Architect’s Drawing – 1
There was a time when in the Faculty of Architecture you had to learn to draw, and draw as an architect, not as a painter. Drawing meant knowing how to manage space, a necessary prerequisite to…
The Architect’s Drawing – 2
A small old town where you could stay all day and quietly draw. Our professor, Carlo Maggiora, used to organize a three-day trip every year at the end of the course; all you needed was paper,…