The aim of the essay is – starting from the meaning of the Cretan myth of the Minotaur and Ariadne and the spatial correspondents of the labyrinth and the courtyard (which would later become the aulé) – to show how many of the meanings underlying these complementary ways of constructing space are retained in the respective architectural forms of transmutation: one that realizes the urban fabric in a morphological sense and the other that is exemplified in the hall-type as a shared manifestation of a community. Finally, in order to verify the proposed assumptions, significant Italian experiences are reported through two well-known projects by Giorgio Grassi and Antonio Monestiroli, which are compared.
The Minotaur's Labyrinth and Ariadne's Court / Capozzi, Renato. - (2021), pp. 7-20. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Scientific Conference: DEFINING ARCHITECTURAL SPACE - THE MYTHS OF ARCHITECTURE tenutosi a Cracow University of Technology nel 19th and 20th of November 2021) [10.23817/2021.defarch.1-1].
The Minotaur's Labyrinth and Ariadne's Court
Renato Capozzi
2021
Abstract
The aim of the essay is – starting from the meaning of the Cretan myth of the Minotaur and Ariadne and the spatial correspondents of the labyrinth and the courtyard (which would later become the aulé) – to show how many of the meanings underlying these complementary ways of constructing space are retained in the respective architectural forms of transmutation: one that realizes the urban fabric in a morphological sense and the other that is exemplified in the hall-type as a shared manifestation of a community. Finally, in order to verify the proposed assumptions, significant Italian experiences are reported through two well-known projects by Giorgio Grassi and Antonio Monestiroli, which are compared.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
