Nestled in the greenery of Sempione Park and behind the Sforzesco castle, Palazzo dell’Arte is better known as Milan Triennaleit has always been considered the center of Milan’s cultural fabric with an international resonance. A valuable station if you want to keep trends and innovations in constant dialogue with the past, it is a multifaceted place where design, architecture, visuals and arts engage in an open dialogue with the rest of the cultural panorama. Great shows, skate parks, concerts and cat walks, because the triennial spaces have a special charisma.
He also wanted a place Saturni De SarnoCreative Director of Gucci to present future summer 2015 collection of people. This operation forces a special sharing of intention between the Museum and the maison, where craftsmanship, innovation and competition represent the pillars of communication on both bases. But how much do we know about this austere yet controllable and rare situation with such distinct genes? Five heads to find.
Triennale Milano, History of a truly transversal place
The Palazzo dell’Arte designed by Giovanni Muzio in 1933 is one of the examples of the modern architectural movement spread between the two wars.National Historical Photo Library./Getty Images
Today the Palazzo dell’Arte is the cultural institution of the Milan Triennale and the monumental red brick is very much characterized by the rationalist rigor typical of the 20th century. It is impossible not to appreciate and perhaps even suffer a little because of the high and spatial emphasis imposed by the portico in front of Via Alemagne. It is a permanent project, it would be called evergreen today, but in 1930 it was given and signed by the most famous architect in the city, Giovanni Muzio. With the sign of the Palazzo dell’Informazione in Piazza Cavour, the Catholic University and the Palazzo dell’Arengario overlooking Piazza Duomo, just to mention some of the most famous symbols of the capital of Lombardy, Mutius signed not only a project, but a collaboration. with the artist Mario Sironi, author of the equally impressive ceiling in the middle hall, the internal fountain and the legendary loggia in front.
But when does the triennial take place? Triennial? Since the International Exhibition, one of the most important events dedicated to design and architecture in the international field, from Monza where it was born in 1923. International Exhibition of Decorative Arts every two years, it becomes three-year in the year 18030 under the leadership Gio Ponti And Marius Sironi debut in ’33 at the Palazzo dell’Arte signed by Muzio. Few, however, mention the baptismal name, Palazzo Bernocchi, of the creator – Senator Antonio Bernocchi – who hoped for a place worthy of the city as a grand entertainment for the arts, to which he contributed to the execution of the task; Substantial financial support.