(ANSA) – FLORENCE, 19 DEC – Theorist of the ‘compact city’, the British architect Richard Rogers – who died Saturday evening, but was born in Florence 88 years ago, on 23 July 1933 – was one of the most important designers in the world. in Scandicci and Florence he is remembered for the great urban planning work done in Scandicci that he transformed from a dormitory-satellite of Florence into a city with an autonomous identity. One of his ‘school cases’ of design, as he himself defined it, because it was followed in full, from the phases of urban planning to the final design of each individual project, volume by volume, building by building, space by space. Rogers, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2007, ‘signature’ of the Center Pompidou with Renzo Piano, emphasized the importance for citizens to have close social services and relationships. In 2003, following an assignment from the Municipality of Scandicci, the Rogers Stirk Harbor and Partners studio drew up the urban masterplan, in particular for the New Urban Center. Richard Rogers signed the Resistance square with the auditorium, the tram stop, the buildings. “Richard Rogers has left us – recalls the current mayor Sandro Fallani – His hand and his extraordinary nature have changed contemporary architecture. Called to design our center, he designed the now very famous ‘dragonfly’ which is the model on which are based the great transformations of Scandicci, from the backbone of the tram, the parking lot, the square, the park, the Turri area and all the pedestrian reinforcement. Rogers has given us the strength of change and the beauty of the transformation ” . From Florence, the mayor Dario Nardella says: “A light has gone out in international architecture. Richard Rogers was one of the world’s leading ‘archistars’ and has ‘redesigned’ the skylines of the main capitals”, “in Scandicci he designed the new center, the his name is linked to futuristic architectural projects such as the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Lloyd’s Towers and the Millennium Dome in London, the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg, the offices in Berlin in Potsdamer Platz, a terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport and the Three World Trade Center in New York “. (HANDLE).
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