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For the second day of Architecture Week 2012, I’ve chosen to hightlight Aldo Rossi’s San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena, Italy. Aldo Rossi and Gianni Braghieri won a design competition for this project in 1971/1972. Construction began in the late 1970s and remains unfinished. Rossi described the plan a a “city for the dead”. I’m particularly fond of Rossi’s early work, as he seemed to transition between late modernism to postmodernism. I think my fascination with urban design can be traced back to this project.

Please enjoy the loneliness of geometry:

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Photo Credits

The first 3 images in the gallery are drawings by Aldo Rossi from Moma’s collection – HERE

The next 2 images in the gallery are from the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe website – HERE

The remainder of the images were found on Flickr and have been used under the creative commons license. Links are listed below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingridbd/6771249557/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingridbd/6771256693/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atrogu/5854143053/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalevkevad/3416930609/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalevkevad/3416926707/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalevkevad/3416928655/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalevkevad/3417740826/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atrogu/sets/72157626191387553/with/5567917814/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luke_stearns/2262609283/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luke_stearns/2262601405/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luke_stearns/2262598835/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anamarialeon/sets/72157622101450203/with/3883608921/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_mwg/3094260920/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_mwg/3093417623/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_mwg/3093416461/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_mwg/3093414529/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_mwg/3094256454/