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- W21484397 abstract "Out of Ashes and Rubble: The Pirelli Tower Claudia J. Ziegler At the end of World War II, the Italian economy was in ruins and more than 300,000 Italians were dead. Many in the country desired to “erase the compromises and errors of the period,” and turned to architectural projects to promote a sense of healing. 1 While the bombs of the allied forces had helped liber- ate Italy from Nazi occupation, the events of the war had also inflicted extensive damage on city centers, monu- ments, infrastructure, and major public buildings. But the destruction also left behind a series of urban voids by which Italy could re-create itself. It was out of such a condition that Milan offered the world the Pirelli Tower. Affectionately called the Pirellone, it would become an exemplar of the Italian response to disaster and a model for innovative Italian architecture. Above: View of the Pirelli Tower from the Duomo. Photo by Nicholas Ng from Flickr.com. Realization of the Tower The success of the Pirelli Tower went against the grain in Italy, where postwar reconstruction was more often overwhelmed with symbolism, politics, and the long history of place. 2 Nowhere was this more evident than in Florence. On August 3, 1944, as the German army retreated, it blew up all the bridges across the Arno except the Ponte Vecchio, which Hitler loved. 3 To prevent allied forces from using this historic structure, however, German forces dynamited more than one hundred adja- cent medieval buildings. After the war, Florentines wanted to rebuild without delay, and they formed a committee of historians, archi- tects, and writers to offer advice. Some believed that all the damaged buildings should be rebuilt dove erano, come erano, “where they were, as they were”; others wanted to start over to create a living city instead of an illusion for tourists. Despite a competition held to consider a variety of ideas, no decisions were made. Consequently, the city Ziegler / Out of Ashes and Rubble: The Pirelli Tower" @default.
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