Luigi Vietti
*13. 2. 1903 – Cannobio, Italy
†28. 3. 1998 – Milan, Italy
Biography
Luigi Vietti was an Italian architect and urban planner. In 1923, he enrolled in the engineering faculty in Milan, but after moving to Rome in 1925, he graduated with honors in architecture from the Sapienza University in 1928. In 1929, he won a competition organized by the Istituto per le Case Popolari in Rome for the construction of a model house in Garbatella. He approached the demands of rationalism and in 1930 participated as the Italian delegate at the third congress of CIAM in Brussels alongside Bottoni and Pollini. Although he was not a member of MIAR, he collaborated in its organization and participated in the Exhibition of Rational Architecture in 1928, 1931, and 1932. In 1933, he took part in the 5th Milan Triennale with two projects.
From 1931 to 1933, he worked in the detached department of the Turin superintendent and was an honorary inspector of monuments in Liguria. In this role, he designed the new Andrea Doria Station in Genoa in 1932 and later designed Casa del Fascio in Rapallo (1937) and two other Casa del Fascio in Liguria.
In 1934, together with A. Carminati, P. Lingeri, E. Saliva, and G. Terragni, he participated in a competition for the Palazzo del Littorio in Rome and in 1935 for a new auditorium in Rome. In 1934, along with his friend I. Gardella, he entered a competition for the construction of Casa del Fascio in Oleggio. However, he did not win any of these competitions.
For the World Exhibition in 1942, Commissioner Vittorio Cini presented Mussolini in 1936 with a shortlist of the greatest personalities in contemporary architecture, including Libera, Del Debbio, Terragni, Michelucci, Montuori, and Muzio; the Duce chose Vietti along with Piacentini, Pagano, Piccinato, and Rossi. In this project, he approached and, along with other E42 architects, helped define the rationalist current. In the project presented to Mussolini, he proposed super-modern facades of glass palaces, which Mussolini did not approve, as he considered them too modern and "lacking pictorial references to the history of national architecture".
In the post-war years, he focused on building villas and prestigious homes in tourist resorts, especially in Cortina d'Ampezzo, characterized by a striving for social representation and a harmonious relationship with the surrounding nature.
In Cortina, he also worked on the urban territorial plan (1955-56). In the same years, he also worked on territorial plans for Genoa (1959), Sanremo, and the territorial plan for Portofino (1957-60).
From 1950 to 1953, he was involved in the project for the redevelopment of the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice on behalf of Count Vittorio Cini, who founded a foundation dedicated to his prematurely deceased son Giorgio. On the island, Vietti contributed to the restoration of several existing buildings and realized new projects, the most famous of which is Teatro Verde, designed together with Angelo Scattolin. During the same period, he designed, again with Scattolin and Cesare Peo, a new headquarters for the company SADE, of which Cini was a shareholder, on the banks of the Rio Novo. After the death of Cini's wife, Lidia Borelli, he designed the Nido Verde house in Rome in the Monte Mario area, which was named after her and was inaugurated in 1961.
In the early 1960s, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV commissioned him, Jacques Couelle, and Michele Busiri Vici to design his projects on the Costa Smeralda, where he built the village center of Porto Cervo, the Cervo and Pitrizza hotels, the Dolce Sposa complex, and many beautiful villas, such as Cerbiatte, which Prince Karim chose as his home, and Romazzine on the eponymous promontory. He also designed the Cala Granu and Cala del Faro complexes.
Luigi Vietti was an Italian architect and urban planner. In 1923, he enrolled in the engineering faculty in Milan, but after moving to Rome in 1925, he graduated with honors in architecture from the Sapienza University in 1928. In 1929, he won a competition organized by the Istituto per le Case Popolari in Rome for the construction of a model house in Garbatella. He approached the demands of rationalism and in 1930 participated as the Italian delegate at the third congress of CIAM in Brussels alongside Bottoni and Pollini. Although he was not a member of MIAR, he collaborated in its organization and participated in the Exhibition of Rational Architecture in 1928, 1931, and 1932. In 1933, he took part in the 5th Milan Triennale with two projects.
From 1931 to 1933, he worked in the detached department of the Turin superintendent and was an honorary inspector of monuments in Liguria. In this role, he designed the new Andrea Doria Station in Genoa in 1932 and later designed Casa del Fascio in Rapallo (1937) and two other Casa del Fascio in Liguria.
In 1934, together with A. Carminati, P. Lingeri, E. Saliva, and G. Terragni, he participated in a competition for the Palazzo del Littorio in Rome and in 1935 for a new auditorium in Rome. In 1934, along with his friend I. Gardella, he entered a competition for the construction of Casa del Fascio in Oleggio. However, he did not win any of these competitions.
For the World Exhibition in 1942, Commissioner Vittorio Cini presented Mussolini in 1936 with a shortlist of the greatest personalities in contemporary architecture, including Libera, Del Debbio, Terragni, Michelucci, Montuori, and Muzio; the Duce chose Vietti along with Piacentini, Pagano, Piccinato, and Rossi. In this project, he approached and, along with other E42 architects, helped define the rationalist current. In the project presented to Mussolini, he proposed super-modern facades of glass palaces, which Mussolini did not approve, as he considered them too modern and "lacking pictorial references to the history of national architecture".
In the post-war years, he focused on building villas and prestigious homes in tourist resorts, especially in Cortina d'Ampezzo, characterized by a striving for social representation and a harmonious relationship with the surrounding nature.
In Cortina, he also worked on the urban territorial plan (1955-56). In the same years, he also worked on territorial plans for Genoa (1959), Sanremo, and the territorial plan for Portofino (1957-60).
From 1950 to 1953, he was involved in the project for the redevelopment of the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice on behalf of Count Vittorio Cini, who founded a foundation dedicated to his prematurely deceased son Giorgio. On the island, Vietti contributed to the restoration of several existing buildings and realized new projects, the most famous of which is Teatro Verde, designed together with Angelo Scattolin. During the same period, he designed, again with Scattolin and Cesare Peo, a new headquarters for the company SADE, of which Cini was a shareholder, on the banks of the Rio Novo. After the death of Cini's wife, Lidia Borelli, he designed the Nido Verde house in Rome in the Monte Mario area, which was named after her and was inaugurated in 1961.
In the early 1960s, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV commissioned him, Jacques Couelle, and Michele Busiri Vici to design his projects on the Costa Smeralda, where he built the village center of Porto Cervo, the Cervo and Pitrizza hotels, the Dolce Sposa complex, and many beautiful villas, such as Cerbiatte, which Prince Karim chose as his home, and Romazzine on the eponymous promontory. He also designed the Cala Granu and Cala del Faro complexes.
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