PIETRO PORCINAI AND THE LANDSCAPE OF MODERN ITALY

摘要

The Italian landscape architect, Pietro Porcinai (1910— 1989), spent over fifty years creating modern landscape architecture works in Italy. Porcinai's conception of modern landscape architecture was unique in that it was equally dedicated to the celebrated garden design conventions of the Renaissance era as it was devoted to the needs and aesthetic sensibilities of his own time of the 20th century. Raised among the clipped hedges, water parterres, and intricate rocaille-work of the Villa Gamberaia, where his father was head gardener, Porcinai was well acquainted with Italian garden design traditions. After graduating from the Agriculture School of Florence in 1928, he traveled to Northern Europe and developed a life-long relationship with numerous modern landscape architects from Germany and Britain. Thus, Porcinai was perfectly suited to champion this particular vision of Italian modern landscape architecture. During Porcinai's career, he realized more than thirty-five designs for private estates and factories, published articles on landscapes and gardens in magazines such as Domus, and in 1979, won the Ludwig von Sckell Ring, the first non-German awarded this honor.