PIERO BOTTONI
(1903-1973)
Piero Bottoni was an Italian architect.
He was born in 1903 in Milan where he graduated in 1926 at
the Politecnico.
He had great planning interest, from architecture to town
planning, restoration, set up, design and furniture, in a
deep relationship with arts. He was one of the Rationalism
leading figure; from 1929 to 1949 Italian delegate in
International Congresses of Modern Architecture ; in 1933
he took part to the Carta di Atene's editing (that's to say
the rationalist town planning's manifesto) and in the same
year he was one of the "Quadrante" review's supporter. In
30's he took part to various important architecture and
town planning contests: he was active in all the Triennale
di Milano manifestations during the same years with some
projects about rational house while he carried on his care
on new furniture solution research.
Between 1936 and 1937 he took part in the general
development plan for Conca Breuil in the Aosta valley under
the direction of Adriano Olivetti. In 1944-1945 he compiled
with other representatives May countries of the rationalism
the plan A.R. for Milan and it was again in 1945 of the
Comitato di liberazione nazionale Alta Italia the
extraordinary commissioner of the May countries Triennale
appointed, in their framework it itself with the creation
of the new residential area of accomodation Ottava
Triennale (QT8 - one of the future-pointing populating
areas at the outskirts of a town).
After 50's he was coworker at different general development
plans, so for Vignola, Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena,
Mantova, Senigallia, S. Gimignano, Sesto S. Giovanni,
Brescia, Siena, Breuil, Ferrara, Marina di Pisa, Verbania
and San Remo.
During the last decades his pedagogical vocation, that
always marked his work, carried him to a more direct care
in teaching (something that the fascist period had
hampered).
Bottoni died in Milan in 1973.
