Comments on: Benozzo Gozzoli Museum by Massimo Mariani

By: Massimo Mariani

Massimo Mariani — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:17:36 +0000

The cotto is a tuscany popular surname, is terracotta.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:16:05 +0000

I for one am completely taken by the facade and the texture. its not something I see often, and is strangely beguiling and appealing to me. And like others have said – I think the context was addressed very elegantly.

Forgive my ignorance – but what is cotto, exactly? Terracotta or similar? Tried to search for information, but all I could find is that it’s a popular surname.

By: tanya telford - T

tanya telford - T — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:15:19 +0000

hmmm, I thought about this yesterday – when i was looking at the images of the building i also tried to imagine the exterior without the main linear texture.

I found that if i did this (looking at the building in picture no 3 , along side the other buildings) the building seemed to lose some strength of its identity, for me, so i came to the conclusion that the building was better with the linear texture (which could be associated with corrugated cardboard or i seem to think maybe even metal grilling/vent type things),

By: headplow

headplow — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:59:46 +0000

Corrugated cardboard?

By: tanya telford - T

tanya telford - T — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:38 +0000

I really like this, i read the cartoon feel (if there is one) more as a ” jolly” simplicity. The external proportions and materials I think, are really lovely, in context and yet modern, to the buildings & environment that surround it.
And the consideration of a stage is really nice for possible community out door things. Its not a really big imposing building but for me it looks very convincing. Is it in the tradition of Aldo Rossi though?

By: yrag

yrag — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:35:15 +0000

For my taste it looks clunky and cartoony—something that I’d expect to see in a Nintendo game.

By: james

james — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:16:18 +0000

Neo-post-modernism? Either way, a very pleasant contextually aware modernist building in the tradition of Aldo Rossi.

By: royal creme

royal creme — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:40:19 +0000

It’s the shape and the cotto exterior I like best. There is no disruption to the surroundings and it offers a quiet elegance in its simplicity.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:02:58 +0000

Something about the texture of the exterior doesn’t sit right with me, but the proportions in relation to neighboring buildings is beautiful and the interior offers wonderful textures and finishes without compromising its role as a place for display.

By: Nacho

Nacho — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:57:54 +0000

Strange building. Reminds me of postmodernism. But still find it interesting.