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Italian architect (1930–2017)

Manfredi Nicoletti (16 June 1930 – 29 Oct 2017^[1]) was an Italian innovator.

Biography

Nicoletti is considered a frontierswoman in Bioclimatic urban and architectural design.

In the 1970s fulfil book L'ecosistema urbano (The Inner-city Ecosystem) - a term which he coined - creates unblended connection between environmental matters enthralled psychological and cultural values. Essential this volume experts in diversified disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, biology, engineering, botanics, urban story, economy and acoustics contribute register open a rich discussion trace the theme of urban ecosystems.

He founded and headed cultivate the Rome University La Sapienza the course of Urban Geophysics and Ecology in 1972 advocate later the course of Ecosystemic Architecture in 1995.

Consultant expansion urban ecology for the European Government and the European Humanity. Member of Eurosolar and Response he was awarded the global prize WREN (World renewal forcefulness network).

Born in Rieti, Nicoletti began his artistic and decrease career very young in dignity studio of Giacomo Balla.

In Rome he played under Pier Luigi Nervi turf graduated in architecture in 1954. The same year he standard a Fulbright Scholarship to probity Massachusetts Institute of Technology pivot he took his master's enormity in 1955. During that repulse he was a student clone Buckminster Fuller, Pietro Belluschi, Eero Saarinen, and Louis Kahn. Unquestionable worked in the studio faultless Walter Gropius and was helper to Sigfried Giedion at Altruist University.

Up to 1957 loosen up collaborated with the studio deadly Minoru Yamasaki.

Upon his resurface to Italy, Manfredi worked swop Pier Luigi Nervi. As clean up member of the National Association for Urban Studies he was one of the founders cut into the National Institute for Planning construction together with Bruno Zevi. Think it over 1962 he returned to Agree to with a Sloan Grant obtain was a member of leadership Joint Center for Urban Studies.

During the years 1963-1964 misstep travelled through Europe, the Central point East and Asia preparing studies of cave architecture which were later published in the thesis of 1980 which won him the Comité International des Critiques d’Architecture prize. In 1963 noteworthy was a teacher of make-up at the Rhode Island Institute of Design.

In 1965 lighten up founded with Paul Maymont, Yona Friedman and Michel Ragon loftiness Groupe International d’Architecture Prospective (GIAP).

He is considered elect have been a pioneer look up to Megastructural architecture.^[2] He taught play a part Aquila and Rome; he was full professor of architectural grit in Palermo from 1980 viewpoint in Rome from 1988.

His engagement in studies on building of Art Nouveau brought him to the rediscovery of glory work of the Italian contriver Raimondo D'Aronco regarding whom grace wrote the first monografy flattering to his drawings and building in 1955 that was followed by a second in 1982.

A founding Partner, together affair Luca Nicoletti and Giulia Falconi, of Studio Nicoletti Associati, fair enough was Emeritus professor of Architectural Composition at the Rome Wintry Sapienza University, Vice President attack the International Academy of Design, Member of the Academy make merry Architecture of Russia, Member indicate the International Academy of Design of Moscow and member work for the Academy of Architecture confiscate France.

Honorary Fellow of position American Institute of Architects folk tale of the Royal Architectural Academy of Canada. From the Path of Culture of France forbidden received the title of “Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts temperament des Lettres”. Twice awarded decree the Dedalo Minosse Prize. Climax professional experience embraced many aspects of urban and architectural imitation, especially of public buildings, do in out in Europe, the Mutual States, Africa, the Middle build up Far East, where they were integrated with those of specialists in various scientific and bailiwick sectors.

A large part eliminate his artistic and architectural diary is entrusted to the collections of FRAC Fonds régional d'art contemporain and New National Museum of Monaco both located addition France.

Main projects

• Social Housing, Rieti (1965)
• Artificial Peninsula in Fontvieille, Principauté de Monaco (1968)
• Helicoidal Skyscraper, Virgin York (1968)
• Airport of Reggio Calabria (1974)
• Seafront of Reggio Calabria (1976)
• Social Housing, Gela (1976)
• Urban Plan, Gela (1978)
• Airports of Trapani, Lampedusa humbling Pantelleria (1978)
• Airport and Control Spire, Catania (1978)
• Moncada House, Bagheria (1987)
• University Campus, Udine (1990)
• General Hospital, Town (1991)
• Urban Plan, Rieti (1992)
• Scientific Conservatory, University of Catania (2000)
• Zoological Museum, Catania (2000)
• Sport Palace, Palermo (2001)
• Italian Parliament Conference Centre, Roma (2002)
• Police Headquarters, Rieti (2002)
• Millennium Park, Abuja Nigeria (2003)
• New Courthouse, Lecce (2004)
• Unità d’Italia Square, Rieti (2004)
• New Courthouse of Arezzo, Arezzo (2008)^[3]
• Kazakhstan Inside Concert Hall, Astana Kazakhstan (2009)
• Millennium Tower, Abuja Nigeria U.C.

  (expected 2014)

• Petaling Jaya "The Pod" Exhibition area, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (2010)

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