Luca Molinari's 'La meraviglia è di tutti' explores architecture and landscapes that inspire wonder
Luca Molinari's book 'La meraviglia è di tutti. Corpi, città, architetture' (Einaudi, 2023) examines spaces that evoke wonder, from Piazza Grande in Gubbio with its parapet designed by Nello Teodori to Piazza del Campidoglio by Michelangelo. Molinari cites Aldo van Eyck's 738 playgrounds in Amsterdam, Giancarlo De Carlo's university colleges in Urbino, and Oriol Bohigas's urban renewal of Barcelona after Franco. The author argues for recovering the 'erotic dimension' of design, its ability to disturb, mystify, and push us out of comfort zones. The book costs €14 and spans 160 pages.
Key facts
- Luca Molinari (born 1966) authored 'La meraviglia è di tutti. Corpi, città, architetture'
- Published by Einaudi, Turin, 2023
- Book costs €14, 160 pages, ISBN 9788806256937
- Features Piazza Grande in Gubbio with Nello Teodori's parapet
- Mentions Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio
- Cites Aldo van Eyck's 738 playgrounds in Amsterdam
- References Giancarlo De Carlo's university colleges in Urbino
- Discusses Oriol Bohigas's urban renewal of Barcelona
Entities
Artists
- Luca Molinari
- Toyo Ito
- Nello Teodori
- Michelangelo
- Francis Kéré
- Aldo van Eyck
- Giancarlo De Carlo
- Oriol Bohigas
- Mario Pisani
Institutions
- Einaudi
- Artribune
- Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Locations
- Yokohama
- Gubbio
- Carrara
- Urbino
- Venice
- Rome
- Barcelona
- Turin
- Italy
- Spain
- Japan