ABSTRACT
In the last chapter we explored Aldo Rossi’s approach to designing the Centro Direzionale in Perugia; where natural landscape, the town’s topography and inherited morphological and typological elements played key roles in the design. We also saw how Rossi managed to build a sense of rootedness into the Centro Direzionale scheme, whilst incorporating progressive new design ideas. We saw how Rossi was successfully guided in this challenging task by his own theoretical approach, by the strong morphological structure of old Perugia, and by the progressive attitudes of the Perugini citizens and professionals.
