Our guests explored the evolution of classical ideals and the interplay between tradition and innovation through the fascinating encounter of architecture and ballet. They discussed how strength, technique, and perseverance contribute to achieving balance, harmony, and rhythm with precision and grace in both disciplines.

Architect Letizia Caruzzo showcased the contextualized examples of contemporary architecture that seamlessly blend tradition and innovation, illustrating architecture as a civil art. From the Amsterdam School to the Rationalism of Berlin and Hamburg, Le Corbusier’s vision of the contemporary metropolis harmonizing with nature, to the rationalists in Spain, the influence of Rogers and the Milan School, and the Indian projects of Louis Kahn, the audience was immersed in a journey through the interplay of rediscovered classicism and new expressive forms.

Letizia proceeded with considerations regarding her own project works on two large areas of Milan, Bovisa and Scalo Farini. These large areas are both significant for the development of the city in a different way.

The themes that unite the two areas are essentially two: the relationship between architecture and nature, that is, between the built landscape and the large open space constituted by the new urban parks, and the role of public buildings, which are envisioned as cornerstones of community life.

For Bovisa it is a large residential crescent – which takes up the site of the railway line – with paths and a square at high altitude overlooking the Gasometer Park, bordered to the south by the buildings for research and culture, also linked to the Polytechnic.