Leonardo Mosso

Year of birth, place

1926
Italy

Year of death, place

2020
Italy

Role at the ZKM

  • Artist of the Collection

Biography

Leonardo Mosso studied architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. 1951–1955 worked in the architecture office of his father Nicola Mosso. 1955–1958 worked in the studio of Alvar Aalto in Helsinki. Since 1963 collaboration with Laura Castagno. 1961–1986 professor at the Politecnico di Torino. 1970 founder, with Laura Castagno, of the Centro Studi di Cibernetica Ambientale e Architettura Programmata and the Centro Studi Aaltiani di Torino, later Istituto Alvar Aalto. He lives in Pino Torinese, IT.
Lit.: L. M., “Architettura programmata e linguaggio,” in: Massimo Foti and Mario Zaffagnini (eds.), »La sfida elettronica, realtà e prospettive dell’uso del computer in architettura«, Bologna, 1969, pp. 130–137. L. M., “Programmazione strutturale e città-territorio programmata,” in: Wilfried Skreiner (ed.), »Architektur und Freiheit. Italien, Jugoslawien, Österreich. Dreiländerbiennale Trigon ’69«, Graz, 1969, pp. 13–30. Umbro Apollonio and Carlo Belloli, »Leonardo Mosso, programmierte architektur«, Milan, 1969.

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