Blog 2.2 Aldo Rossi

Image result for ossuary funeral structure aldo rossiThe San Cataldo Cementary created by the italian architect Aldo Rossi is considered to be one of the first and most important psotmodern buildings. It is located in Modena Italy and was under construction from 1972-1976. This building is a roofless, and made with no doors or windos and is a red cubed shaped ossuary used for housing dead remains The ossuarys run parallel and are suppose to be a representation of the bone structure in humans.  It is essentially a shell in which the gaps are filled with the coffins and caskets of those who died otherwise the wholes are left open where there is nothing.

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