Clorindo Testa
{{Short description|Italian-Argentine architect}}
{{Infobox architect
|name = Clorindo Jose Manuel Testa
|image = Faillace, Zuain y Testa (2) - extracted.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Testa in 2012
|nationality = Italian-Argentine
|birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1923|12|10}}
|birth_place = Benevento, Italy
|death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2013|4|11|1923|12|10}}
|death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
|significant_buildings=
Banco de Londres y América del Sur
Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina
}}
File:Testa-2002-campus-en-pilarterraza.jpg
Clorindo Manuel José Testa (December 10, 1923 – April 11, 2013) was an Italian-Argentine architect and artist.{{cite web|access-date=22 December 2023|date=22 December 2023|first=Sebastián|language=es|last=Benedetti|title=Centenarius testianorum|url=https://brecha.com.uy/centenarius-testianorum/|website=Brecha}}
Testa was one of the leaders of the Argentine rationalist movement and one of the pioneers of the brutalist movement in Argentina.{{cn|date=August 2021}} His style as an architect has always been influenced by his artistic nature, with projects dominated by the effects of colour, tension, metaphors and plasticity; these aspects are well illustrated in his designs for the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina and the Banco de Londres building in Buenos Aires. He was member of the international jury which chose Carlos Ott as the architect for the Opera Bastille in Paris.
Testa won the Konex Award, the most prestigious award for visual arts in Argentina, in 1982, 1992 and 2012. He died, aged 89, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Early life
Testa was born in Benevento near Naples, Italy. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://artistasargentinos.com/clorindo-testa/ |title=Clorindo Testa |date=2013-04-14 |publisher=Artistas Argentinas |accessdate=2016-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124221437/http://artistasargentinos.com/clorindo-testa/ |archivedate=2016-11-24 }} Testa came to architecture via naval engineering and then civil engineering. After a two year stay in Europe he also became an excellent painter.{{cite web|author1=Fredy Massad |author2=Alicia Guerrero Yeste |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/clorindo-testa-1923-2013 |title=Clorindo Testa (1923-2013) |date=May 2, 2013 |publisher=Architectural Review |accessdate=2021-08-26 }}
Principal projects
= 1950–1959 =
- Cámara Argentina de la Construcción
- Centro Vacacional Municipalidad Córdoba
- Templete y Nichos Cementerio Chacarita
- Centro Cívico La Pampa (Casa de Gobierno, Terminal, Cámara de Diputados, Biblioteca)
- Plan Regulador Buenos Aires
- Edificio Flota Fluvial del Estado
= 1960–1969 =
- Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina (started 1962 but not opened until the 1990s)
- Instituto Di Tella
- Banco de Londres y América del Sur (completed 1966)
- Harrods local del Banco Londres
- Casa Michel Robirosa
- Pabellón Argentino Feria Del Campo Madrid
- Casa Di Tella
= 1970–1979 =
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires ampliación
- Escuela Oficiales De La Armada Argentina
- Museo Nacional Bellas Artes Montevideo, ampliación
- Ba.Na.De. (National Development Bank)
- Hospital Naval
- Casa Carabassa
- Centro Comercial Pinamar
- Centro Cívico La Pampa: Palacio Legislativo
- Banco Holandés Unido y Embajada Holanda
- Departamentos Esmeralda 1366
- Country Club “Macabi”
- Edificio Calle Rodriguez Peña
- Conjunto Residencial Torres Castex
- Plaza Hotel
- Central Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.{{cite web |url=http://www.grupotorcello.com.ar/antecedentes/hospital_central_de_abidjan.htm |title=Hospital Central de Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, Africa |accessdate=2009-04-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404025525/http://www.grupotorcello.com.ar/antecedentes/hospital_central_de_abidjan.htm |archivedate=2009-04-04 }}
- Sanatorio Omint
- Casa Lacarra
- Casa Castiñheira
= 1980–1989 =
- Centro Cultural De La Ciudad De Buenos Aires
- Torres Castex 1 Etapa
- Aerolíneas Argentinas. Simulador De Vuelo
- Torres Castex 2 Etapa
- Centro Cívico Sta. Rosa ampliación
- Atelier Clorindo Testa
- Centro Comercial Paseo De La Recoleta
- Casa Capotesta
- Banco Nación Suc. Carlos Paz, Cba.
- Gimnasio Paseo Infanta
- La Perla Spa (Balneario La Perla)
- Torres Castex 3ª Etapa
- Casa La Tumbona
- Local del I.C.I
- Restaurante Japonés Paseo Infanta
- Casa En Country Club San Diego
= 1990–1999 =
- Plaza Del Pilar- Bs. As. Design Center
- Casa en Martínez
- Locar para Interior Forma
- Auditorio Templo S.G.I.A.R.
- Caritas Guarderías y Escuelas Prototipo
- Stand Feria Libro
- Casa Verde
- Galeria Arte Altera
- Casa en barrio River Oaks- Maschwitz
= 2000–2009 =
- Casa en Stud en La Plata
- Departamento Di Tella
- Universidad Di Tella
- Hospital Quilmes
- Campus Universidad del Salvador, Auditorio
- Campus Universidad de La Punta (San Luis)
- C. C. Fundación Konex
- Biblioteca Gobernación de La Pampa.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807071414/http://picasaweb.google.com/clorindotesta Images of his works]
- [http://www.arquitectura.com/arquitectura/latina/obras/testa/indextesta.asp Biography] {{in lang|es}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101101041548/http://www.docomomo.org.br/seminario%207%20pdfs/057.pdf trabajo de investigacion sobre el Centro Civico de La Pampa, por Claudia Costa Cabral y Cassandra Salton UFRGS (PT)]
- [http://architectuul.com/architect/clorindo-testa Clorindo Testa] on [http://architectuul.com Architectuul]
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Category:Argentine people of Italian descent
Category:Italian emigrants to Argentina
Category:Italian expatriates in Argentina
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Category:Architects from Naples