Every design lover who frequents Milan would tell you that the city’s most magical spot—that place where the visitor (or local) can truly feel and breathe the beauty and elegance of old Milan—is 

Villa Necchi Campiglion on Via Mozart. This breathtaking house, built in the early 30s and opened to the public as a museum,

provides a glimpse into the life and style of Milanese aristocracy during the interwar years. Recently brought to global attention when featured in the film House of Gucci, as the home of Rodolfo Gucci, this gem was designed by Milanese architect Piero Portaluppi (1888-1967) in the early 30s during the height of ‘Il Duce’ and Italian Fascism. In fact, the style, called Rationalism—a mitigated modernism—was adapted and advanced by the fascist regime. A new monograph dedicated to the architect, ‘Piero Portaluppi: Between Tradition and the Avant-garde,’ comes to shed light on this Milanese legend whose work has been completely ignored and his name omitted in books on design history, but which has a warm place in the heart of every Milanese who loves design.

 

每個經常光顧米蘭的設計愛好者都會告訴你，這個城市最神奇的地方——遊客（或當地人）可以真正感受和呼吸老米蘭的美麗和優雅的地方——是莫扎特街的Necchi Campiglion別墅。 這棟令人歎為觀止的房子建於30年代初，作為博物館向公眾開放，讓人瞥見了兩次世界大戰間米蘭貴族的生活和風格。

在電影《 home of Rodolfo Gucci 》中引起了全球的關注，這顆寶石由米蘭建築師皮耶羅·波塔盧皮（1888-1967）在30年代初“Il Duce”和義大利法西斯主義的鼎盛時期設計。

事實上，這種被稱為理性主義的風格一種被削弱的現代主義——是由法西斯政權改編和推進的。 一本獻給建築師的新專著《Piero Portaluppi: Between Tradition and the Avant-garde》，揭示了這個米蘭傳奇，他的作品被完全忽視了，他的名字在關於設計歷史的書籍中被省略了，但它在每個熱愛設計的米蘭人的心中佔有溫暖的位置。