The archival sources that document the transformations of Palazzo Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona in Naples, currently Casa Morra - Archivio d’Arte contemporanea (Archive of Contemporary Art), and the name of the architect who conceived its impressive eighteenth-century staircase are uncertain. The grandeur of the staircase in Palazzo Cassano d’Aragona consists of being both materially and immaterially ‘out of scale’, a narrative event of boundless emotion in the ‘immense’ concept of architectural space. With a hexagonal plan, the design of the planimetric and altimetric layout is the result of the skilful ability to articulate elementary geometric forms in a plastic and dynamic space, vibrating with structural tensions as well as multiple symmetrical and asymmetrical visions. the research is developed on the basis of the memorandum of understanding signed between the Fondazione Morra and the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ to not only collaborate scientifically with the aim of producing critical knowledge on the constructive vicissitudes of the staircase and Palazzo Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona, but also to carry out initiatives that will positively influence the cultural growth of the territory.

Incerte sono le fonti archivistiche che documentano le trasformazioni del palazzo nobiliare Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona a Napoli, attualmente Casa Morra - Archivio d’ Arte Contemporanea, e il nome dell’architetto ideatore della sua imponente scala settecentesca. La grandiosità della scala di palazzo Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona consiste nell’essere un ‘fuori scala’ sia materiale che immateriale, un evento narrativo di grande emozione nella concezione ‘immensa’ di spazio architettonico. A pianta esagonale, il disegno dell’impianto planimetrico e altimetrico nasce dalla sapiente abilità di articolare forme geometriche elementari in uno spazio plastico e dinamico, vibrante di tensioni strutturali e visioni multiple, simmetriche e asimmetriche. la ricerca si sviluppa sulla base del protocollo d’intesa firmato fra la Fondazione Morra e il Dipartimento di Architettura e Disegno Industriale dell’Università degli Studi della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ per avviare collaborazioni scientifiche finalizzate a operazioni di conoscenza critica sulle vicende costruttive della scala e del palazzo Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona, ma anche ad azioni con ricadute attive sul territorio in termini di accrescimento culturale.

M’illumino d’immenso. Disegnare un ‘fuori-scala’

Ornella Zerlenga
2018

Abstract

The archival sources that document the transformations of Palazzo Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona in Naples, currently Casa Morra - Archivio d’Arte contemporanea (Archive of Contemporary Art), and the name of the architect who conceived its impressive eighteenth-century staircase are uncertain. The grandeur of the staircase in Palazzo Cassano d’Aragona consists of being both materially and immaterially ‘out of scale’, a narrative event of boundless emotion in the ‘immense’ concept of architectural space. With a hexagonal plan, the design of the planimetric and altimetric layout is the result of the skilful ability to articulate elementary geometric forms in a plastic and dynamic space, vibrating with structural tensions as well as multiple symmetrical and asymmetrical visions. the research is developed on the basis of the memorandum of understanding signed between the Fondazione Morra and the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design of the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ to not only collaborate scientifically with the aim of producing critical knowledge on the constructive vicissitudes of the staircase and Palazzo Cassano Ayerbo d’Aragona, but also to carry out initiatives that will positively influence the cultural growth of the territory.
2018
Zerlenga, Ornella
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