Renato Avolio De Martino (1909-2006) was one of the most talented architects in the Second Post-War Neapolitan period. Having graduated in Naples shortly before the war, he began his brilliant professional career during the years of the Reconstruction, when his most important works were commissioned by SME (Società Meridionale di Elettricità), the company that in the aftermath of the “great crisis” had been responsible for the construction and distribution of electricity networks in mainland Mezzogiorno also thanks to the support of IRI (Istituto per la Ricostruzione Italiana). In the postwar period, the company continued its important work also with the intervention of the Cassa del Mezzogiorno, constructing new electricity plants, including the Vigliena power station, designed by Avolio De Martino (1952-54). In addition to this work, in the same years the architect designed for SME: the building in Via Bracco (1954- 56), the mountain village employees in Roccaraso (1954-56), the Suditalia building (1957-59). Shortly afterwards Avolio De Martino was commissioned, with Mario De Renzi and Renato Contigiani, to design the RAI headquarters in Naples, built between 1958 and 1963 in via Marconi, in Fuorigrotta district.

Renato Avolio De Martino architect of the SME

C. Ingrosso
2022

Abstract

Renato Avolio De Martino (1909-2006) was one of the most talented architects in the Second Post-War Neapolitan period. Having graduated in Naples shortly before the war, he began his brilliant professional career during the years of the Reconstruction, when his most important works were commissioned by SME (Società Meridionale di Elettricità), the company that in the aftermath of the “great crisis” had been responsible for the construction and distribution of electricity networks in mainland Mezzogiorno also thanks to the support of IRI (Istituto per la Ricostruzione Italiana). In the postwar period, the company continued its important work also with the intervention of the Cassa del Mezzogiorno, constructing new electricity plants, including the Vigliena power station, designed by Avolio De Martino (1952-54). In addition to this work, in the same years the architect designed for SME: the building in Via Bracco (1954- 56), the mountain village employees in Roccaraso (1954-56), the Suditalia building (1957-59). Shortly afterwards Avolio De Martino was commissioned, with Mario De Renzi and Renato Contigiani, to design the RAI headquarters in Naples, built between 1958 and 1963 in via Marconi, in Fuorigrotta district.
2022
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