Ludovico Quaroni


Ludovico Quaroni was an Italian architect, urban planner, critic and university professor.

Life and career

Quaroni studied at the University of Rome, graduating in 1934. He participated in several significant architectural competitions in the late 1930s.
During World War II, Quaroni was a prisoner in India but returned to Italy in 1946. He was active in the APAO and contributed to notable projects like the "Ina-Casa" plan in the Tiburtino quarter in Rome. In 1948, he designed the new church of San Franco in Francavilla al Mare, completed a decade later.
Quaroni served as vice-president of the National Institute of Urbanism and worked on urban plans for several Italian cities. He was also involved in the "UNRRA-Casas" project in Matera and supported Adriano Olivetti's political initiatives. In 1956, he won the Olivetti Prize for Urbanism.
He taught architecture at various universities, including Rome, Naples, and Florence, and was a founding member of the University of Reggio Calabria's Faculty of Architecture. Quaroni died in Rome in 1987.

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