‘The new buildings are set on a plinth, on an embankment that breaks the horizontality of the territory: it is the Acropolis, the sanctuary, the centre of the community.’ This is how Aldo Rossi describes his design for the School of Architecture in Miami, imagining it as a veritable educational citadel laden with symbolic meanings and ideally a bridge between different cultures. The essay reconstructs the design process of the Milanese architect's first American commission, starting in 1986.

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