Patronage as Collaboration
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Michela Bonomo contributed to Vol. 3, No. 5 of the Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge on the call "Collaborations: Rethinking Architectural Design" in December 2023 with her article 'Patronage as Collaboration. Dante Bini's Villas in Sardinia'.
Her essay text addresses the notion of patronage as collaboration in the case of the villas designed by architect Dante Bini in Costa Paradiso ( Sardinia) starting with the most acclaimed villa 'La Cupola' designed for clients Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti. 'La Cupola is the starting point to tell the story of the other villas designed and built by the same architect, in the same years, in the same region, and exactly by means of Antonioni’s patronage. These can be understood in fact as the products of specific economic and political conditions that had an impact on architectural production in post-war Italy.