La Casa Madre dei Mutilati di Marcello Piacentini: progetti e rilievi.

The Mother House of War Invalids and Maimed by Marcello Piacentini is a little-known building located in Rome, on Lungotevere near Castel Sant'Angelo, apparently crushed, because of its size "small", between the Mole Adriana and the equally imposing presence of the eclectic Palace of Justice. The complex was built at the behest of the National Association of War Invalids and Maimed, association born spontaneously in 1917 to bring together those who had suffered disabilities while serving the Motherland during the First World War. The project was entrusted to one of the main protagonists of those years, Marcello Piacentini, who tried to transfer to the architecture the characteristics of sacredness and fortitude demanded by customers. The construction took place in two phases: the first, which culminated with the inauguration of 1928, consists of that part of the building closest to Piazza Cavour, already conceived as an autonomous monument on three floors which sees its core in the Hall of the Assemblies, a modern secular shrine; the second, completed in 1936 and consisting in the expansion towards the Tiber with the creation of the Court of Victories, it seems more steeped in the rhetoric of regime that preferred open spaces for mass meetings. Nowadays the building is unchanged compared to the configuration given by enlargement completed in 1936, a situation that makes it, rather unique case, a rare example of a living museum and witness of himself and of history that it represents. In this paper we present the first results of the survey made in the month of March 2014 with integrated techniques and the use of the laser scanner. For reasons related to the current destination of use, we present the results, derived from the comparison with the clouds of points, relative to the representation rooms of the central axis, while for other rooms, for which the planimetric correspondence has been verified, reference is made to the plans already published. The survey in addition to documenting the status quo of the monument, allows us to perform a comparison with design drawings found, partly preserved in the archives of the Mother House, valuable evidence of the evolution of the Piacentini design ideas. In addition, since it is already a long time that has been called the architectural survey as "the set of operations, measurement and analysis designed to understand and document the architectural heritage in its overall configuration", the drawings made, by providing a valid integration of project documentation already present, will allow a greater understanding of the building in its entirety, highlighting, among other things, the close relationship between the architecture of Piacentini and the numerous works of art, made by artists of renown, within it. The goal is certainly aimed at the protection and preservation of the work, but above all to spread his knowledge to get her out of oblivion in which, during these years, has sunk.

La Casa Madre dei Mutilati ed Invalidi di Guerra di Marcello Piacentini è un edificio poco conosciuto sito in Roma, sul Lungotevere, nei pressi di Castel S.Angelo. L’eleganza della sua architettura lo rende un interesante esempio dell’architettura romana nel periodo compreso tra le due Guerre Mondiali. Il confronto tra i disegni di progetto ed il risultato del rilievo effettuato con tecniche integrate rivela il suo ruolo di testimone della Grande Storia reso museo vivente di se stesso.