Francesco Fariello. Il percorso formativo di un architetto

Francesco Fariello: the educational path of an architect The name of Francesco Fariello is strictly linked to the fellowship with Muratori and Quaroni which started in 1933 and went on till the end of the decade. Those were, for him, thrilling years of intense planning and architectural investigation and experimentation, in which the FMQ group partecipated in important competitions, imposing itself on the stage of Italian architecture. After the end of the war and the break up of the group in 1940, Fariello obtained the free tenure of Architectural Composition. While teaching Architecture and Art of Gardens at the Faculty of Architecture in Rome, he managed to develop an expansive and diverse professional repertoire. His poetic way of designing inspired by the rules of nature can be recognized in all of these projects. They are characterized by a certain respect and care for natural surroundings and inhabited space, together with a choice of forms that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. His use of local materials,attention and care for details, and application of minor decorative arts are also fundamental elements that of his architecture. The essence of Fariello’s work is in his constant search for an equilibrium that goes beyond architectural form, highlighting the substance, through an indissoluble harmony between the different elements that make up the work itself. In his projects we can find the core philosophy of his architecture: «I prefer what moves me rather than what surprisese me!».