L’insegnamento di Marcello Rebecchini

The teaching of architecture inherently possesses something impossible to measure: an ethic, an interpretation of the present and of history. Marcello Rebecchini sought «the correct distance» between himself and the object of his lessons. He moved almost with circumspection, in order not to avoid being overrun by momentary passions, aware of transmitting not only the rudiments of an art but also a vision of life. He employed only a few images to seek its essence and fix it in the mind of his students, while warning against the risk of a purely positivist or merely idealistic approach. He considered poor teachers those who exchanged «intuition for fantasy, personality for egocentrism, individuality for a disinterest in social issues, […] logic for aridness, objectivity for anonymity». Creative freedom – he believed – brought out its best when subjected to limitations. For this reason, he desired that his students confront the design of high-density dwellings: the family home, the econom