Bologna, Lercaro and Chiesa e Quartiere review. A conversation with Glauco and Giuliano Gresleri

Abstract

Giacomo Lercaro’s appointment as archbishop of Bologna in 1952 caused a revolution in the field of sacred architecture. Conferences, exhibitions, publishing of a relevant magazine, more than fifty churches built in the suburbs, and above all, the invitation to Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Kenzo Tange designed churches for the city, allowed a decade later the experience Bolognese reach global resonance. A small team of very young architects, among whom were the brothers Giuliano and Glauco Gresleri, turned to Bologna in a laboratory of the new Catholic architecture of the twentieth century.