Abstract
This study analyzes the architectural significance of Aldo Rossi's The Cemetery of San Cataldo by revisiting existing typological and memory-centered interpretations, focusing on how typology transforms into emotional experience and ontological awareness. Unlike previous studies that treat Rossi's architecture through fixed typologies, collective memory, or historical context, this research redefines typology as a generative structure that evokes experience, exploring how architectural space sensuously constructs the boundaries between memory and forgetting, and life and death. The methodology begins with a reconstruction of Rossi's architectural theory through a literature review, emphasizing type, memory, and place, and interpreting these concepts from emotional and phenomenological perspectives. Analysis of Rossi’s major works then establishes the interaction of type, memory, and experience as an analytical framework. Applying this framework to San Cataldo, the study examines how layout, form, and spatial composition convert typological order into emotional experience. Findings indicate that the cemetery reproduces urban structure through repeated and varied geometric types, extending typology into an interpretable structure rather than a fixed form. The repetition, emptiness, and incompleteness of space evoke memory while allowing forgetting, positioning architecture as a medium where memory and absence intersect. Finally, sensory experiences shaped by light, materials, and movement reveal the boundary between life and death, transforming tangible order into an ontological spatial encounter. In conclusion, while rooted in typology, San Cataldo extends architectural form into emotional and experiential dimensions, demonstrating that architecture mediates human existence, time, and memory. This study contributes academically by expanding typological discourse in Rossi scholarship and re-examining architectural space through the interaction of type and experience.
| Translated title of the contribution | Typological Approach and Architectural Significance of the San Cataldo Cemetery Designed by Aldo Rossi |
|---|---|
| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 157-167 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2026 |
Keywords
- Aldo Rossi
- experiential space
- funerary architecture
- memory
- place identity
- San Cataldo Cemetery
- typology
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