CA 4.2 Torre Velasca VIDEOS

The Torre Velasca is located in _________, Italy.

When was the Torre Velasca built?

• 1908

• 1958

• 1998

• 1858

Where does its name come from?

• The street where it stands

• The client who ordered its construction

• The city where it is located

• The piazza where it stands

What architecture firm designed it?

Select the architects who form BBPR:

• Gian Luigi Banfi

• Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso

• Enrico Peressutti

• Ernesto Nathan Rogers

• Aldo Rossi

BBPR was an architectural milanese partnership, which name is the acronym from each of the parner's family name

• True

• False

How many stories does the Torre Velasca have?

What uses does the Torre have?

• Commerce and offices in the lower part

• Public parking in all the building

• Housing on the upper stories

• Hotel andcommerce in the lower part

What characterizes the form of the Torre Velasca?

• The use of materials such as the ones used in the medieval times

• The top projects from the rest of the of the structure, using diagonal beams

• The lower part is bigger than the upper stories

• It's modernist look

How tall is the Tower?

• 16 meters

• 106 feet

• 106 meters

• 106 stories