Saverio Muratori was an Italian architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

, regarded as one of the pioneers of typomorphological

Urban morphology

Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area, city, town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts and the process of...

 investigations of urban form.

Early life and career

Following the completion of his degree in 1933, Muratori wrote articles in the magazine Architettura. After World War II, he was involved in housing projects in Rome, and designed public buildings in Bologna, Pisa and Rome. In 1952 he started teaching at the University of Venice, but in 1954 he moved back to Rome where he became Professor of Architectural Composition.

Legacy

Muratori's work has been highly influential on architectural design theory and practice in Italy as well as internationally. He is considered the "spiritual father" of architects such as Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who accomplished the unusual feat of achieving international recognition in four distinct areas: theory, drawing, architecture and product design.-Early life:...

 and Carlo Aymonino

Carlo Aymonino

Carlo Aymonino was an Italian architect and urban planner best known for the Gallaretese housing complex in Milan.-Early life:Born in Rome, he studied at the University of Rome, obtaining his degree in 1950...

. His principal follower in the study of typomorphology was Gianfranco Caniggia, one of his early assistants.

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