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96 CASA ORO BY BERNHARD RUDOVSKY Year 1937 Status Modified Material 3D Print Styrofoam 3D Doodler Scale 1:100 Model maker Robert Anagnostopoulos From 1935 to 1937, and with the help of the local architect Luigi Cosenza, Bernard Rudofsky designed the Casa Oro for the Italian doctor Augusto Oro. The building is situated at the Via Orazio 27 on the coastline, 40m above sea level, and overlooking the Bay of Naples. The plot was long and narrow, 500m² in total, and had its base on the volcanic rocks. The building was not allowed to be higher than the panoramic road, the Via Orazio, that passed behind the site. The wish of the client was to have a 22-room villa with a garden and a garage. The building is defined by gardens and terraces on different levels, some hidden and some exposed. The building was designed around white rectangular volumes. Almost every volume contained a room, similar to vernacular dwellings. The main structure was made of steel and reinforced concrete, which led to a lot of problems during the building process. The pillars, fixtures and parapets were all made of metal. The building was furnished with Viennese-style wooden furniture. Over time, the Casa Oro was modified several times and was eventually divided into two properties.1 Each element of the scale model was made of 3D printed PLA. Only the shell of each element was printed in order to reduce the printing time. Details such as the pillars and the handrails were made with the help of a Doodler, a 3D printer in the form of a pen. The surroundings of the scale model are made of styrofoam. 1 Guarneri, Andrea Bocco (2003): Bernhard Rudofsky: A Human Designer. Wien: Springer-Verlag. 264-267.