Tomaso Buzzi Biography
Tomaso Buzzi (Sondrio, 30 September 1900 – Rapallo, 1981) was an Italian architect, designer and interior designer. After graduating in architecture from the then Royal Higher Technical Institute, now the Polytechnic of Milan, in 1927 he joined the association for the diffusion of modern figurative arts in the home "Il Labirinto" with Paolo Venini, Gio Ponti, Carla Visconti by Modrone, Emilio Lancia and Pietro Chiesa. During the twenties and thirties, especially in the context of the Deco affair, Buzzi was a designer of clear fame, one of the favorite architects of the most exclusive Milanese bourgeoisie. Between 1932 and 1934, Tomaso Buzzi became artistic director of Venini & C., for which he designed a series of vases with classic shapes, obtained through the development of traditional techniques. Collaborator of Gio Ponti, he contributed to organizing various national and international artistic events, including the Milan Triennale and the National Sports Exhibition. Immediately after the war, having voluntarily reduced his professional commitments, he purchased La Scarzuola in Umbria, in the province of Terni, an ancient Franciscan convent with adjoining land, which he transformed into his own residence, realizing what had been the dream of his life, namely a fantastic architectural complex with strong esoteric values, halfway between the park and the wisdom Acropolis, with eloquent titles: the Boat of Souls, the Stone Whale, the Tower of Despair, the Staircase of Life, the Temple of Eros, the Meditation Well, the Bee Theater, the Termite Hill. Buzzi dedicated himself to Scarzuola from 1958 to 1971, leaving the singular project interrupted.
