Castiglioni repeatedly stressed the impoverished and honest character of the building. The emphasized structure however creates a sculptural appearance which is unusual for a school.
Enrico Castiglioni / Carlo Fontana / Oreste Viterbo / Ferdinando Cardani: Istituto Tecnico Industriale e Istituto Professionale di Stato, Busto Arsizio, Italy, 1959–1965
“This enamelled gold mourning ring commemorates the death of Samuel Nicholets of Hertfordshire who died on 7th July 1661, as is recorded in the inscription inside the ring. The ring is hollow, and a lock of hair curls around within it, visible through the openwork of the enamelled decoration of skulls and coats of arms.” Source
An ivory rosary pendant with a memento mori theme - on the far side is the living, the moment of death, a figure with bulging eyes (with added beast alongside) and finally a skeleton - clutching an hourglass as reminder of the shortness of time #mementomori #skeleton
