Tendenza
A 1960s Neo-Rationalist architectural movement that rose to eminence (1970s), led by Mario Botta, Giorgio Grassi, Bruno Reichlin, Fabio Reinhart, and Aldo Rossi, associated with the Swiss canton of Ticino. It recognized the social and cultural significance of established urban fabric, the importance of historical forms and elements as resources, and the need for architecture to be redefined in terms of rules and types. Opposed to the inflated pretensions of Functionalism, the vulgar popularism of High Tech, and increasing commercialization by those seen as having betrayed architecture, a return to academic theories propounded by Quatremère de Quincy and others was proposed… (Curl & Wilson, 2016)