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Typology of urban design scheme:

Small settlement

Author of Urban design scheme:

Armando Bernabiti

Rodolfo Petracco

Date:

1935

Submitted by:

Heleni Porfyriou, 15 February 2021

Rural settlement/Borgo Campochiaro, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece

Aerial view of Borgo Campochiaro (Source: Historical diplomatic archive of the Italian Foreign Ministry, Rodi- photographic archive, album 85, serie III, box 41-42-43). All historic photos here utilized are published in G. Corsani, H. Porfyriou 2017 (see bibliography) with the kind permission of the Archive.

Historical, political or economic context in which the plan/project is proposed

More than 100 New towns (città di nuova fondazione) and new small settlements (borghi) have been planned and built by the fascist regime in the 1930s and early 1940s in Italy and its colonies. Many of them have been praised for their urban design, though rarely discussed and analysed in these terms. Today, apart from a couple of famous one, the rest are forgotten and often abandoned in decay.

Bibliography

Porfyriou, H. “I villaggi rurali e “il disegno per la messa in valore delle nostre isole dell’Egeo”.” In Borghi rurali e borgate. La tradizione del disegno urbano in Italia negli anni Trenta, edited by G. Corsani and H. Porfyriou, 159-184. Roma: Palombi editori, 2017.

Pitsinos, N. “Architettura e urbanistica nel Dodecaneso italiano.” In La presenza italiana nel Dodecaneso tra il 1912 e il 1948. La ricerca archeologica. La conservazione. Le scelte progettuali, edited by M. Livadiotti and G. Rocco, 285-364. Catania: Edizioni del Prisma, 1996.

Martinoli, S., and E. Perotti (Eds.). Architettura coloniale italiana nel Dodecaneso 1912-1943. Torino: Fondazione G. Agnelli, 1999.

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