Abstract In the context of the monographic issue of the journal of the Society of Architects and Engineers in Torino dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the association (edited by Luigi Falco and Mauro Volpiano, 2013), the author explores the role of technical associations between the 19th and 20th centuries and their importance in defining …
Abstract The text deals with the debate on the preservation and transformation of Italian historic centres in the second half of the 20th century, through the emblematic experiences that took place in a number of cities, from Milan to Matera, from Turin to Palermo. The essay was published in the context of a critical review …
Abstract The paper analyzes the events of archaeological Promenade in Rome; with the Unification of Italy starts a heated debate about the conservation and enhancement of the ancient remains of the Capital. Since the second half of the eighties is a politician to raise the argument in the Parliament: doctor and man of culture Guido …
Abstract The paper analyses, through a study of the Dominican convent in Livorno, the development of this city, from the 17th century, when the Friars established there. They reached Livorno, a maritime trading center, and obtained from the Grand Duke Cosimo III, in 1695, a land in an expanding area, the “Venezia Nuova”. The Dominicans found …
Abstract This paper is part of the lodging of investigation on theater architecture and entertainment places for deeper changes and developments that occurred between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the years of transition the theatrical life, characterized by great intellectual strength, causes profound changes not only in setting architectural and construction of such buildings, …
Abstract The Gustavo Giovannoni Archive housed in the Centro di Studi per la Storia dell’Architettura of Rome has an extensive collection of documents about the architectural debate and events that took place at the Athens Conference (October 1931) sponsored by the Greek government. The final document The Athens Charter of Restoration was presented at the …
Abstract Il volume s’inserisce nel filone d’indagine sull’architettura e l’urbanistica del Novecento attraverso l’approfondimento della figura dell’architetto francese Pierre Vago. I suoi interessi spaziano all’interno di una differenziata operatività che va dall’attività professionale, esplicata in diversi circuiti geografici, alla didattica, tesa alla formazione dei giovani architetti, sino all’elaborazione teorico-concettuale che lo vede protagonista del Movimento …
Image: Photograph of model village and low-cost housing exhibition during the 1954 United Nations Seminar on Housing and Community Improvement, 1954 Abstract The chapter interrogates the “model village” exhibition that Jaqueline Tyrwhitt put together in New Delhi to showcase the UN’s vision of development. The exhibition was part of the 1954 United Nations Seminar on …
Abstract The paper’s aim is to depict Gustavo Giovannoni’s theoretical and operating principles and his connection to the cultural movement of ambientismo – also called contextualism -, which spread at the beginning of the XX century. It is possible to compare Giovannoni’s thoughts and interventions in the architectural field to interpret various aspects of his …
Abstract This paper discusses the discourse on regionalism and “the functional tradition” in relation to Danish modern architecture. The concept of the functional tradition was proposed by the architect Kay Fisker (1893-1965) in his 1950 essay “Den funktionelle tradition: Indtryk af amerikansk arkitektur” (The Functional Tradition: Impressions of American Architecture) and repeated in Danish discourse …