Townscapes in Transition: Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period

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Townscapes in Transition

Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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How did urban Italy come to look the way it does today? This collection of essays assembles recent studies in architectural history and theory exploring the historical paradigms guiding architecture and landscape design between the world wars. The authors explore physical changes in townscapes and landscapes, covering a wide range of architectural designs from strict modernist solutions to variations of regionalism, mediterraneanism and national style from all over Italy. Specifically, the volume explains how conservation, restoration and town planning for historic areas led to the production of heritage, and elucidates the role played by architects like Marcello Piacentini, Innocenzo Sabbatini, Mario De Renzi and Giulio Ulisse Arata.

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Contributor: Carmen M. Enss

Carmen M. Enss (Dr.-Ing.) ist Architekturhistorikerin und forscht zu Stadt und Denkmalpflege an der Universität Bamberg. Sie leitet den Forschungsverbund UrbanMetaMapping. Dieser untersucht das Kartieren und Transformieren europäischer Städte zwischen 1939 und 1949.

--- Contributor: Luigi Monzo

Luigi Monzo (PhD) works as an architect in Germany. From 2017 to 2020 he taught architectural history and design at the University of Innsbruck, currently he teaches at the University of Biberach. His research addresses the intersections between architectural culture, design process, and political structures in totalitarian regimes, with a particular focus on architecture and urban planning in fascist Italy.

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Introduction
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Editing Cities in Interwar Italy
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Carmen M. Enss and Luigi Monzo

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Tradition, Architecture, Homogenization
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Piacentini and Unitary Architectural Directions for Italian Cities
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Paolo Nicoloso

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The Concept of Tradition in the Theoretical and Aesthetic Debate from the 1920s to the Second Post-War Period
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Cettina Lenza

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Urban Transformations
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Transformations in Architectural and Urban Culture in the Sant'Ambrogio Area of Milan between the World Wars
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Cecilia De Carli

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Transformation and the Vertical City: Milan's Early Skyscrapers
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Scott Budzynski

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The Transformation of Rome and the Masterplan to Reconstruct Moscow: Historical Heritage between Modernity, Memory and Ideology
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Anna G. Vyazemtseva

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Preserving the Old to Build the Modern: Visions of an Alternative Brescia in the Project by Pietro Aschieri
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Alberto Coppo

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The Townscape of Bari: A Laboratory of Italian Urbanism during the Early Twentieth Century
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Christine Beese

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Bermago as a Case Study
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Sandro Scarrocchia

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Restorations and Invention
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Planning the Past I: Giulio Ulisse Arata; Urban Renewal in Emilia Romagna
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Elena Pozzi, Marco Pretelli and Leila Signorelli

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Planing the Past II: Rimini and Forlì in the 1920s: The Replanning of Two Squares in Romagna
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Giulia Favaretto and Chiara Mariotti

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Architectural and Urban Transformations in Romagna during the Fascist Era between Tradition and Modernity: The Cases of Predappio, Forli and Imola
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Micaela Antonucci and Sofia Nannini

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Autarchy and Tradition in the Architecture during Italy's Fascist Period: Newly Founded Cities
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Angela Pecorario Martucci

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City Extensions
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Urban Expansions in Venice, 1918-1939: Continuity of the Urban Form in the Internal Periphery of the Residential Area of Santa Maria
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Alexander Fichte

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Innocenzo Sabbatini and the Construction of Modern Rome
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Lorenzo Ciccarelli

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Acknowledgements
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’Terms and Conditions’ of Interwar Architecture and Urbanism in Italy: A Tentative Glossary
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839446607

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Townscapes in Transition

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About this book

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Frontmatter

Contents

Editing Cities in Interwar Italy

Piacentini and Unitary Architectural Directions for Italian Cities

The Concept of Tradition in the Theoretical and Aesthetic Debate from the 1920s to the Second Post-War Period

Transformations in Architectural and Urban Culture in the Sant'Ambrogio Area of Milan between the World Wars

Transformation and the Vertical City: Milan's Early Skyscrapers

The Transformation of Rome and the Masterplan to Reconstruct Moscow: Historical Heritage between Modernity, Memory and Ideology

Preserving the Old to Build the Modern: Visions of an Alternative Brescia in the Project by Pietro Aschieri

The Townscape of Bari: A Laboratory of Italian Urbanism during the Early Twentieth Century

Bermago as a Case Study

Planning the Past I: Giulio Ulisse Arata; Urban Renewal in Emilia Romagna

Planing the Past II: Rimini and Forlì in the 1920s: The Replanning of Two Squares in Romagna

Architectural and Urban Transformations in Romagna during the Fascist Era between Tradition and Modernity: The Cases of Predappio, Forli and Imola

Autarchy and Tradition in the Architecture during Italy's Fascist Period: Newly Founded Cities

Urban Expansions in Venice, 1918-1939: Continuity of the Urban Form in the Internal Periphery of the Residential Area of Santa Maria

Innocenzo Sabbatini and the Construction of Modern Rome

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’Terms and Conditions’ of Interwar Architecture and Urbanism in Italy: A Tentative Glossary

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