Defined through monumental perspectives, dimensionally related to historical roman avenues, and philologically connected to the Mausoleum of Alexander Severus, the Don Bosco district in Rome has both the characters of a lithic wing and the obsessive seriality of its housing blocks. It was mostly planned by Gaetano Rapisardi in the early fifties, by further development of the “Plan of Rome” made in 1931, and represents the only discontinuity in the Italian panorama of low-cost housing districts, More related to the foreign contexts than its coeval experiences. While almost completely ignored by Italian architectural debate,the Don Bosco district denotes a refined spatial stronghold thanks to: the monumental dimension of the courtyards and the scenic continuity of Viale Don Bosco (one of the largest axis in Italy); all those elements define a highly discernible morphological area, enclosed by two poles: the Mausoleum and Cinecittà. A perceived figurative relation with the fascist model o
An urban taboo / Falsetti, Marco. - ELETTRONICO. - (2014), pp. 380-380. (Intervento presentato al convegno Isuf 2014 OUR COMMON FUTURE IN URBAN MORPHOLOGY tenutosi a Porto- Portogallo nel 3-6 luglio 2014).
An urban taboo
FALSETTI, MARCO
2014
Abstract
Defined through monumental perspectives, dimensionally related to historical roman avenues, and philologically connected to the Mausoleum of Alexander Severus, the Don Bosco district in Rome has both the characters of a lithic wing and the obsessive seriality of its housing blocks. It was mostly planned by Gaetano Rapisardi in the early fifties, by further development of the “Plan of Rome” made in 1931, and represents the only discontinuity in the Italian panorama of low-cost housing districts, More related to the foreign contexts than its coeval experiences. While almost completely ignored by Italian architectural debate,the Don Bosco district denotes a refined spatial stronghold thanks to: the monumental dimension of the courtyards and the scenic continuity of Viale Don Bosco (one of the largest axis in Italy); all those elements define a highly discernible morphological area, enclosed by two poles: the Mausoleum and Cinecittà. A perceived figurative relation with the fascist model oI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
