Theories and Practices of Re-Humanizing Postwar Italian Architecture: Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Giancarlo De Carlo

Molinari, Luca; Moravánszky, Ákos; Hopfengärtner, Judith

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“…Despite their shared concern about the "re-humanisation" of architecture, their approaches had more differences than affinities. This explains why De Carlo decided to leave the editorial board of Casabella Continuità in 1956 [45] (p. 234). Manfredo Tafuri remarked that one of the reasons behind this decision of De Carlo was his "antiformalism" [46] (p. 35) [47,48] (p. 58) [49].…”

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“…Luca Molinari, in "Theories and Practices of Re-humanizing Postwar Italian Architecture: Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Giancarlo De Carlo" discerns the affinities of the approaches of Giancarlo De Carlo and Ernesto Nathan Rogers. More specifically, he remarks that Rogers and De Carlo shared the intention to bring "the role of the human being as a prior argument in the re-definition of modern architecture" [45] (p. 230). According to Molinari, the most significant points of convergence of Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Giancarlo De Carlo's points of view are their intentions to re-humanise post-war Italian architecture and the search for a subtle balance between modernity and history, as well as between preservation and renewal.…”

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“…. ] with a system of organic relationships" [45] (p. 235). As Luca Molinari has remarked, "Urbino and its history, landscape, community and the way people meet, live and move in the urban environment became crucial characters in the work of De Carlo" [45] (p. 235).…”

Section: Giancarlo De Carlo and The Humanization Of Architecture: The Real Transformation Of The Worldmentioning

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“…with a system of organic relationships" [45] (p. 235). As Luca Molinari has remarked, "Urbino and its history, landscape, community and the way people meet, live and move in the urban environment became crucial characters in the work of De Carlo" [45] (p. 235). This is evident in the design strategies De Carlo elaborated in the case of the three colleges he designed for Urbino between 1973 and 1983: Il Tridente, La Vela, and L'Aquilone.…”

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“…. ] as the warm core of the design and functional program" [45] (p. 235,240). However, instead of treating the Collegio del Colle as a strict "functional mechanism, [he aimed to enhance the humanity in students' daily lives" [45] (p. 240).…”

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Revisiting Giancarlo De Carlo’s Participatory Design Approach: From the Representation of Designers to the Representation of Users

Charitonidou

2021

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The article examines the principles of Giancarlo De Carlo’s design approach. It pays special attention to his critique of the modernist functionalist logic, which was based on a simplified understanding of users. De Carlo′s participatory design approach was related to his intention to replace of the linear design process characterising the modernist approaches with a non-hierarchical model. Such a non-hierarchical model was applied to the design of the Nuovo Villaggio Matteotti in Terni among other projects. A characteristic of the design approach applied in the case of the Nuovo Villaggio Matteotti is the attention paid to the role of inhabitants during the different phases of the design process. The article explores how De Carlo’s “participatory design” criticised the functionalist approaches of pre-war modernist architects. It analyses De Carlo’s theory and describes how it was made manifest in his architectural practice—particularly in the design for the Nuovo Villaggio Matteotti and the master plan for Urbino—in his teaching and exhibition activities, and in the manner his buildings were photographs and represented through drawings and sketches. The work of Giancarlo De Carlo and, especially, his design methods in the case of the Nuovo Villaggio Matteotti can help us reveal the myths of participatory design approaches within the framework of their endeavour to replace the representation of designers by a representation of users. The article relates the potentials and limits of De Carlo’s participatory design approach to more contemporary concepts such as “negotiated planning”, “co-production”, and “crossbenching”. The article also intends to explore whether there is consistency between De Carlo’s theory of participation and its application.

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Section: Giancarlo De Carlo and The Humanization Of Architecture: The Real Transformation Of The Worldmentioning

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Section: Giancarlo De Carlo and The Humanization Of Architecture: The Real Transformation Of The Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Giancarlo De Carlo and The Humanization Of Architecture: The Real Transformation Of The Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Giancarlo De Carlo and The Humanization Of Architecture: The Real Transformation Of The Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Giancarlo De Carlo and The Humanization Of Architecture: The Real Transformation Of The Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Theories and Practices of Re-Humanizing Postwar Italian Architecture: Ernesto Nathan Rogers and Giancarlo De Carlo

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