Un'altra modern ita. L'IFHTP e la cultura urbanistica tra le due guerre, 1923-1939

摘要

Is it surprising to see a book published in Italian about the congresses of the International Federation of Housing and Town Planning from 1923 to 1939? Renzo Riboldazzi, in his initial pages, signals a contrast that certainly speaks to nowadays' planners and architects as well as to historians of city planning. In June 1928, 42 architects got together in La Sarraz, Switzerland, and gave birth to the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM). A few days later, 1300 participants were expected at the 1 lth Congress of the International Federation of Housing and Town Planning (henceforth the Federation) in Paris. While CIAM is known and remembered for as the most significant forum for modern architecture and planning, the Federation is barely acknowledged despite its continuity (the 54th congress was celebrated in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in November 2010). If the Italian presence and role within the Federation is.