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Ideologia “Restructurării urbane” 1944-1972, I
The Ideology of “Urban Restructuring, ” 1944-1972, I

Author(s): Oliver Velescu
Subject(s): Architecture, Political history, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Romania; urban restructuring; 1944-1972; urban planning; ideology;

Summary/Abstract: This is a chronological study of the way the ideas of “urban restructuring” were “implemented” and of the indoctrination conducted for two decades (1950-1970) on several generations of architects, using the principles of “socialist urban planning.” The city as a “weapon of the bourgeoisie” and the “reconstruction of cities as an expression of the class struggle” are the main landmarks of the socialist urban planning ideology.

  • Issue Year: V/1997
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 63-79
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian