Architettura sociale in Italia negli anni 1920-30
Social architecture in Italy in the 1920-30s

Summary/Abstract: Following World War I, a large-scale program of social building projects commenced in Italy, on the basis of a central decision. The main reason for the program was the lack of adequate housing in the entire country, which was partly caused by a population increase, and partly by the demolishing of inadequate houses in big cities, primarily in Rome. Moreover, new cities were established next to newly cultivated agricultural areas and next to new industrial centers.Planning was largely done by young architects who adhered to modern architectural principles, and who developed new typologies both for city and small-town apartments. In Rome, for example, suburban areas were developed along these ideas such as Garbatella, Città Aniene where blocks of several hundred apartments were built – just as smaller scale developments were carried out in newly established towns.In the spirit of the social state, camps were also organized and built for poor children, partly to educate them in a healthy lifestyle, party to strengthen their feeling of Italian identity. Among around 350 such camps, architecturally the ones built on the Romagnolo area of the Adriatic coast are the most interesting, such the the one echoing a naval fleet in La Navi Cattolica (arch.: Clemente Busiri Vici) or the Montecatini camp in Cervia (arch. Eugenio Faludi).

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