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Thecityislikeagreathouse:urbandesigninEurope

Pierre‐AlainCroset,PolitecnicoTorino,April1,2014

LeonBa9staAlber;,1404‐1472 DeReAedificatoria,OntheArtofBuilding,1452

“In fact, if theCity,according to the judgmentof thephilosophers, is likeagreatHouse,and theopposite theHouse is a small City,whydon'twe say thatmembersof it as thecourtyard, the loggias, the Hall, the porch, and all these are sDll the same like smallhouses?“

LeonBa;staAlber=LiberI(Book1),DeDisegni(OnDesign)

“Thehouseisasmallcity”

MonastryofEma,Florence


LeCorbusier,Unitéd’Habita=on,Marseille,1945‐52


LeCorbusier,VeniceHospital,1961‐65


LeCorbusier,VeniceHospital,1961‐65,groundfloor


LeCorbusier,VeniceHospital,1961‐65,firstfloor


ShinonomeCanalCourt,Tokyo,(RikenYamamomoto,ToyoIto,KengoKumaandal.),2008‐2010.Housing+SOHOs(Smallofficesandhomeoffices)


ShinonomeCanalCourt,Tokyo


RikenYamamoto,LocalCommunity(theore=calproject),2012

“IsaidyouelsewherethattheHousewasasmallCity.WemustthereforeconsideralmostallthosethingsthatareenDtledtomakeaCity,i.e.thatitisextremelyfine,hasallthethingsyouneed,andfinallyallthecomfortswhobenefittolivewithquiet,peaceandgently.“

LeonBa;staAlber=,LiberV(Book5),DegliedificiparDcolari(OnPrivateBuildings)

“Thecityisagreathouse”

ThePiazzaasaRoom

Piazzadell’Anfiteatro,Lucca

ThePiazzaasaRoom

PiazzaDucale,Vigevano

ThePiazzaasaRoom

PlacedesVosges,Paris

ThePiazzaasaRoom

PhotoPiazzaSanCarlo,TorinoMB

PiazzaSanCarlo,Torino

ThePiazzaasaRoom

PiazzaSanMarco,Venice

VeniceinthewordsofHenryJames

“ I was more than ever struck with that queer air of sociability, of cousinship andfamilylife,whichmakesuphalftheexpressionofVenice.Withoutstreetsandvehicles,andwithitsliMlewindingwayswherepeoplecrowdtogether,wherevoicessoundasinthecorridorsofahouse,wherethehumanstepcirculatesasifitskirtedtheanglesoffurniture and shoes never wear out, the place has the character of an immensecollec5veapartment, inwhichPiazzaSanMarco is themostornamentedcornerandpalacesand churches, for the rest, play thepart of greatdivansof repose, tables ofentertainment,expansesofdecoraDon.Andsomehowthesplendidcommondomicile,familiar,domes;c,andresonant,alsoresembles a theater,with actors clicking over bridges and, in straggling processions,trippingalongfondamentas.“

HenryJames,AspernPapers,1888

TheStreetasaCorridor

AStreetcaféinRome


SoriayMata,ciudadlineal,Madrid

AnAlber;antradi;on:Ci;eswithaformalorder

TheIdealCity,Pain=ngofananonymeFloren=neAr=st,endof15thcentury


Plansof“ideal”ci=es:Filarete,SforzindaProject,15°century


ThecityofPienza,15°century


Plansof“ideal”ci=es:Palmanova,16°century


Plansof“ideal”ci=es:LisbonnePombalMB

Lisbon,Reconstruc=onahertheearthquake,18°century

ThebreakofModernism:thearchitecturebeyondthecity

LeCorbusier,AcontemporaryCity,1922


LeCorbusier:AcontemporaryCity,1922,perspec=ve:dilata=onoftheurbanspace


LeCorbusier:PlanVoisinforParis,1925


LudwigHilberseimer,Skyscrapers’sCity,1924


F.L.WrightandBroadacreCity=thecityofthedispersion

“Autopia”:thecarsbeyondtheCity

ViewofhighwaysinLosAngelesinthepost‐warperiod


HansScharoun,Planforthereconstruc=onofBerlin,1958

The“culturalist”reac;onagainstModernism:the‘50sand‘60s

TeamX:VanEyck,DeCarlo,S=rling,Smithson,Ungers

Aprotagonistofthe‘70s:OswaldMathiasUngers(OMU)

OswaldMathiasUngers,1926‐2007

OMUDeanattheCornellUniversity,1969‐75

OswaldMathiasUngerswiththestudentsattheCornellUniversity,1972

OMUandTeamTenattheCornellUniversity,1971‐72

ColinRoweand“CollageCity”,1978

ColinRowe,1920‐1999


NolliPlanofRome,1748


Figure/groundrepresenta=onofurbanstructure

OMUand“Thegreenarchipelago”:Berlinasacase‐study

CornellUniversity’sSummerAcademy,Berlin,1977

OMUandOMA(RemKoolhaas)

RemKoolhaasasateachingassistantofOMUatCornellUniversity,1977

RemKoolhaas,DeliriousNewYork,1978

ApolycentricmodelforBerlin:Thecitywithinthecity

Thegreenarchipelago:Berlin,1978.Thewall,thegrid,theislands

BERLIN AS A GREEN ARCHIPELAGO

Thewall.Berlinasadividedcity

Thegrid.Aneutralstructure.Nohierarchy

TheIslands.Thecitywithinthecity

SüdlicheFriedrichstadtasanIsland

1938 19771945

OMU’sproposal,1978

IBABerlin,1979‐1987

Josef‐PaulKleihues,1933‐2004

IBABerlin,1979‐1987

Ungers’ and his students’ plan for Südliche Friedrichstadt (1978)

Südliche Friedrichstadt (2010) - IBA 87 buildings are the red ones

Unger’s proposal and results of IBA 1987

Kleyhues’ Masterplan for the IBA (1981)

IBABerlin,1979‐1987:Architects’housesfortheCity

AldoRossi PeterEisenman

JohnHejduk AlvaroSiza

ThefalloftheWallinBerlin,1989

Josef‐PaulKleihues,1933‐2004

Acerthereunifica;on:thefutureoftheGreenArchipelago

AlbertoGeuna,DiplomThesis,PolitecnicoTorino,2014

Barcelonaasacase‐study

TheplanCerda


TheOlympicPlan


OriolBohigas


TherenewaloftheWaterfront


TheOlympicVillage


TheOlimpicVillage


Montjuic,anilloolimpico


RamblaRaval


Renova=ononPlazaReyal


PlaçadelSol.Gracia

AnAlber;anhero:LuigiSnozzi

BiennalediVenezia,Interna=onalArchitectureExhibi=on,2012

LuigiSnozzi’sAphorisms

Architectureisthevoid:youmustdefineit!

MonteCarasso:theexemplarityofasmallcity

MonteCarasso:theexemplarityofa

MonteCarasso:theexemplarityofasmallcity

LuigiSnozzi’sfirstsketch,1979

MonteCarasso:thesearchofacenter

LuigiSnozzi’sfirstsketch,1979

MonteCarasso:thesearchofacenter

TheMonasteryasaPiazza,2010

MonteCarasso:rulesforthedensifica;on

TheMonasteryasaPiazza,2010

Deltametropolisolandese,2001

DeltaMetropolis:aformalorderforalargeterritory

ACityisnevertoosmall,andnevertoobig:firstlyyouneedtodesignthe

spaceoftheCity

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