Reconstructing Italy

The Ina-Casa Neighborhoods of the Postwar Era

Stephanie Zeier Pilat

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Routledge
11 October 2016

City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Politics & government; The environment; Urban & municipal planning

Reconstructing Italy traces the postwar transformation of the Italian nation through an analysis of the Ina-Casa plan for working class housing, established in 1949 to address the employment and housing crises. Government sponsored housing programs undertaken after WWII have often been criticized as experiments that created more social problems than they solved. The neighborhoods of Ina-Casa stand out in contrast to their contemporaries both in terms of design and outcome. Unlike modernist high-rise housing projects of the period, Ina-Casa neighborhoods are picturesque and human-scaled and incorporate local construction materials and methods resulting in a rich aesthetic diversity. And unlike many other government forays into housing undertaken during this period, the Ina-Casa plan was, on the whole, successful: the neighborhoods are still lively and cohesive communities today. This book examines what made Ina-Casa a success among so many failed housing experiments, focusing on the tenuous balance struck between the legislation governing Ina-Casa, the architects who led the Ina-Casa administration, the theory of design that guided architects working on the plan, and an analysis of the results-the neighborhoods and homes constructed.

Drawing on the writings of the architects, government documents, and including brief passages from works of neorealist literature and descriptions of neorealist films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italo Calvino and others, this book presents a portrait of the postwar struggle to define a post-Fascist Italy.

By: Stephanie Zeier Pilat
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781138248434
ISBN 10: 1138248436
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 11 October 2016
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Reconstructing Italy; I: The Development of the Ina-Casa Plan; 1: The Development of the Ina-Casa Plan; 2: Envisioning a New Italy: The Projects Office of Ina-Casa; II: The Results of the Plan; 3: Building Community: The Urban Planning and Design of Ina-Casa; 4: Building on Tradition: Appropriations of Local Histories in the Neighborhoods of Ina-Casa; 5: Inside the Homes of Ina-Casa; III: The Reception and Legacy of Ina-Casa; 6: Life in the Neighborhoods and Homes of Ina-Casa; 7: The Critical Reception of Ina-Casa; Epilogue: An Architectural Legacy of Ina-Casa

Stephanie Zeier Pilat is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma. Her research examines points of intersection between twentieth-century politics and architecture.