Discontinuity in Contemporary City
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Discontinuity in Contemporary City

An important research topic on specific aspects of contemporary cities concerns the patchwork of different functions and morphologies which characterize large tracts of the urban structure. The fabric of fast growing cities presents a discontinuous variety of disorderly located fragments of new housing developments, demoted areas, open spaces, infrastructure, spaces for services. This process of…

Giancarlo De Carlo and ILAUD. A movable frontier

Giancarlo De Carlo and ILAUD.
A movable frontier

Giancarlo De Carlo and ILAUD. A movable frontier brings together reflections, memories, judgments, projects for the future linked to ILAUD, founded by Giancarlo De Carlo in 1976 and still active, to commemorate the one hundred years since the birth of De Carlo. It bears witness to the cultural value of this important initiative, but also…

THE ILA&UD MANIFESTO (2019)

THE ILA&UD MANIFESTO (2019)

ILAUD thinks that there is an unacceptable gap between the problems the human habitat is facing and the ways architects, urban designers and physical planners are trained. Changes in their education must be urgently introduced and ILAUD will make an effort in this direction. Since ILAUD has called itself a “movable frontier” it is in…