Rome Mid Term

Environmental Images

mental picture of a place

Emotional Security

the feeling of safety and stability that arises from a secure environment

Imageability

the quality of a place, object, or word that makes it easy to form a clear mental picture

it defines how well a city helps people navigate and remember its layout

5 contents of city images

Path (via nationale)

landmark (pantheon)

edge (tiber)

node (piazza venezia)

district (trastevere)

mononucleated / poly

Having one central areas vs multiple 

Ploynucleated is positive in Mumford’s eyes because of density problems and people living very far from central areas 

What is a city? (mumford)

A geographical plexus (network)

Economic organization 

The theater of social action

Institutional process 

Aesthetic symbol of collective unity

Core of any city

Social drama / theater 

What period of time was period third rome A

Rome as new nations capital (1870-1922)

Sventramenti during third Rome A

mass destruction of roman buildings to modernize Rome (bigger roads, modern housing, etc)

Dispossessed

the people displaced by the destruction of their home, usually moved outside the city walls to the edges of the city (borgata)

Rione

historical district (trastevere)

Quartiere

districts outside the city walls 

Borgata

illegal neighborhood between quartiere and agro romano where dispossessed were living 

agro romano

countryside

places built during Third Rome A

gianciolo hill

monuments built during Third Rome A

vittoriano (typewriter)

streets built during Third Rome A

via nationale, corso del rinasimento, corso di nationimento, corso vittorio emanuele

Time period of Third Rome Part B

fascist (1922-1943)

sventramenti during fascist period

mass destruction to link the power of the ancient roman empire directly to the fascist state. areas destroyed to break up working class

3 phases of the fascist relationship to the past

1. reverence (copied ancient roman symbols like fascio + using v instead of u)

2. juxtaposition (equal)

3. replacement of new fascist idea (as better than the past)

places built during the fascist era

Sapienza University of Rome, eur, foro italico

monuments built during the fascist era

square colosseum

streets built during the fascist era

 via del mare, via dei trionfi, via dell'impero

describe some main events during the fascist regime

• Started in 1922 with march on rome

• 1924 killed a member of parliament and other liberals left parliament in protest

• WW2 allied with nazis

What was rome like after WW2

• monarchy abolished and republic established

• chaos in Italy after WW2, economy could not recover

• Marshall plan restarted the economy

• economic boom in 50s and 60s

Site visit: Piazza Navona

1st class, piazza built on top of a ancient roman stadium

Site visit: Campo de’ Fiori

we walked around and took note of different types of architecture

visualized how different eras of Rome were built on top of one another

Site visit: Gianicolo hil

public park with statues honoring Italian unification

Site visit: Foro Italico

• physical education was fundamental to the fascist idea of masculinity

• originally named after Mussolini

• marble statues mimicked anicent roman glory

• first time we talked about how fascists symbols were not destroyed after WW2

Site visit: Corso Rinascimento and Via della Conciliazione

• via della conciliazione is the street leading up to Vatican, built during fascist regime to create a great entrance to st peter’s basilica

• corso rinasciemento was a part of sventramenti built by destroying a medieval neighborhood

Site visit: San Lorenzo district

• Sapienza University of Rome built during fascist era

• working class neighborhood built during the italian kingdom era

• bombings during WW2