Through a comparative-historical investigation, the contribution identifies the common features of rural colonisation projects in Italy and Argentina around 1930s. Although the rural world might be considered an elusive context for architecture, it is the variety of examples in distant geographical and socio-economic contexts that provides insights about the exchanges of modern movement. The selected case studies are the Pontine Plain (Rome,1926-1943) and the plan for Colonia Balcarce (Buenos Aires,1936). These examples of rural planning share common modernist features: multi-scalar approach, a capillary presence of infrastructure, the hierarchical organization of settlements, and a functional organization of space. Evidences of the formal organization of territory and settlements indicate the exchange of expertise between the two countries. In quantitative and dimensional terms, these examples give evidence to the importance of the rural territory in the field of modern planning activity that unrolled in the first decades of the 20th century.

Tracing rural pathways. Exchanges of modernity between Argentina and Italy around 1930s

A. Korolija;V. Mion
2021-01-01

Abstract

Through a comparative-historical investigation, the contribution identifies the common features of rural colonisation projects in Italy and Argentina around 1930s. Although the rural world might be considered an elusive context for architecture, it is the variety of examples in distant geographical and socio-economic contexts that provides insights about the exchanges of modern movement. The selected case studies are the Pontine Plain (Rome,1926-1943) and the plan for Colonia Balcarce (Buenos Aires,1936). These examples of rural planning share common modernist features: multi-scalar approach, a capillary presence of infrastructure, the hierarchical organization of settlements, and a functional organization of space. Evidences of the formal organization of territory and settlements indicate the exchange of expertise between the two countries. In quantitative and dimensional terms, these examples give evidence to the importance of the rural territory in the field of modern planning activity that unrolled in the first decades of the 20th century.
2021
A través de una investigación comparativa-histórica, la contribución tiene la ambición de trazar los caracteres de la modernidad que conectan los proyectos rurales en Italia y Argentina en la década de los ‘30. Aunque el mundo rural podría considerarse un contexto esquivo para la arquitectura, la variedad de ejemplos encontrados en contextos geográficos y socioeconómicos distantes documenta los intercambios que el movimiento moderno tuvo en este contexto. Los casos de estudio seleccionados son la Llanura Pontina (Roma,1926-1943) y el plan para la Colonia Balcarce (Buenos Aires,1936). Estos dos ejemplos presentan características comparables: enfoque multi-escalar, importancia de la infraestructura, organización jerárquica de los asentamientos, esquemas funcionales y normas de funcionamiento. El carácter sistemático y eficiente del desarrollo rural sugiere su importancia en el intercambio entre los dos países. En términos cuantitativos y dimensionales, el territorio rural y sus centros habitados representan el grueso de la actividad de planificación moderna desarrollada en ese período.
Rural modernization, Rural settlement, Pontine Plain, Villa Regina
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