Italy, during the economic boom, invests in the construction of new major public works. In addition to significant projects dedicated to housing, work is being done to implement structures intended for the community. Next to the offices of central and peripheral administrations, new accommodation facilities for local development are being built.
Each city is equipped with new buildings for the performance of public functions: the buildings of the Regions, provinces and municipalities are being built, the headquarters of the Chambers of Commerce and the courthouses, but also buildings for the tertiary sector, such as those that house the telephone and electricity companies and the Italian radio and television (RAI), a consequence of the nationalization of some strategic industries for the country.
The intensification of trade, the growth of commerce and the circulation of industrial products give new impetus to the foundation and renewal of commercial zones and trade fair centers. The projects for these new metropolitan areas often foresee the coexistence of different functions and are the result of a choral work between several designers.
The itinerary collects examples of buildings different in form and function that, in their peculiarities, offer an eloquent overview of a historical phase, that of the rebirth of the system, in which investments were made in design and new construction materials were tested. Of these “innovations of construction”; spatial and technological, today above all the traces remain. Many buildings of this type, in fact, are in a state of profound deterioration; others more intact are still waiting to be valorized.