They are thematic routes that include more than one hundred architectures that testify to the excellence of Italian architectural culture in the second half of the 20th century. The titles of the themes are the first communication tools. Inspired by the productive revival of the 1950s and 1960s, they mark the start of a collective journey from what we were to what we are. Not referring to circumscribed territorial areas but to the entire national territory, they interpret the unifying features of works belonging to even distant geographical contexts, within an extremely varied heritage.
The itineraries indicated should be read as open and exemplary. Open in the sense that, with reference to the prevailing character highlighted by the itinerary, they can be increased. Exemplary in the sense that they do not exclude the many other ways of interpreting the heritage of Italian architecture of the second half of the 20th century. All the works in the general itineraries were the subject of a photographic campaign.
Place: Rome, viale Etiopia, via Tripolitania, via dei Galla and Sidama, via Adua Authors: Mario Ridolfi, Wolfgang Frankl Chronology: 1949 | 1955 Itinerary: Building houses, making cities
Place: Naples, Viale Augusto, Via degli Scipioni, Via F. Massimo Authors: Luigi Cosenza, Carlo Coen Chronology: 1947 | 1950 Itinerary: Building houses, making cities
Place: Augusta (SR), località Priolo, SP114 Authors: Giuseppe Samonà, Alberto Samonà, Riccardo Morandi Chronology: 1958 | 1964 Itinerary: An hard-working country
Place: Santa Fiora (GR), State Road of Monte Amiata, SS323 Authors: Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra); Lucina Caravaggi (environmental and landscape arrangement) Chronology: 1997 | 2000 Itinerary: An hard-working country
Place: Cimego village, Municipality of Pieve di Bono, SS237, (TN) Authors: Gio Ponti, Antonio Fornaroli, Alberto Rosselli Chronology: 1926 (first project); 1954 | 1961 Itinerary: An hard-working country
Place: Castrette di Villorba (TV), Via della Cartiera Authors: Tobia e Afra Scarpa Chronology: 1985 | 2011 Design of industrial space, transformation of former industrial space Itinerary: An hard-working country
Place: Rome, Via del Casale Solaro, 119 Authors: Francesco Palpacelli (architectural project); Giorgio Romaro (steel structures); Antonino Zingali (structural advice); Giorgio Croci, C. Cecconi (civil works); Giusto Gastone (coordinator of Servizio Costruzioni Impianti Idrici ACEA) Chronology: 1985 | 1989 Itinerary: An hard-working country
