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A walk through the history of Garbatella. Since 1921, when on a hill near the basilica of San Paolo, close to the railway between Rome and Ostia, the Institute housing - the first stone was laid in 1920 - started the construction of the first core of the village, experiencing the urban conception of English garden city. Today. It tells the exhibition "The Garbatella. The modern through Rome," which opens Thursday former Gil result of more than 14 years of research published by the district in Rome of the modern department of Architecture and Design University La Sapienza, with the support of the Region.
A walk through the history of Garbatella. Since 1921, when on a hill near the basilica of San Paolo, close to the railway between Rome and Ostia, the Institute housing - the first stone was laid in 1920 - started the construction of the first core of the village, experiencing the urban conception of English garden city. Today. It tells the exhibition "The Garbatella. The modern through Rome," which opens Thursday former Gil result of more than 14 years of research published by the district in Rome of the modern department of Architecture and Design University La Sapienza, with the support of the Region.
Like a trip back in time, the exhibition becomes a mapping of possible itineraries to discover the many "hearts" of this district, from Piazza to Piazza Benedetto Brin Eugenio Biffi. Along a sequence of one hundred panels, parade vintage photographs combined with images of this more familiar, original designs by architects such as Le Marche Innocenzo Sabbatini, and floor plans of lots, courtyards, squares and buildings.
"The Garbatella is told through two perspectives - Gaia explains Remiddi, director of the Centre - On the one hand, we investigate the complexity of the lots, ie the interiors of buildings. On the other urban space, from home to street. " The ambition of the exhibition is to reveal to the general public the extreme modernità della Garbatella: «Sembra un´architettura pittoresca, ma ha gli attributi dell´architettura moderna - avverte Remiddi - Non esistono spazi chiusi, edifici e cortili rimandano a percorsi continui, fluidi, quasi ad un´osmosi come nel Bauhaus di Gropius. Ovunque spicca una libertà nel comporre le facciate, le scale, le finestre. I decori non si ripetono mai. Tutto è asimmetrico. Ci sono edifici perimetrali con grandi arcate, che fungono da ingressi, e dentro si sviluppano i lotti, le cosiddette "case rapide", i cortili e i giardini, dove la vita scorre vivace come una società vera e propria».
La ricerca, avviata nel 1997, ha prodotto materiale inedito che viene proposto in mostra. As in the case of the "Hotel red" Sabbatini: "Here at home there was a wonderful meal, conceived as a Pantheon - says Remiddi - was centered and destroyed by a bomb in '43. During the restoration of the facades, in 2000, we conducted the excavations and foundations have emerged from the dining room, including the original floor. "
for the Regional Councillor for Culture Fabiana Santini, "the show has the advantage of providing the historical reconstruction of a unique neighborhood and loved by the Romans, which is also an ideal way of living, reflecting a bygone era, far the dynamics of the emerging fast-paced modern city. " The exhibition is combined with the publication a guide book published by Palombi, and Friday 18 authors will be holding a guided walk at the commemoration of the birth of Garbatella: The district takes 91 years.
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