![]() ![]() ![]() In this narrative, Rossi’s work is contextualized within the efforts of a generation of Italian architects who conducted collective research on behalf of the Ina-casa program of national reconstruction in conjunction with the era’s leading politicians. It reveals Rossi’s growing interest in developing a theory for a type of architecture and urban design rational in form and socialist in content, driven by the ethos of an emerging political Left. This thesis relies on unpublished archival material from Rossi’s early career that documents the leading political and philosophical ideas of his time. Rossi’s professional growth is outlined through a period conditioned by the reactionary ideologies of postwar Europe, which deeply influenced the nation’s culture and shaped artistic production. My thesis addresses questions surrounding the development of Rossi’s theory of city morphology, proposing that it was rooted in anti-fascist sentiments and influenced by politics of the Cold War. This work seeks to redefine the scholarship on Aldo Rossi (1931-1997), an Italian architect known for having reintroduced symbolism to European architecture after the 1960s. ![]()
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