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Research paper thumbnail of The garden suburb of the Garbatella, 1920–1929: defining community and identity through planning in post‐war Rome

Planning Perspectives, 2009

Situated in the industrial district of Ostiense, the Garbatella neighbourhood was primarily desig... more Situated in the industrial district of Ostiense, the Garbatella neighbourhood was primarily designed to house railway and dock workers built by the Istituto per le Case Popolari (ICP), a national building society founded in 1903 dedicated to public low‐cost housing. The Garbatella distinguished itself from other ICP neighbourhoods in Rome by its remote location and its experimental Garden City‐influenced design,

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Civis romanus sum: The Self-conscious Romanità of the Garbatella

"Civis romanus sum": The Self-Conscious Romanità of the Garbatella Situated in the industrial dis... more "Civis romanus sum": The Self-Conscious Romanità of the Garbatella Situated in the industrial district of Ostiense, the Garbatella neighborhood was initially conceived as a garden city in 1920. It reflected contemporary attitudes towards progress, modernity, and the changing role of industry in city planning. Architect and planner Gustavo Giovannoni was a great supporter of the garden city movement and, with the collaboration of Innocenzo Costantini and Massimo Piacentini, adapted this English utopian model calling for a return to nature with low-density, village-style communities in peri-urban settings. The Garbatella was part of an ambitious expansion project that aimed to promote maritime industry in Rome and the extension of the city -north, towards the Aniene River, and southeast, along the shores of the Tiber all the way to the Tyrrhenian sea. The State entrusted the Istituto per le Case Popolari (ICP), a national building society dedicated to public low-cost housing, to build three new garden suburbs that included Ostia Nuova and Montesacro. Architects developed a unique style rooted in extreme economy and a reliance on local, inexpensive building materials. The practice and ideology of this ambitious project, begun under Italy's young liberal state, were taken up by the Fascist regime with a continuity that belies Mussolini's claims of having broken with Rome's recent past.

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. The garden suburb of the Garbatella, 1920-1929: defining community and identity through planning in post-war Rome

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. The Maestri di Strade: Political Strategies and Social Mobility in Farnese Rome

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Villegiatura in the Urban Context of Renaissance Rome: Paul III Farnese’s Villa-Tower on the Campidoglio

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. The Early Sixteenth-Century Rome of Pope Paul III: Mapping the Research Path

Books by Antonella De Michelis

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome. Ch.7 On the Magnitude of Relics

Through Time and The City, 2021

From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. ... more From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. Chapter 7 examines one of the Christian world's most precious objects: the tomb of St. Peter. Its duration within the city has generated space for adoration and spectacle, increasingly heightened security, and expanding networks of circulation that extend throughout the city and, eventually, to the entire Catholic world.

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome. Ch.6 On Ritual Urbanism & the Via Papalis

Through Time and The City , 2021

From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. ... more From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. Chapter 6 focuses on the Via Papalis, an open platform upon which the city could build space, multiply program, and cross-pollinate commerce and politics with ritual.

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome. Ch.5 On the Projective City

Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome, 2021

From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. ... more From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. Chapter 5 looks at the space between the Aurelian Walls and the occupied city: the disabitato. This chapter will look at Rome as a projective space: how the city has guided its growth and, equally important, how it has tolerated contraction without compromising the functioning capacity of the urban core.

Research paper thumbnail of First book in English dedicated to the papal possesso

Eternal Ephemera, 2020

Eternal Ephemera is the first book dedicated to the visual culture and history of the possesso.... more Eternal Ephemera is the first book dedicated to the visual culture and history of the possesso. This post-election procession led the pope from the Vatican to the Lateran, where he took solemn possession of his diocese as bishop of Rome. In this collection, six essays symbiotically expose the long-lasting ramifications of possessi in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Rome. This triumphant parade affected archi-tecture and urbanism, triggered new art forms (prints of the cavalcade or arches and chiaroscuro painting), and connected ephemera with the popular demand for moral economy. This volume innovatively shows the artistic and architectural legacy of the ephemeral in the Eternal City.
(available mid Sept. 2020)

Research paper thumbnail of The garden suburb of the Garbatella, 1920–1929: defining community and identity through planning in post‐war Rome

Planning Perspectives, 2009

Situated in the industrial district of Ostiense, the Garbatella neighbourhood was primarily desig... more Situated in the industrial district of Ostiense, the Garbatella neighbourhood was primarily designed to house railway and dock workers built by the Istituto per le Case Popolari (ICP), a national building society founded in 1903 dedicated to public low‐cost housing. The Garbatella distinguished itself from other ICP neighbourhoods in Rome by its remote location and its experimental Garden City‐influenced design,

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Civis romanus sum: The Self-conscious Romanità of the Garbatella

"Civis romanus sum": The Self-Conscious Romanità of the Garbatella Situated in the industrial dis... more "Civis romanus sum": The Self-Conscious Romanità of the Garbatella Situated in the industrial district of Ostiense, the Garbatella neighborhood was initially conceived as a garden city in 1920. It reflected contemporary attitudes towards progress, modernity, and the changing role of industry in city planning. Architect and planner Gustavo Giovannoni was a great supporter of the garden city movement and, with the collaboration of Innocenzo Costantini and Massimo Piacentini, adapted this English utopian model calling for a return to nature with low-density, village-style communities in peri-urban settings. The Garbatella was part of an ambitious expansion project that aimed to promote maritime industry in Rome and the extension of the city -north, towards the Aniene River, and southeast, along the shores of the Tiber all the way to the Tyrrhenian sea. The State entrusted the Istituto per le Case Popolari (ICP), a national building society dedicated to public low-cost housing, to build three new garden suburbs that included Ostia Nuova and Montesacro. Architects developed a unique style rooted in extreme economy and a reliance on local, inexpensive building materials. The practice and ideology of this ambitious project, begun under Italy's young liberal state, were taken up by the Fascist regime with a continuity that belies Mussolini's claims of having broken with Rome's recent past.

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. The garden suburb of the Garbatella, 1920-1929: defining community and identity through planning in post-war Rome

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. The Maestri di Strade: Political Strategies and Social Mobility in Farnese Rome

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Villegiatura in the Urban Context of Renaissance Rome: Paul III Farnese’s Villa-Tower on the Campidoglio

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. The Early Sixteenth-Century Rome of Pope Paul III: Mapping the Research Path

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome. Ch.7 On the Magnitude of Relics

Through Time and The City, 2021

From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. ... more From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. Chapter 7 examines one of the Christian world's most precious objects: the tomb of St. Peter. Its duration within the city has generated space for adoration and spectacle, increasingly heightened security, and expanding networks of circulation that extend throughout the city and, eventually, to the entire Catholic world.

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome. Ch.6 On Ritual Urbanism & the Via Papalis

Through Time and The City , 2021

From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. ... more From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. Chapter 6 focuses on the Via Papalis, an open platform upon which the city could build space, multiply program, and cross-pollinate commerce and politics with ritual.

Research paper thumbnail of De Michelis. Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome. Ch.5 On the Projective City

Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome, 2021

From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. ... more From the book, Through Time and the City. Notes on Rome (2021) co-authored with Kristi Cheramie. Chapter 5 looks at the space between the Aurelian Walls and the occupied city: the disabitato. This chapter will look at Rome as a projective space: how the city has guided its growth and, equally important, how it has tolerated contraction without compromising the functioning capacity of the urban core.

Research paper thumbnail of First book in English dedicated to the papal possesso

Eternal Ephemera, 2020

Eternal Ephemera is the first book dedicated to the visual culture and history of the possesso.... more Eternal Ephemera is the first book dedicated to the visual culture and history of the possesso. This post-election procession led the pope from the Vatican to the Lateran, where he took solemn possession of his diocese as bishop of Rome. In this collection, six essays symbiotically expose the long-lasting ramifications of possessi in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Rome. This triumphant parade affected archi-tecture and urbanism, triggered new art forms (prints of the cavalcade or arches and chiaroscuro painting), and connected ephemera with the popular demand for moral economy. This volume innovatively shows the artistic and architectural legacy of the ephemeral in the Eternal City.
(available mid Sept. 2020)