The project of autonomy
Subtitle: politics and architecture within and against capitalism
By: Pier Vittorio Aureli.
Contributors: Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.
Series: FORuM project
Publisher: Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture; Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781568987941
Subjects: Architecture, Modern -- 20th century; Architecture, Postmodern
Description: "Autonomia" was an Italian new social movement of the mid-to late-1970s that combined several single-issue activist groups into one movement united by a shared belief in maintaining their autonomy from the state. Educator Pier Vittorio Aureli traces the influence of Autonomia on architectural thinking. Aureli examines how post-1968 political events and a rethinking of Marxist theory by intellectuals like Mario Tronti influenced a variety of that era's architectural projects and writings, including Manfredo Tafuri's critique of architectural ideology; architect Aldo Rossi's reinvention of categories in his book The Architecture of the City; as well as Rossi's 1962 government center for Turin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.