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THE
ARCHITECTURE
OF THE CITY
ALDO ROSSI
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
URBAN DESIGN- VII
PREPARED BY AR. SABRINA
INTRODUCTION
▪ “The Architecture of the
City” was first published at
the time when
functionalism
predominated over form
i.e. 1966.
▪ In this book Rossi puts
forward an idea to rethink
architecture with the
respect to the city as a
meaning of collective life,
history and reality instead
of just a functional aspect.
▪ His works are considered to
be starting a new
movement – Neo
Regionalism in 1960s.
PARIS: PRE-HAUSSMANN
URBAN DESIGN- VII PARIS: POST-HAUSSMANN
PREPARED BY AR. SABRINA
ROSSI’S URBAN THEORIES
• City as an Artifact
• Type over form and function
• Continuity and Permanence
• Concept of Space – Locus and Locus Solus
• Analogous City