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The right to comfort in the century of the self
Docomomo Journal, 2021 After the war, the world was divided between two main powers, a Western capitalist bloc led by the USA, and an Eastern communist bloc, driven by the USSR.
Zara Ferreira
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Reconstructing housing and communities
Docomomo Journal, 2021 Among the Italian initiatives for social and material reorganization in the aftermath of WWII, the most interesting was undoubtedly the INA-Casa Plan.
Rosalia Vittorini
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Preservation and public housing in the United States
Docomomo Journal, 2021 Public housing is an important part of the heritage of the 20th century that deserves preservation, but is in danger of being demolished or unrecognizably altered.
Theodore Prudon
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Smart Cities: Sustainable and Safety Roads Study Model [PDF]
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities, 2020 Sustainable Satisfaction in Smart Cities has been discussed extensively within the academic context, however; it is argued the fast-urban development and technology, strong trend towards facilitating of urban communities through achieving user’s ...
R. Kamal, N. Elsayed, N. Gado
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Torres Blancas, a Vertical Garden City
Docomomo Journal, 2021 Torres Blancas, the building designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza for the Huarte company, was built between 1964 and 1972. Its powerful sculptural form, the expressive use of bare concrete and its experimental nature make it an iconic example of ...
Alberto Sanz
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Docomomo Journal, 2021 The neighborhood unit (Sector) in Chandigarh was conceived as a self-sufficient, repeated element to create the matrix of the city along with the hierarchical circulation system defined by the 7Vs to disburse traffic in an orderly manner.
Sangeeta Bagga
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Preserving a modern housing model
Docomomo Journal, 2021 This paper examines the history of Pedregulho Housing Neighborhood, built between 1948 and 1960 by the Department of Popular Housing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the first concepts to the restoration in 2015.
Flávia Brito do Nascimento
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Vegaviana, a colonization village
Docomomo Journal, 2021 The Instituto Nacional de Colonización built a series of villages all over Spain to support farmers who were working on the newly established irrigated lands.
Inmaculada Bote Alonso +1 more
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Housing explorations. Unidad Vecinal Portales in Santiago
Docomomo Journal, 2021 This article explores the contribution of Unidad Vecinal Portales – built in Santiago de Chile by the studio Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro – to the debates on social housing in Chile between the 1940s and 1960s.
Umberto Bonomo
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Sunny flats will replace…A congested slum block
Docomomo Journal, 2021 The present text traces the post war slum clearance program in Sydney, Australia, that saw the construction of modern blocks of flats drawn from international examples of rehousing schemes. This State-funded urban renewal program continued from the late
Noni Boyd
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