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Architecture of Memory and Forgetting: Itinerant Scenes of Fellini in the EUR
01 Benito Mussolini, the ruling dictator of Italy from 1919 to 1945, recognized the powerful effects of design and urban planning on society. With this knowledge, he effectively used architecture as a means to manipulate and transform the built environment. In 1939, he proposed a plan to create a district located 2 miles south of Rome that would ultimately become Tera Roma, or the Third Rome. Intended to honor 20 years of Fascism, the district was to host the Exposition Univercale di Roma, which would showcase Italian culture to the outside world. Though partially completed, the plan was never fully realized due to interruption from WWII breaking out. Many of the first buildings still stand today and continue to serve as remnants of Mussolini’s Fascist empire.
1938 Master Plan
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Historic Planning Analysis
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Original Historic Buildings of the EUR district that exist today
Italian Director Federico Fellini walking around EUR
2016 Current Plan
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View Corridor Analysis
Aerial view of historic buildings
Mussolini’s first site visit to the EUR after the start of construction- 1939
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Mapped Itinerary from Luciano Emmer’s Io e... RAI documentary with Fellini- 1979
Mapping of view corridors from proposed site location
Italian Director Federico Fellini walking around EUR
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Proposed Site Analysis
Proposed Site Location Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico
Palazzo Mostra Art Moderna
INAIL
Viale Cristoforo Colombo
Street entry
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Fuksas Cloud Conference Center
Stair Plaza at Entry
Garden view
Core Concept
Lot Proportion Analysis
Building Location Proportion
Building Shell and Views
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Proposed Design + Film Analysis
South Elevation
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Film Viewing Dark Room
Spatial Analysis of Fellini Film ‘La Dolce Vita’
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Design Proposal
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Layered Corridor
Site Plan
East Elevation
North Elevation
West Elevation
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A Place for Viewing and Remembering
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Program
Upper Level
Service
Ground Level
Lower Level 1
Lower Level 2