Post-War Architecture in Milan

1. Post-War re-construction in Milan

After World War II, Milan went through the 'Economic Miracle' and the destropyed city facing the reconstruction and restoration of buildings in the city. Neo-rationalism from 1960 became a new movement led by Carlo Aymonino, Also Rossi and Giorgio Grassi, who were infuenced by the European modern architecture by Le Corbusier and rationalism between 1920 and 1930. These architects claimed inspiration from both Enlightment and early-20th rationalism, and did a lot of practices in northern part of Italy mainly in Milan and Venice including residential district planning and architectural design such as QT8, San Cataldo Cemetery and Monte Amiata Housing.

2. QT8

At the end of 1933, on 5th Triennal di Milano, the thought was raised to promote an initiiation for an experimental neighbourhood in Milan. This proposal was postponed till 1945 when Piero Bottoni called for a study center with 100 architects, engineers and technicians to realize 'Social Collective' on after-war reconstruction and this new residential district. Therefore, on 8th Triennale in 1947, QT8 (Quartiere Triennale 8) appeared as a part of exhibition to construct. This neighbourhood is a multi-functional society including residential buildings, stadium, natural park, metro station and bus stops, where residents could fufill nearly all requests for life. The privacy and publicness can be well designed, and multi-story residential building provided an typical example of post-war construction in low budget.