Tracing rural pathways : exchanges of modernity between Argentina an Italy around 1930s

Resumen

Through a comparative-historical investigation, the contribution identifies the common features of rural colonization projects in Italy and Argentina around 1930s. Although the rural world might be considered an elusive context for architecture, it is the variety of examples in distant geographical
and socio-economic contexts that provides insights about the exchanges of modern movement. The selected case studies are the Pontine Plain (Rome,1926-1943) and the plan for Colonia Balcarce (Buenos Aires,1936). These examples of rural planning share common modernist features: multiscalar approach, a capillary presence of infrastructure, the hierarchical organization of settlements, and a functional organization of space.