Italo Insolera

Italo Insolera (Turin, February 7, 1929 – Rome, August 27, 2012) was an Italian architect, urban and land planner, and historian.

Italo Insolera (2008)

He published several books and essays dealing with the economic, social and cultural circumstances and conditions of urban development, and the use of the ancient town in the framework of metropolitan development. These issues were also the primary focus of his professional and academic work, where restoration and planning of historical towns and environmental systems prevail. He was especially interested in the relationship between archaeology and the modern city; he proposed solutions for the correct (re)use of ancient towns that included traffic restriction, pedestrianization, and restoration. Some of these have been implemented by municipal governments, particularly in Rome.[1]

Biography

In 1953, Insolera graduated from La Sapienza University, Rome with a degree in Architecture. He became a licensed architect in 1954, and qualified for university teaching in urbanism in 1960. In 1962, he published Roma moderna. Un secolo di storia urbanistica (Modern Rome: A Century of Urban History), the first book dealing with urban planning and management in Rome from the unification of Italy to the present. The book has subsequently gone through six editions, with the most recent published in 2011.

He was added to the official register of land planners in 1971. From 1963 to 1971, he was a lecturer at Venice University’s Institute of Architecture, and from 1971 to 1983 he was a tenured professor of Urban History at Geneva University’s School of Architecture. He also taught courses and seminars at the universities of Rome, Florence, Naples, Paris, Kassel, Barcelona, Madrid.

During his tenure in Geneva, he founded and was for four years at the head of the Centre de Recherche sur la Rénovation Urbaine (Research Centre on Urban Renovation), sponsored by the Swiss National Fund for scientific research.

Insolera also long played a leading role in numerous environmental battles over landscape conservation and protection, as well as urban architectural heritage protection and revitalization.

He died of natural causes at age 83 in his house in Monteverde, Rome at dawn on August 27, 2012.[2] Italian urban planners deeply mourn his passing.[3]

Since 2003, all of Insolera’s professional documents, designs, photos and writings have been deemed of public interest and protected by the National Superintendence of Archives.

Planning

Regional Planning

Urban Planning

Parks and Urban Districts

Consultancies

Architecture

Restoration Works

Exhibitions

Competitions & Competitive Examinations

Bibliography

Books

Journals and Newspapers

Articles published on: "Architettura", "Urbanistica", "Comunità", "Casabella", "Zodiac", "Architèse", "Werk", "Centro Sociale", "Ulisse", "Paese Sera", "Il Messaggero", "Il Manifesto", "La Repubblica", "Il Corriere della Sera".

Radio and TV Collaborations

Awards

Writings on Italo Insolera

Notes

  1. ↑ Refer to entry "Insolera Italo" in Chi è. Mille nomi dell'Italia che conta (Who's who. One thousand names of those who matter in Italy), appendix to no. 44 of L'Espresso, November 1986.
  2. ↑ The Death of Italo Insolera, Architect and Urban Planner of Modern Rome (in Italian) romatoday.it
  3. ↑ Italo Insolera, Exemplary Planner of Cape Colonna Archaeological Park (in Italian) zoomsud.it
  4. ↑ Atlas du territoire genevois: permanences et modifications cadastrales aux XIXe et XXe siècles (in French) geneve.ch
  5. ↑ Aldo Della Rocca Foundation for Urban Planning Studies (in Italian)
  6. ↑ INARCH (National Institute for Architecture) Awards (in Italian)

References

This article closely derives from the original Italian page, which was written with the substantial contribution of Insolera himself.


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