L’esperienza della città-giardino a Roma: Montesacro, San Saba, Garbatella

This proposal will illustrate several architectural experiences realized in Rome, during the first twenty years of the XX century, which are connected to the English Garden city model. The exposition will particularly focus on the Aniene and Montesacro examples, on the San Saba all’Aventino neighbourhood and also on the Garbatella garden suburb, which all constitute the most representative interventions related to the political decentralization supported by Gustavo Giovannoni and promoted by the Istituto per le Case Popolari of Rome. The comparison between these different interventions, in relation to the urban growth and the typological and stylistic development, will enlighten the particular features that define the Garden city model based on the necessity to combine the morphological characters of the historical city to the modern housing demands of the new city. These aspects have strongly contributed to the preserve and enhance the value of the garden suburbs, which are considered nowadays deeply embedded within the Rome historical urban fabric.