La Società Generale Immobiliare e Luigi Moretti all’Olgiata. Abitare nella natura tra volontà di controllo e illusione di libertà

The exclusive 'Olgiata Romana' residential centre, built between the 1950s and 1970s, is an emblematic case of the real estate strategies of Società Generale Immobiliare, a leading player in Rome's post-World War II urban development. The idea of an integrated residential nucleus with common services and facilities is declined in a very low-density settlement organised as a fenced enclave with controlled access, located about ten kilometres outside the Grande Raccordo Anulare. This settlement model, based on individual mobility, expresses a desire for social isolation and control over one's territory, but at the same time a desire for openness and integration with nature. The contradictions of this idea of living are expressed in the architecturally most valuable part of the intervention, islands 106 and 107 designed by Luigi Moretti.