The death and life of “operative history”
2020-04-03
This summarized argument will be presented at the 6th meeting of the European Architectural History Network in Edinburgh, 2–5 June, 2021, in the session Split cultures — New dialogues: Research in architectural history and theory, chaired by Brigitte Sölch and Carsten Ruhl. The struggle for rigour in architectural scholarship in post-war Italy resulted in an engaging and diverse body of argumentative and exemplary writings by well-known authors such as Saverio Muratori (1910–1973), Aldo Rossi (1931–1997), and Manfredo Tafuri (1935–1994). Their often conflicting positions on the craft of architectural history, its relationship to design practice, and the establishment of disciplinary parameters for either history or design,Read More →