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‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella (2020)
Journal Article
Kallis. (2020). ‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella. Journal of Urban History, 603-621. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144218821336

At the twelfth congress of the International Federation of Housing and Town Planning (IFHTP), held in Rome in September 1929, a set of thirteen “model” affordable houses situated in the garden suburb of Garbatella were presented to the delegates. Whi... Read More about ‘Minimum dwelling’ all'italiana: from the case popolari to the 1929 ‘model houses’ of Garbatella.

A Brave New World: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Transitioning to Sustainable Supply and Production. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). A Brave New World: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Transitioning to Sustainable Supply and Production. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104894

As members of the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production we have – as virtually everyone else – paid close attention to the COVID-19 pandemic which is one of the most comprehensive and tragic public... Read More about A Brave New World: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Transitioning to Sustainable Supply and Production..

From ‘minimum dwelling’ to ‘functional city’: reappraising scale transitions in the early history of CIAM (2020)
Journal Article
Kallis, A. (2020). From ‘minimum dwelling’ to ‘functional city’: reappraising scale transitions in the early history of CIAM. Planning Perspectives, 36(1), 125-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2019.1711446

In comparison to the historiographical interest in the founding meeting at La Sarraz (1928) or its fourth congress (1933), less attention has been accorded to the role of CIAM’s previous two congresses in Frankfurt (1929) and Brussels (1930) in shapi... Read More about From ‘minimum dwelling’ to ‘functional city’: reappraising scale transitions in the early history of CIAM.