Publications by Alessandro Porotto

Typological Problems of Housing in Vienna and Frankfurt

The purpose of this paper is to consider a number of valuable architectural accomplishments from the beginning of the XX century, built in Vienna (1919-1933) and Frankfurt am Main (1925-1931), by means of Aldo Rossi’s theoretical thought and analytical app ...

Il Poligrafo2020

Ernst May à Francfort: Traduction, « Cinq ans de construction de logements à Francfort-sur-le- Main », Das Neue Frankfurt, 1930

Alessandro Porotto

2020

De l’Existenzminimum à l’existence commune

Alessandro Porotto, Valentin Daniel Maurice Bourdon

À l’intérieur des récits de la modernité architecturale, et au-delà dans sa divulgation générale, l’Existenzminimum, associé au deuxième Congrès International d’Architecture Moderne, est très souvent cantonné à un caractère évènementiel, étudié en tant que ...

2019

A Wealth of Typological Solutions from the Twenties: Vienna and Frankfurt

Alessandro Porotto

Abada Editores2019

Le principe de complémentarité. Une méthode comparative pour les modèles architecturaux des années vingt

Alessandro Porotto

L’identification d’un principe de complémentarité pour les modèles architecturaux des années Vingt correspond à l’utilisation d’une méthode comparative, qui permet d’observer et analyser de manière approfondie les initiatives de logements de masse. Cette c ...

2019

New Perspectives on the II CIAM onwards: How Does Housing Build Cities?

Alessandro Porotto, Chiara Monterumisi

Far from nostalgically celebrate the 90th anniversary of the second CIAM, which indeed opened in October 1929 in Frankfurt, the present issue is intended as collective work, a springboard which aims to widen the debate over housing experiences beyond geogr ...

2019

“HOUSING Frankfurt Wien Stockholm”: Exhibition of 1920s–1930s Housing Initiatives

Alessandro Porotto, Chiara Monterumisi

Frankfurt, Vienna and Stockholm: three European cities which played a fundamental role in the housing policies implemented during the inter-war period. The research projects and teaching activity carried out at the EPFL in the Laboratory of Construction an ...

2019

Francfort, Vienne, Stockholm : l'expression du collectif

Alessandro Porotto, Chiara Monterumisi

espazium2019

Esperienze concrete di una crescita moderna e democratica

Alessandro Porotto, Chiara Monterumisi

Commentary of the exhibition "HOUSING - Frankfurt Wien Stockholm" 18 September- 2 November 2018 EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Project room Archizoom, Bâtiment SG foyer Curators: LCC - Laboratory of Construction and Conservation ...

2019

Logement de masse : Vienne et Francfort

Alessandro Porotto

This research has investigated the urban policies about mass housing at the beginning of 20th century. This was a unifying and crucial issue of several modern experiences to which many European cities developed adequate answers showing a wide range of dist ...

EPFL2018

Kleinwohnung vs Existenzminimum: Social Housing Types from Inter-war Years

Alessandro Porotto

Athens Institute for Education and Research2017

WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER? Stockholm – Vienna’s large courtyard blocks

Alessandro Porotto, Chiara Monterumisi

AMPS C.I.O.2017

Pietre che parlano. Gli Höfe della Vienna socialista

Alessandro Porotto

The utopian dimension of the 1920s experience of Red Vienna originates from the close connection between architectural type and language. Through the collective memory the large court blocks (Höfe) are an essential part of urban identity. Examining in a cr ...

2017

Utopia and Vision. Learning from Vienna and Frankfurt

Alessandro Porotto

The article identifies and observes critically two emblematic cases of modern utopia of 1920s: Das rote Wien and Das neue Frankfurt. These two architectural experiences correspond to two alternative but complementary spatial and social models, the courtyar ...

2016