The Reconstruction Plan of Genoa. The Plan of ‘Missed Opportunities’

Abstract

This research provides a reflection on the doctrine of reconstruction in the Italian city of Genoa after WWII. The aim is to expand knowledge on the role of the 1945-to-1950 Reconstruction Plan of Genoa’s centre and Sampierdarena (Piano di Ricostruzione; PR) and the subsequent 1946-to-1959 General Master Plan (Piano Regolatore Generale; PRG) to foster the city-making process during the Reconstruction period (1945 to 1960). The idea is to open a debate on the real impacts of Genoa’s PRs, which have been insufficiently studied due to the poor materials released at that epoque, thus creating the proper basis to open a new research path. This work is part of the wider interests of the authors in the post-1945 city-making process of Genoa.2 This particular subject has not yet been addressed from the specific angle of Reconstruction, which is why the work does not so much present research results as rather asks questions on the basis of the new information provided. [parte del texto].