ROME – THE IMPERIAL FORA: Mostra – ‘Forma / La città moderna e il suo passato (2004). Prof. Paulette Singley, Abstract – ‘Fascism Under Erasure: Fuksas's Proposal for the Via dei Fori Imperiali (2004).’

Rome - Forma / La città moderna e il suo passato (2004). / Prof. Paulette Singley, Fascism Under Erasure: Fuksas's Proposal for the Via dei Fori Imperiali (2004).
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CFR: [ROMA - I FORI IMPERIALI] - Prof. Paulette Singley, "Fascism Under Erasure - A Proposal for Via dei Fori Imperiali," LOG No. 8, (2006), pp. 143-151 [PDF pp. 1-6].

Fonte / source:
- Prof. Paulette Singley, "Fascism Under Erasure - A Proposal for Via dei Fori Imperiali," LOG No. 8, (2006), pp. 143-151 [PDF pp. 1-6].

"Fascism Under Erasure A Proposal for Via dei Fori Imperiali by Paulette Singley," in: Woodbury University’s Rome Center for Architecture and Culture (RCAC), ROME, ITALY.
architecture.woodbury.edu/rcac/wp-content/uploads/2011/12...
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"...The Fascist transformation of this area of Rome [between the Piazza Venezia and the Coliseum], in many ways, represents their most successful urban design. Admittedly, as an area evacuated of the historical context leading from ancient to modern Rome, it no longer participates in city's rich palimpsest of historical layers superimposed one upon the other. (...) But, as exposed ruins made ready for the camera lens it is a perfect success, presenting a view of the Coliseum framed against the backdrop of the forums that in no way betrays its political origins. In other words, the Fascist transformation of the Pantano and the Velia into an archaeological park rests less in any actual building activity--the prevalence of a Lictoral architectural style still found throughout Italy--and more in its seamless erasure, with the few signs of built activity being Muñoz's retaining walls and Ricci's exedrae. The loss of important historical fabric and the ideology of power implied by the Via dell'Impero, the Fascist scenography, disappears in front of the casual tourist awed by the aura of ancient Rome revealed. Although its name has been sanitized into the present Via dei Fori Imperiali, this street remains s a powerful yet strangely silent Fascist monument-- a slash in the urban fabric that quietly speaks of decades of maneuvering between city planners, classical archaeologists, and Mussolini's attempt to laminate his regime with Romanità..."

~Fonti / Source: Text cfr: Prof. Paulette Singley, Fascism Under Erasure: Fuksas's Proposal for the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome. Manuscript (2004), manuscript courtesy of Prof. Singley. Later published as: Prof. Paulette Singley, Fascism under Erasure: a Proposal for Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome, Log, no. 8, pp. 143-152, Summer 2006.

[Form. The modern city and its past] - The exhibition, based on the title of the famous Forma Urbis Romae, the marble plan of the imperial era that has revealed, though in a fragmentary way, the visage of ancient Rome, is indicative of an intention to concentrate on the safeguarding and utilization of the enormous archaeological heritage that forms the skeleton of a modern metropolis with which it must necessarily establish a dialogue today. On the one hand, attention has been paid to knowledge of assets, retracing the history of the excavations that precisely in the central area of the city, over the centuries, have led to great archaeological progress, as documented in the selection of works exhibited. On the other, there is a new focus on the sculptures that have been found by recent studies, which are presented to the public here for the first time, bearing witness to continuing research. But the fulcrum of the exhibition, with a futuristic installation design by Massimiliano Fuksas in the evocative spaces of the Colosseum, the monument that symbolizes Rome, is represented by the urban planning studies that since the last century have aimed at reconstructing lost unity in the utilization of the urban fabric. A number of models specially created for the show illustrate the latest projects. The catalogue, with its very innovative graphic design, includes a part containing authoritative interpretations by the superintendent Adriano La Regina and the architect Massimiliano Fuksas, accompanied by illustrations created for the occasion. The second section of the book offers more traditional illustrations of the works on display, with particular attention to the newly discovered sculptures.

Fonti / source: Rome - Forma / La città moderna e il suo passato (2004).
www.electaweb.it/catalogo/scheda/978883703189/it?language...

Abstract
Proposal by Fuksas and Mandrelli to transform Via dei Fori Imperiali,
the street that bisects the archaeological park that encompasses the
Republican and Imperial forums, into a viaduct hovering above the
ruins.
Subject/Artist
Fuksas, Massimiliano, 1944-; Mandrelli, Doriana O; Mussolini, Benito,
1883-1945; Streets -- Alterations and additions -- Italy -- Rome --
Via dei Fori Imperiali; Fascism and architecture -- Italy -- Rome

Taken on: April 21, 2009

Sets appears in: • RARA 2024: 8.6). The Imperial Fora & the Via dei Fori Imperiali (1995-2024): Rome, the Question of the Future Systemization & the Fori Imperiali’, Via dei Fori & the Metro C Project.

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