ABSTRACT Corviale is a linear mass-housing complex of one km length on the outskirts of Rome (Italy), realised between 1972 and 1982. Similar to other megastructures, it underwent social decline and until recently was considered a failed experiment. Outstanding both in scale and design complexity, its genesis spans a crucial turn in the development of mass-housing and urban design. This paper analyses Corviale’s development and conceptual narratives in relation to its architectural fabric. It discusses the project within the context of late modernist large-scale housing, namely the megastructure family. A critical review of the project’s roots in twentieth-century Roman urban planning and architectural historiography provide insight into the conceptual shift from international avant-garde to an allegedly site-specific, Roman identity. Historiographic narratives are compared, addressing the visual versus the societal notions of the term “utopian” in relation to the project. Even before completion, architect Mario Fiorentino revisited his own project, re-proposing it as an as-found structure within a collage of other projects, in order to regain a sense of grounding within tradition, an attempt of recollection of the city within suburbia. Similarly, the term urbatecture shifted from a synonym of megastructure to an historical frame of reference.

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Corviale Megastructure：乌托邦和罗马现实主义的叙事

摘要 Corviale 是位于罗马（意大利）郊区的一公里长的线性住宅综合体，于 1972 年至 1982 年间建成。与其他巨型建筑类似，它经历了社会衰退，直到最近才被认为是一个失败的实验。它在规模和设计复杂性方面都非常出色，它的起源跨越了大规模住房和城市设计发展的关键转变。本文分析了 Corviale 与其建筑结构相关的发展和概念叙述。它在晚期现代主义大型住宅的背景下讨论了该项目，即巨型结构家庭。对该项目起源于 20 世纪罗马城市规划和建筑史学的批判性回顾提供了对从国际前卫到据称特定地点的罗马身份的概念转变的洞察。比较历史叙述，解决与项目相关的“乌托邦”一词的视觉与社会概念。甚至在完工之前，建筑师马里奥·费奥伦蒂诺 (Mario Fiorentino) 就重新审视了他自己的项目，将其重新提议为其他项目拼贴中的一个原样结构，以重新获得传统中的根基感，试图在郊区回忆这座城市。同样，城市建筑一词从巨型结构的同义词转变为历史参考框架。试图在郊区回忆这座城市。同样，城市建筑一词从巨型结构的同义词转变为历史参考框架。试图在郊区回忆这座城市。同样，城市建筑一词从巨型结构的同义词转变为历史参考框架。