At the neighborhood level

The notion of "neighborhood" appeared in urban planning discourses at the end of the 19th century and continued to evolve until the mid-20th century. During This period, four types of neighborhood mark as many moments in the thinking about the city: from the extension district to the functionalist sector, in passing through the garden suburb and the neighborhood unit, so many figures which overlap and reconfigure the face of modern cities. Over the years, theoretical proposals and realizations, Angelo Bertoni traces a history non-linear urban planning: by crossing spatial analysis and trajectories professional authors – mainly architects – there reconstructs the multiple interlacings, in resonance with the different contexts political and cultural. This work, rich in archival iconography often unpublished, puts into perspective the contemporary approach to the notion of " neighborhood”, which designates both a scale of analysis and a scale of project, as well as its value as an essential lever in the implementation of urban and territorial visions. Preface by Frédéric Pousin