QUESTIONE DI ARCHITETTURA E URBANISTICA | GIANCARLO DE CARLO | 1965

Giancarlo De Carlo’s Questioni di architettura e urbanistica (1964/1965) is a seminal non‑fiction work in which the author blends theory and practice to interrogate the relationship between architecture and urban planning. Composed of three essays—on zoning rigidity, residential function in contemporary cities, and modern architectural essentials—the volume critiques the dominant paradigms of the time. It aims to dissolve boundaries between disciplines, advocating for a more fluid, participatory, and context‑sensitive approach. Positioned at the crossroads of modernism, social design, and early Team X thinking, it laid intellectual foundations for De Carlo’s later participatory projects.