Following the Second World War, from June 1947, Adriano Olivetti funded a political movement called Community Movement. Olivetti was an entrepreneur and President of the Urbanistic Italian Institute, with a peculiar political vision aiming for a society based on territorial planning and a new local authority called “Comunità”. The Community Movement became part of the post war Italian political system until its demise in 1961. It held social-democratic positions and initiated a wave of planning and innovative projects, never attempted before in Italy. The most relevant were the Industrial Organic Plan (PIO) for development of the Regions of Southern Italy and the Institute for Urban and Rural reconstruction, realized in the Piemonte Region.
The Community Movement. Adriano Olivetti's party
Iglieri G
2018-01-01
Abstract
Following the Second World War, from June 1947, Adriano Olivetti funded a political movement called Community Movement. Olivetti was an entrepreneur and President of the Urbanistic Italian Institute, with a peculiar political vision aiming for a society based on territorial planning and a new local authority called “Comunità”. The Community Movement became part of the post war Italian political system until its demise in 1961. It held social-democratic positions and initiated a wave of planning and innovative projects, never attempted before in Italy. The most relevant were the Industrial Organic Plan (PIO) for development of the Regions of Southern Italy and the Institute for Urban and Rural reconstruction, realized in the Piemonte Region.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
