ABSTRACT
"Something serious must have triggered the students' unrest in the faculty of architecture of Milan", according to Ernesto Nathan Rogers, when, in 1963, they showed their disapproval of the conservative academic system and the persisting fascist imprint on institutions after the Second World War. Protests started on 17 January 1963, when a group of students in their fourth year wrote a letter to all the professors responsible for the courses 'Composition and project design', 'Town planning', and 'Interior design'. In the autumn of 1963, students continued their protest and organised all kinds of meetings. They held seminars examining the reality in which architects work, architecture and civil commitment, scientific research and university institutes, and relationships between students and professors. After denouncing the signatories to the public prosecutor and submitting proposals for the organisation of the faculty, Leo Finzi, the chancellor of the polytechnic, had a new dean, Paolo Portoghesi, elected on 18 October 1968.
