ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: In the years after World War II, French architects were involved in a huge reconstruction process involving decent housing and public buildings. New programmes, new structural systems and new materials gave rise to the production of a new architecture that reflected the changes of post-war society. At the same time, architectural designs were profoundly influenced by texts published by administrative experts, who gave strong and clear directions for the definition of these new progra mmes. Architects were give n both qua ntitative and qualitative recommendations on how to design projects adapted to the post-war society. The present paper focuses on this phenomenon and highlights the foundations of the changes prescribed in these somewhat austere publications.
