ABSTRACT
Among the architectural milieus where Kahn's ideas have found particularly fruitful ground, and which include India, Japan and the US, Rome stands out because of the exceptional developments that took place after Kahn's 'legacy'. For the world of architecture, and especially in Rome, the post-war years of reconstruction were a time of feverish activity. Yet Rome in the 1950s harboured another source of attraction, one that both the cinema and literature were not slow to exploit – the fascination with 'modern ruins', whether they were the abandoned remnants of the fascist regime or the skeletons of the many new buildings then under construction. At the start of the 1960s, the cultural scene in Rome changed yet again, due somewhat to the frequent presence in the city of Group 63, who introduced architecture students to the world of the new avant-garde.
