ABSTRACT
In Hoddesdon, the interest in historical continuity and public space was manifested particularly during the "discussion on Italian Piazzas," involving several Congres International d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) members. The emphasis on Venice and Piazza Marco had effects on the structure of CIAM itself. The continual presence of Venice in the conversation about the Heart transmuted into a concrete pedagogical experience. In Venice, the tensions between technological modernisation and the historical city, between the civic/built and landscape/natural environments, between above and below water level, would deeply involve the Heart as Continuity, according to Vittorio Gregotti, the unique or most important interpretative artery. In Venice, the summer school tackled the issue of the Modern project in the historical tradition, anticipating the rising polemic regarding the relationship of the unbuilt projects of the Masters with the historical context, starting from Wright's Masieri Memorial in 1954.
