ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the reception of Ina-Casa neighborhoods and dwellings by the residents who came to call them home. The neighborhoods of Ina-Casa were carefully designed to incorporate green space, to provide visual and aesthetic variation, and to include community buildings and services such as schools, public spaces, shops, churches, and even cinemas. The architects in the Projects Office of Ina-Casa sought to encourage the creation of new residential quarters that would foster strong community identities tied to the local landscape and history of each individual site. The fond recollections of the communal bonds fostered by borgate appear on the surface, to contradict the preference for familial privacy reflected in the Ina-Casa survey. The Ina-Casa administration was most interested in collecting statistical data related to architectural and interior preferences. Italians across the country applied for homes in new Ina-Casa neighborhoods with hopes similar to those of T. A. Roberto.
