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Reyner Banham – “L’uomo all’expo” + Piero Sartogo – “Habitat 67” (Casabella 327/’67)

May 24, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Another “vintage” post, this time from Casabella 327/’67, that will be appreciated, unfortunately, only by our Italian readers.

In 1967, right during the Universal Expo of Montreal, Reyner Banham published a funny commentary describing his experience as a simple visitor. Yet, as reported in the introduction, Banham’s easy going perspective hid a strong critique on the very necessity of an International Expo.
The original text appeared on the magazine “The New Society” of June, 1st 1967, titled “L’homme à l’Expo”

The second article follows the first one on the same number of Casabella and it is a interesting review of Moshe Safdie’s famous Habitat 67 (built for the same Expo in 1967) by Piero Sartogo.

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