Movement
Neorationalism (La Tendenza)
Explore in the Atlas →An Italian movement of the late 1960s–1970s led by Aldo Rossi, reviving architectural typology and the city as a locus of collective memory; it argued that enduring urban form and monuments anchor cultural continuity against modernist rupture.
Memory Settlement
Details
- Origin
- Italy
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonAncestry
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- reacted against Modernism
Referenced by
- Manfredo Tafuri associated with
Sources
- Aldo Rossi. The Architecture of the City. MIT Press (English ed. 1982), 1966.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Neorationalism (La Tendenza)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/neorationalism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.