Theory
Urban Artefact and Type
Explore in the Atlas →Rossi's reintroduction of type and collective memory as the analytical primitives of the city, against naive functionalism.
Type Memory Settlement
Details
- Introduced
- 1966
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Aldo Rossi proposed
- The Architecture of the City articulates
- La Tendenza central to
- L'architettura della città articulates
Sources
- Britannica. n.d.. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aldo-Rossi.
- Rossi, Aldo. The Architecture of the City. MIT Press / Oppositions Books, 1982.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Urban Artefact and Type." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/typology-rossi/. Accessed July 17, 2026.