URBAN PLANNING AFTER WW2

URBAN PLANNING AFTER WW2

CITIES

1. Berlin

2. Milan

3. Varsavia

BERLIN

PROCESS

BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

• Adolf Hitler was in power and the city's structure changed
• On 9 november 1938 some Israelit's shops and synagogue were on fire
• Was built Tempelhof airport and Berlin Victory Column

• Berlin was destroyed for the most part
• The historical urban composition was weakened
• On 13 august 1961 the Berlin Wall was built

VERSUS

BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR

AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR

• Were built some palace for the poor people
• The most important buildings of Berlin were built
• The population of the city was of 4 million of people

• The reconstruction of the city was devided on phases
• The city was devided in four sections
• Was built the Berlin Wall
• On 9 november 1989 the Berlin Wall fell

MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS

REICHSTAG PALACE

BRANDENBURG GATE

KAISER WILHELM MEMORIAL CHURCH

ALEXANDERPLATZ

MILAN

PROCESS

during the second world war

before the second world war

During World War II Milan suffered serius damage to the urban fabric and its heritage.

Around the 1920s and 1930s, Milan resumed trade and market activities in various companies abandoned by the previous War.

VERSUS

BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR

AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR

• The bombardaments focusing on Milan caused ten thousands of deaths and were often the cause of the urban-architectural trasformation of the city.
• One third of Milan was destroyed by the bombings and the fire that roke out.

• Milan's urban plan had many monuments and architectural structures that populated the city.
• Milan had among the most famous public architectures of the 1930s and 1940s like different theatres.

VERSUS

BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR

AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR

• The bombardaments focusing on the Milan caused tens of thousands of deaths and were often the cause of the urban-architectural trasformation of the city.
• One third of Milan was destroyed by the bombings and the fire that roke out.

• Milan's urban plan had many monuments and architectural structures that populated the city.
• Milan had among the most famous public architectures of the 1930s and 1940s like different theatres.

MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS

MELZI PALACE

REAL PALACE

"LA SCALA" THEATRE

VELASCO HOUSE

DAL VERME THEATRE

ANNONI PALACE

WARSAW

PROCESS

before the second world war

during the second world war

85% of the buildings were destroyed and million of people had lost the house

Warsaw had a great turism community

VERSUS

after the second world war

before the second world war

• The population agreed on the structure and composition of the city
• The scruture of building was old-fashioned

• After the destroyed of the city the population didnt't agree for the reconstruction of the city after the bombing
• After the reconstrucion of the buildings their structure was better for the materials, an example is the construction of the Palace of Culture and Science and Parade square

MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS

MONUMENT OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

KING SIGISMUND COLUMN

MONUMENT TO THE FALLEN MURDERED IN THE EAST

WARSAW CASTEL

STATUE OF THE LITTLE INSURGENT WARSAW

thanks

https://www.berlin.de/berlin-im-ueberblick/en/history/berlin-after-1945/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-berlin-wall-and-how-did-it-fall#:~:text=Berlin%2C%20although%20located%20within%20the,Soviet%20sector%20became%20East%20Berlin. https://www.focus.it/cultura/storia/il-muro-di-berlino-caduta-di-un-simbolo https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/berlin-then-and-now-ve-day-world-war-ii/392828/

https://www.storiemilanesi.org/