No. 62-63 (2022): Rural modern. Themes and context
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In Greece before the 4th CIAM. Emergency and innovation in the rural colonisation sites.

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  • Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis,
  • Cristina Pallini
Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis
Aristotele University
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Cristina Pallini
Politecnico di Milano
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Settlement
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12838/fam/issn2039-0491/n62-63-2022/945

Published 2023-03-29

Keywords

  • Rural refugee settlement,
  • Mass housing,
  • Fred Forbát

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Hastaoglou-Martinidis, V., & Pallini, C. (2023). In Greece before the 4th CIAM. Emergency and innovation in the rural colonisation sites. FAMagazine. Research and Projects on Architecture and the City, (62-63), 65–85. https://doi.org/10.12838/fam/issn2039-0491/n62-63-2022/945

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Abstract

In July 1923 the Lausanne Treaty enforced a population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Most Greek Orthodox refugees from Asia Minor moved to newly annexed regions of northern Greece, sheltered in tent camps, makeshift shacks and public buildings. Firstly, a census was taken of their places of origin and potential affinities. In 1923, the Greek government applied for support to the League of Nation who established the Refugee Settlement Commission. The present overshadowed any idealised vision of Greece. Standardised solutions were adopted for the new villages’ layout, individual dwellings and aggregation patterns. When prefabrication came into play, the protagonists was Fred Forbát, who also played a decisive role in the choice of Athens as the venue of the 4th CIAM in 1933. 

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