I want to study about post war reconstruction and planning in my master thesis, now I am trying to create initial idea about this subject to submit my thesis proposal.
Dear Aws,
I believe the architects of Modern Movement are the stars in this topic.
Regards, Luis
Dear Aws,
I think you should refer to Planning of European cities after the world war. You can find lots of literature on it.
Dear Aws,
Are you interested in a specific country / a specific war, or just in general reconstruction postwar in different contexts?
In Europe many would refer to the "Modern Movement" as Luis above mentions, general reconstruction after WWII often in a functionalist style. However, reconstruction in Eastern Europe after WWII often had a different style, and also in Western Europe reconstruction in many West German cities had a complete different dimension than in other Western European countries. Also, looking e.g. at former Yugoslavia, especially at Bosnia and reconstruction since the Yugoslavian war in 1990s should be relevant to look at - however, as said, that depends very much on the country and war you are focusing on - can you be more specific?
Best, Christian
A difficult topic because nobody knows yet when, where and how reconstruction can start I guess. For example in Western Europe there was tremendous support from the Marshall Plan to reconstruct and many buildings were replaced in very high pace. Additionally the economic boom phase fron the end of the 1950s accelerated new construction, while in Eastern Europe reconstruction took much longer.
However, I suggest you to have a look at reconstruction after more recent conflicts - e.g. you could have a look at the article below on the reconstruction of Mostar in the last 20 years, a city in former Yugoslavia, providing some helpful general conclusions for planners in post war situations.
www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/2246.pdf
Dear Omran,
As far as post-WWII European cities are concerned, my advice is to begin with these books:
In the Wake of War: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II by Jeffry M. Diefendorf Oxford University Press, 24 juin 1993 - 424 pages
Rebuilding Europe's Bombed Cities, Jeffry M. Diefendorfn Springer, 2015 - 250 pages
In my opinion, the study of decision-making processes is as important as the one of the urban morphological content of the décisions.
You might also be interested in this paper about post civil war Beirut. Here again, what is most interesting is the study of how the urban form is the result of complex decision making processes, with negotiation, tensions, conflicts and corruption.
See here on researchgate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caroline_Nagel/publication/222603407_Reconstruction_Space_Re-creating_Memory_Sectarian_Politics_and_Urban_Development_in_Post-War_Beirut/links/548f1e230cf2d1800d8621ba.pdf
But there is much more
On Syria, see the works (pre-war) on the notion of heritage in Damascus and Aleppo.
Article Reconstructing space, re-creating memory: Sectarian politics...
Dear Aws
you probably already read it: Cultural Heritage in Postwar recovery, papers from Iccrom forum 2005. In any case here it is
Greetings from Sweden
With regard to post WWII planning in the US (not reconstruction), an overview should include aspects of a "war" on decentralization. Of course, this "war" was not won. Instead, it involved a number of failed fads. These fads included closing streets in the central city in order to mimic suburban malls, one-way streets that increase vehicular speed but do not increase access, and (more recent) traffic "calming." Building setbacks to, again, mimic suburban malls have also been popular. I'm sure that you can find other lists of policies that can be put in a small number of categories.
Concerning Europe I suggest you to check the current studies on post war architecture urbanism in each country. One on the main topics in original discussion has been on the humanization of the neighbourhood, after the schematic and frozen plan of functionalism. In north of Europe this apporach genereted the "Empirism" which has been taken in great consideration in Italy and in west Germany. For Italian and German Reconstruction you can check the bibliography at the end of these papers.
Be free to contact me for any further informations.
Chapter Energy Renewal of INA-Casa Heritage Relevance of Moisture Transport
Chapter Il quartiere di Torre Spaccata a Roma (1955-63)
Conference Paper CONSTRUCTION IN DEMOLITION. INVESTIGATING POST-WAR ARCHITECT...
This is the best thing I've seen on the topic recently . . . It deals largely with the reconstruction of Kurdish cities destroyed in 2015-2016
Çalışkan, Olgu (ed.). 2018. Çatışma, Planlama, Tasarım | Conflict, Planning and Design. Middle East Technical University.
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