Nova Gorica after 35 Years

Abstract

In 1945 new social conditions brought changes also into urban planning. Some years previous, the normal practice was rigid and its administration old-fashioned. Flashes of wit pertaining to the wider way of thinking were rare and there was neither space nor understanding for a young and specialised professional. New generations of architects and their realisations suddenly resulted in the new distribution of competencies. Everything from the breadth of the new urban planning principles to the system of decision-making and administration was completely new. New study centres were born which began to develop more successful design techniques and society started to take urban planning seriously. This was what we had previously missed so much. However, today we realise that a lot had been skipped and missed and many important, essential issues got entirely out of hand. However, we realised that before the war certain progress had nevertheless been made. This had been connected to the excitement of the young architects who had already recognised the tension between the uselessness of the old cities and the explosive discoveries of the new concepts connected to new technologies. It was only these people and components that enabled a deeper, more serious analyses of the existing as well as of the visions of what was possible in connection with modern technology and revolutionary design. It was Le Corbusier who demonstrated the majority of these key inputs with his examples and his words.