ARTH-312 Building Fascism: History and Critique of Far-Right Architecture
Since the popularization of fascism as a political ideology in early 20th-century Europe, its ideologues have used the built environment to achieve political consensus and perpetrate violence. Mussolini and Hitler pursued modernist aesthetic projects in Italy, Germany, and their occupied territories: they “edited” Medieval structures, built New Towns, drained swamps, and constructed highways. Yet, such practices were not restricted to interwar Europe. This seminar analyzes and critiques global fascist architecture, landscape, and infrastructure from the 1910s to the contemporary rise of the transnational right. Case studies include Phibun’s Thailand, Chile’s expedition to Antarctica, nationalist-catholic architecture in Francoist Spain, and the ongoing building of border walls.
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