Federico Oliva (architect)

Federico Oliva
Born(1945-06-21)21 June 1945
Viggiù, Province of Varese, Italy
Died8 September 2018(2018-09-08) (aged 73)
Milos, Greece
EducationPolytechnic University of Milan
OccupationsArchitect, urban planner, academic

Federico Oliva (21 June 1945 – 8 September 2018) was an Italian architect, urban planner and academic. He was professor of urban planning at the Polytechnic University of Milan, and president of the Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica (INU) from 2005 to 2013.

Life and career

Oliva was born in Viggiù, in the province of Varese. He graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1969, where he later became professor of urban planning at the Faculty of Architecture and Society. He was also president of the master's degree course in Urban Planning and Territorial Policies.[1]

His professional activity focused mainly on urban planning and territorial development. He was involved in numerous urban and territorial plans, including the master plans of Pavia, Ancona, Reggio Emilia, Piacenza, Rome, La Spezia, and Cuneo, as well as territorial coordination plans for several Italian provinces, including Pesaro and Urbino, Perugia, and Forlì-Cesena.[1][2]

In 2005, he became president of the Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica, serving until 2013. In 2014, he became director of the journal Urbanistica.[3]

Oliva died in the Greek island of Milos on 8 September 2018.[4][5]

Works (selection)

Publications

  • Oliva, Federico (1993). Cinquant'anni di urbanistica in Italia 1942–1992. Rome–Bari: Laterza.
  • Oliva, Federico (1996). La riforma urbanistica in Italia. Milan: Pirola–Il Sole 24 Ore.
  • Oliva, Federico; Galuzzi, Paolo; Vitillo, Piergiorgio (2002). Progettazione urbanistica: materiali e riferimenti per la costruzione del piano comunale. Rimini: Maggioli Editore.
  • Oliva, Federico (2002). L'urbanistica di Milano: quel che resta dei piani urbanistici nella crescita e nella trasformazione della città. Milan: Hoepli.
  • Campos Venuti, Giuseppe; Oliva, Federico (2014). Città senza cultura: Intervista sull'urbanistica. Rome–Bari: Laterza.

References

  1. 1 2 "Federico Oliva". Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Federico Oliva". Le Città sostenibili – Comune di Modena. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "L'improvvisa scomparsa di Federico Oliva". IoArch. 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Romano, Stefano (11 September 2018). "È morto Federico Oliva, l'architetto della tangenziale". La Provincia Pavese. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Federico Oliva 1945–2018". INU Lombardia. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Erbani, Francesco (2003). L'Italia maltrattata. Rome-Bari: Laterza. p. 31.
  7. ↑ Brenna, Sergio. "Roma: ennesimo caso di fallimento urbanistico". Casa della Cultura. Retrieved 26 July 2026.