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Proceedings of the First International Congress on Construction History, Madrid, 20th-24th January 2003, ed. S. Huerta, Madrid: I. Juan de Herrera, SEdHC, ETSAM, A. E. Benvenuto, COAM, F. Dragados, 2003. The wall and the frame: Design and technology. Between autarchy and reconstruction in Sardinia Antonello Sanna It is common opinion that the presumed unity of the For many aspects misleading, but undoubtedly Modem Movement in architecture is made up by an effective, it supposed that the tensions are evenly extremely plural and articulate reality of local distributed in the concrete and equally shared with the movements. Sardinia as a case study can contribute to iron. show the non-linear way of the relation between The Semoleria Italiana plant is retained in Sardinia technology and project, starting with technologys a milestone of the «engineer way» of modern peripheral and central areas. Already at a first survey, architecture which will proceed on parallel never some evident paradoxes are pointed out: among these meeting tracks, full in reality of int1uences and we find the first undeniable fact that the first contamination with other leading experiences of the affirmation of the new reinforced concrete Modern Movement. technologies is relatively precocious and mature, Another important buyer of the Porcheddu even if in a low technical contents context. reinforced concrete,