The reformative discipline of the landscape

• Main Author: Antonio Esposito
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Bologna 2015-11-01
• Series: In_Bo
• Subjects: Paesaggio; Paesaggio urbano; Riqualificazione; Utopia; Arte collettiva
• Online Access: http://in_bo.unibo.it/article/view/5833

We have been granted a new season that is much too long and devastating during which an indigestible amount has been built in a very brief period. Eventually, we will have to address this with actions of either reclamation or redevelopment and architecture will have to know how to propose itself as a guiding discipline that will reform the Italian landscape, especially the urban one. It will be necessary to conceive a critical point of view with respect to the usual logic used in redevelopment building that tends to overlook collective interests. Architecture is a collective art, in its contributions and results. Design on the other hand, is a personal art, which has become closely connected to architecture in recent years, a privileged vehicle that has allowed the designer and the products of design reach commercial gains.