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The culture of urban space design is not separate from the uncanny nature of climate change, even though this latter now appears more threatening than the production of risks or new vulnerabilities. Environmental disasters and cities’ high degree of exposure to these risks are well known. What is apparent is the close relationship between these disasters and the urban transformations generated by approaches which, quoting the writer Amitav Gohsh, can be defined as outcomes of the Great Derangement Era. Through our research and design project; we have outlined the need to break free from the uncanny feeling caused by the specific phenomena which make territories more fragile and vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events. The design process illustrated, which involved a small town in central-western Sardinia, is an example of how the construction of a new urban landscape and architecture can take place starting, not only from the contingent risks of emergency situations, but rather from the recognition of any potential risks. With the goal of setting up an open and sustainable territorial plan, the case study has been designed as an approach to climate adaptation even if in Sardinia the link between climate change and flood risk has not been studied in depth and no evidence of this link has yet emerged. The project scenarios of an urban plan for one of the local governments in Sardinia, highlighted in the paper, has been conceived as a path of coevolution between new urban transformations and ecological dynamics of the environment.
Gianfranco Sanna; Silvia Serreli; Giovanni Biddau. Policies and Architectures for the Unthinkable Era: New Resilient Landscapes in Fragile Areas of Sardinia. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8714 .
AMA StyleGianfranco Sanna, Silvia Serreli, Giovanni Biddau. Policies and Architectures for the Unthinkable Era: New Resilient Landscapes in Fragile Areas of Sardinia. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (20):8714.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianfranco Sanna; Silvia Serreli; Giovanni Biddau. 2020. "Policies and Architectures for the Unthinkable Era: New Resilient Landscapes in Fragile Areas of Sardinia." Sustainability 12, no. 20: 8714.
Conversion and transformation of historic buildings and industrial site reclamation projects are becoming topics of renewed interest. Many industrial buildings beckon architecture design theory to revitalize urban areas and make new use of public space. Ruins and historic sites speak to us about the need to rethink settings which belong to long-lost ages and yet are contemporary in the stories they reveal. There are present-day problematic and sensitive areas (abandoned quarries, ex industrial plants, landfills, etc.) which inspire renewed critical thinking; themes of memory and recollection touch us in the here and now. In contrast with the 1970s and 1980 s’ tendency to treat such topics with a mix of lightheartedness and nostalgia, the projects presented in this work regard history as a process of revision and reclamation of profound spatial and social principles. Contact with historic, industrial and modern spaces pushes us to apply new methodological approaches in an effort to re-write the present. In fact, nowadays it is imperative that we engage a relationship with the past which takes into consideration not only ancient legacies but also those entrenched in 20th century crises—uncomfortable memories often embodied in areas of great landscape or historic value. How are we to approach our relationship with these legacies? Critical studies illustrate the value of those projects capable of breathing new life into the fabric of urban space by creating public areas and city parks. Memory, seemingly pushed into a playful, irreverently lighthearted vein for years, is thus allowed once again to speak to us of the human and social desire to reclaim time and provide urban and suburban areas with new opportunities for regeneration and growth.
Giovanni Maria Biddau; Antonello Marotta; Gianfranco Sanna. Abandoned landscape project design. City, Territory and Architecture 2020, 7, 1 -17.
AMA StyleGiovanni Maria Biddau, Antonello Marotta, Gianfranco Sanna. Abandoned landscape project design. City, Territory and Architecture. 2020; 7 (1):1-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Maria Biddau; Antonello Marotta; Gianfranco Sanna. 2020. "Abandoned landscape project design." City, Territory and Architecture 7, no. 1: 1-17.