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Memory. Dwelling in the Leftovers
In Italy 8 square meters per second are built every day. Society needs to use what is already built because it is enough; by thinking of it in a new, more flexible, sustainable and ethical way. By mixing knowledge from Architecture, Interior Design, Exhibition Design, Art and Anthropology, abandoned buildings can find a new way of being part of the contemporary urban fabric. Produced in a society that consider waste its religion, they represent an extraordinary resource, not just able to carry out new functions avoiding further soil consumption, but also considered as caretakers of human memory and stories that otherwise would be lost. As old books, by keeping their old covers as a memory of their past, abandoned buildings can be renewed from the inside, as contemporary nests, able to adapt to contemporary way of living, becoming crossroads of interculturality, capable of producing new spaces for relationships and stable anchorages. Cross-disciplinary approach, short-time and low-cost interventions are the clue to make those abandoned architectural leftovers live again. Ethically, flexibly and sustainably.
Memory. Dwelling in the Leftovers
In Italy 8 square meters per second are built every day. Society needs to use what is already built because it is enough; by thinking of it in a new, more flexible, sustainable and ethical way. By mixing knowledge from Architecture, Interior Design, Exhibition Design, Art and Anthropology, abandoned buildings can find a new way of being part of the contemporary urban fabric. Produced in a society that consider waste its religion, they represent an extraordinary resource, not just able to carry out new functions avoiding further soil consumption, but also considered as caretakers of human memory and stories that otherwise would be lost. As old books, by keeping their old covers as a memory of their past, abandoned buildings can be renewed from the inside, as contemporary nests, able to adapt to contemporary way of living, becoming crossroads of interculturality, capable of producing new spaces for relationships and stable anchorages. Cross-disciplinary approach, short-time and low-cost interventions are the clue to make those abandoned architectural leftovers live again. Ethically, flexibly and sustainably.
Memory. Dwelling in the Leftovers
Springer ser. in des. and Innovation
Anzani, Anna (editor) / Invernizzi, F. C. (author)
2020-05-13
21 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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