Reuse as an Ecological Approach to Otherness Design

An ecological perspective is presented corresponding to the assumption of a cultural posture that is aware of the dimension of otherness: this is an attempt to focus not on individuals as if they were separated from each other, but rather on the nature of vital boundaries between people and community, between the local and the global scale, and finally, between human beings, objects and places. Reuse as a transdisciplinary category will then be brought into focus. Good reuse practices can help generate or increase trust between humans as well as between them and their environment. As a resignification and re-invention strategy in the design process, reuse can be seen as a tool to prevent the waste of soil and built heritage, promoting urban regeneration and social innovation as well as a suitable approach to enhance the symbolic significance of places and involve people in engaging atmospheres.