MEMORY, BEAUTY AND TRANSDISCIPLINARITY. Reflections on the topicality of Roberto Pane

In order to integrate different fields of knowledge that are commonly separated, a transdisciplinary view seems to constitute an innovative approach that can stimulate connections and meeting places, where normally lines of exclusion have been seen, and promote greater sensitivity to urban and natural spaces. It is precisely to the concept of transdisciplinarity that Giulio Pane refers in the concluding contribution of an important conference held in 2008. The purpose of this collection of contributions is to revive the valuable legacy of Roberto Pane, who was the first, with depth and foresight, to focus on issues such as the psychological and ecological instance in preservation, and reaffirmed the fundamental role of memory and beauty as necessary dimensions of individual and collective well-being. Exploring a boundary space rich with questions, seemingly distant disciplines can hopefully be brought into dialogue, interrogating creativity and calling for innovative contributions, in a dynamic dialectic between education and the profession.