Atmo-spheres of Seamlessness

The atmospheres are multiple, enabling their interrelation in the sense of continuity of space, concept, and function. The generative trigger of the research described in this volume, in which this chapter is inserted, is to investigate experiences of different scales and forms of connecting places, memories, and atmospheres. This chapter explores the rut of connection between different spheres, an element identified with the adjective “seamlessness”, i.e. with no cuts, no seams, no interruption; an element that brings design consequences such as the accessibility and permeability of spaces and services. The idea is to investigate architectural spheres that are less composite and more enzymatic, aimed at overcoming the limits of buildings and infrastructures, and capable of fitting into the constantly changing territory. Crossable infrastructures allow permeability, with dynamic temporal and spatial variables corresponding to a fluid society that produces democratic programs. The identity of a place is seen by its general configuration and spatial articulation, the memory of its context, and its genius loci. The memory of place prefigures practices of social and cultural change. These evolutions affect spatial implications, modifying their physical configurations. However, we must consider the phenomenon of metamorphosis in functional terms, where the designer/researcher wonders how to preserve the identity of a place, even under the pressure of new functional needs. Atmospheres, therefore, are iridescent and generated through kinetic observation, room after room, from open to closed space, from public to private, a mosaic of interrelationships and osmosis that change over time. This contribution will investigate spheres of transition, junction, and filtering, which evolve in space and time through cultural and program changes.