This paper pursues to argue a simple but not so obvious matter: the suggestion that in order for a city to be sustainable, it must become once again an environmental representation of public good. To support this thesis, references will be drawn to theoretical and conceptual reasons as well as to practical and operative ones; both of which will meet through a methodology that can integrate and synthesize the points of view of both architectural and urban design. Architecture has always been an act of environmental modification. The modalities and quality of the undergone transformations are a consequence of the natural cultural image held by man. Today the idea of an “Ecological Paradigm” is asserting itself in contrast to the supremacy of a “Network Society”. The framework outlined above requires a deep re-evaluation of principles and methods of architectural and urban design; especially it raises a fundamental question concerning the form and nature of the sustainable city. In fact, to think of the city in a sustainable way, means to affirm the existence of a social, environmental and economic system of interconnections, that become meaningful if we come back to think of the city as public good.
Form and nature of the sustainable city - Or rather: to think of the city as public good
BOVATI, MARCO
2012-01-01
Abstract
This paper pursues to argue a simple but not so obvious matter: the suggestion that in order for a city to be sustainable, it must become once again an environmental representation of public good. To support this thesis, references will be drawn to theoretical and conceptual reasons as well as to practical and operative ones; both of which will meet through a methodology that can integrate and synthesize the points of view of both architectural and urban design. Architecture has always been an act of environmental modification. The modalities and quality of the undergone transformations are a consequence of the natural cultural image held by man. Today the idea of an “Ecological Paradigm” is asserting itself in contrast to the supremacy of a “Network Society”. The framework outlined above requires a deep re-evaluation of principles and methods of architectural and urban design; especially it raises a fundamental question concerning the form and nature of the sustainable city. In fact, to think of the city in a sustainable way, means to affirm the existence of a social, environmental and economic system of interconnections, that become meaningful if we come back to think of the city as public good.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
