Vedute. A remark and a review upon the architecture and the contemporary city. "Vedute" is a four-month magazine; the aim is to stimulate a reflection, a critic point of views about the current architectural and urban reality and the way that it set up on the territory.
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The title of this written work derives from an observation by Richard Ingersoll with regard to the Italian periphery areas: «In the past two years, I have been in many Italian cities to participate in conventions on urbanism. During that same time, I also visited cities in other countries such as Mexico City, Caracas, Cairo, Jerusalem, Lille, Almere, Vitoria, Shanghai and Beijing. The most extreme conclusion I reached was that all of Italy, one of the most highly appreciated urban cultures in the world, is becoming one entire spread out city».
The continuous city is an expression that contains a useful paradox for shedding light on the "secret fear" lodged in the collective conscience of a general transformation of the natural landscape into an artificial landscape. Moreover, that phrase contains within its folds, a glaring truth that lights up an anxiety-inspiring image that makes those who care for the city and even those who simply live in it apprehensive. With respect to this reality, on which there has been a great deal of literature written, one can become aware of the problem or ignore what it represents.
It is like a dark evil that erodes the integrity of an organism blocking its vital functions. However, frequently, even despite awareness, it is preferred to postpone critical decisions to the future in an attempt to invert the action of that negative process, passively accepting a slithering and absolutely uncontrolled rate of transformation.
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THE CONTINUOS CITY. IN SEARCH OF A NEW LIVING DIMENSION
The title of this written work derives from an observation by Richard Ingersoll with regard to the Italian periphery areas: «In the past two years, I have been in many Italian cities to participate in conventions on urbanism. During that same time, I also visited cities in other countries such as Mexico City, Caracas, Cairo, Jerusalem, Lille, Almere, Vitoria, Shanghai and Beijing. The most extreme conclusion I reached was that all of Italy, one of the most highly appreciated urban cultures in the world, is becoming one entire spread out city».
The continuous city is an expression that contains a useful paradox for shedding light on the "secret fear" lodged in the collective conscience of a general transformation of the natural landscape into an artificial landscape. Moreover, that phrase contains within its folds, a glaring truth that lights up an anxiety-inspiring image that makes those who care for the city and even those who simply live in it apprehensive. With respect to this reality, on which there has been a great deal of literature written, one can become aware of the problem or ignore what it represents.
It is like a dark evil that erodes the integrity of an organism blocking its vital functions. However, frequently, even despite awareness, it is preferred to postpone critical decisions to the future in an attempt to invert the action of that negative process, passively accepting a slithering and absolutely uncontrolled rate of transformation.
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