Landscape Lab: Drawing, Perception and Design for the Next Landscape Models (Urban and Landscape Perspectives Book 20)

This book explores the relationship between the sciences of representation and the strategy of landscape valorisation. The topic is connected to the theme of the image of the city, which is extended to the territory scale and applied to case studies in Italy’s Umbria region, where the goal is to strike a dynamic balance between cultural heritage and nature. The studies demonstrate how landscape represents an interpretive process of finding meaning, a product of the relationships between mankind and the places in which it lives. The work proceeds from the assumption that it is possible to describe these connections between environment, territory and landscape by applying the Vitruvian triad, composed of __Firmitas__ (solidity), __Utilitas__ (utility) and __Venustas__(beauty). The environment, the sum of the conditions that influence all life, represents the place’s solidity, because it guarantees its survival. In turn, territory is connected to utility, and through its etymological meaning is linked to possession, to a domain; while landscape, as an “area perceived by people”, expresses the search for beauty in a given place, the process of critically interpreting a vision. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-3 Landscape and Materials: Modernity in the Umbrian Region (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 5-28 Landscape and Colours: From Dyelab to Colour Plan (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 29-55 Landscape and Nature: Olive Tree Digital Parameterization (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 57-84 Front Matter ....Pages 85-87 Landscape and Historical City: Ecclesial Polarities in the Image of the City (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 89-118 Landscape and Countryside: Cataloguing of Sparse Houses in Castiglione del Lago and Amelia Rural Spaces (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 119-157 Landscape and Modern City: Requalification of the Perugia Railway Station District (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 159-186 Front Matter ....Pages 187-189 Landscape and Natural Resources: Green Infrastructure and Green Community Projects in the Umbrian Region (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 191-218 Landscape and Production: Food Strategy in Amelia Territory (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 219-248 Landscape and Social Participation: The Umbrian Region’s Atlas of Objectives and the Trasimeno Lake Landscape Contract (Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci)....Pages 249-285 Back Matter ....Pages 287-291 "This book explores the relationship between the sciences of representation and the strategy of landscape valorisation. The topic is connected to the theme of the image of the city, which is extended to the territory scale and applied to case studies in Italy's Umbria region, where the goal is to strike a dynamic balance between cultural heritage and nature. The studies demonstrate how landscape represents an interpretive process of finding meaning, a product of the relationships between mankind and the places in which it lives. The work proceeds from the assumption that it is possible to describe these connections between environment, territory and landscape by applying the Vitruvian triad, composed of Firmitas (solidity), Utilitas (utility) and Venustas (beauty). The environment, the sum of the conditions that influence all life, represents the place's solidity, because it guarantees its survival. In turn, territory is connected to utility, and through its etymological meaning is linked to possession, to a domain; while landscape, as an "area perceived by people", expresses the search for beauty in a given place, the process of critically interpreting a vision."-- Publisher's website