Antonino Saggio I Quaderni
Second Part
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Floods and water-related natural disasters—once limited almost entirely to tropical regions—are now hitting cities traditionally left untouched. Take, for
instance, the devastating inundation of New York City
by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, or the recent
catastrophic floods in Valencia, Spain, in 2024.
In Valencia alone, the storm killed 229
people and left over 120,000 people displaced or
homeless, proving that extreme water events have
fundamentally shifted our urban realities. "n the city of Rotterdam and
the surrounding region, there was also a profound
calamity in July 2021
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Foam and Sponge. A New Paradigm for City Survival
I. Premise
II. Crisis Modernity Time
III. Water Infrastructures
IV. Five Principles of Infrastructres
V. Foam and Sponge
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Powers of ten by Charles and Ray Eames a movie for Ibm, 1977. You Tube, Wikipidia
Clearly, humanity has lost all comprehension and sense of the magnitude and scale of the events they have caused and are now facing.
To grasp even a fraction of what is happening—much like in the film Powers of Ten—we must look at ourselves from the outside.
To retrieve our lost reason, we must go search for it on the Moon.
(By the way, this is inspired by a famous passage from the Italian epic poem 'Orlando Furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto.)"
It has been clear since the time of Buckminster Fuller’s 'Spaceship Earth'—a concept that highlighted the fragility of our interconnected ecosystems.
And everyone here will remember the role of the sea and maritime culture in that book, which undoubtedly represented one of the many threads that led to the construction of the Heraclitus in 1974—the research vessel of the Institute of Ecotechnics
John Allen Valencia December 2010 Heraclitus
Water Infrastructures
I believe that water plays a truly unique role when it shapes a city and creates large-scale, multifunctional infrastructure. These are works of engineering, but at the same time, they are masterpieces of landscape design and leisure culture. Rio de Janeiro is a prime example.
Alfonso Eduardo Rey
- Lota de Macedo Soares
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From this idea comes all my thinking about Infrasctructures theuir role and their sence in the city.
if somebody speaks to me about the city I will anwer always Infrusctures first.
Which is a simple and at the same time a strong answer.
Five Principles of Infrustructres
0: Infrastructures in the exihisting city re-direct development towards the rehabilition, reuse and densification of the existing city. In this doing they stop urban sprawl and the using of natural soil
1.
MultiFunctionality
(Much like city walls, they are not solely defensive; they
must accommodate a 'plurality of functions', starting with
mobility)tà)
Carlo Amaturo
"Infrastrutture Multitasking" Giugno 2014
2.
Green Systems
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Green systems is the key ecological concept because it is an
active system, capable of triggering 'cycles' and
processes—a circular loop.
hese generate a 'bubble' that affects the underground, the
surface, and the atmosphere alike. >)
Luca Bregni
read the article
"Infrastrutture
e verde il grande innesto", Settembre 2014
3.
Information Technology Foam
(Today, IT is absolutely indispensable. A
network of sensors allows for the real-time reading of
many factors impacting the city and can trigger automatic
'defense' actions when necessaryes 2009,
es 2007,
es 2006)
Michela Falcone
"La Schiuma che informa", Gennaio 2015
4.
Living Accessibility The SlowScape
(
Slowscape' is the idea that living in a city requires making
different urban systems and environments accessible,
together with the sense and value of the journey.)
Elissavet Fakiri
"Amico Tram, per la Mobilità Urbana". Novembre 2014
5.
Cittadinanza)
- Bellezza civica.
(è la chiave di volta, bisogna andare sul difficile è solo
li che si apre veramente la modernità, anche nella sua
componente
più complessa e antica)
Antonio De Rosa
"Dare Senso e Speranza - Significato delle Infrastrutture" Marzo 2015
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