Lotus 176 (2024)

The concept of sustainable development is criticized by movements connected with the theory of degrowth, who see the idea as a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron, since growth by its verynature can be neither sustainable nor lasting. And yet this concept has led to a change in sensibilityout of which have come many reassessments of the theoretical status of the architectural projectand its limitations, as well as a reconsideration of the notion of duration prompted by dramaticimages of climate change, large-scale migration, and so on. Influenced by this change of sensibility,architects are paying particular attention to residual traces and environmentally friendly situations,including small ecosystems like biotopes with their unique characteristics of temperature,humidity, light and so on. And a few optimists, scanning the scenes of emigrations in the east,may notice the appearance of textile structures coming from an ancient nomad culture.

Acqua / Water

Aria / Air

Protesta / Protest

 

In viaggio / On the Move

Le rotte migratorie / Migration Routes

Camp Life

 

Amartya Sen

Sviluppo sostenibile e responsabilità /

Sustainable Development and Responsibilities

 

Le migrazioni di Appadurai / Appadurai’s Migrations

 

Köln, 1940-1945

 

Peter Zumthor

Kolumba Museum

Cologne, Germany, 2007

 

 

Studio Anna Heringer

Dipdii Textiles,

Rudrapur-Birgonj, Bangladesh, 2012

 

 

Yasmeen Lari, Heritage Foundation of Pakistan

Chulha Stoves, Pakistan, 2013-

 

Il fenomeno di Drop City /

The Phenomenon of Drop City

Home for All. Un posto per tutti /

A Place for Everybody

Shelter per le divinità portafortuna /

Shelter for Lucky Deities

 

Henning Larsen

Biotope, Lille, France, 2020

 

Kengo Kuma Architects

Portland Japanese Garden Cultural Village

Portland, Oregon, USA, 2017

 

Mario Cucinella Architects

Asilo Nido Iride, Guastalla, Italia, 2015

 

Captcha Architecture

Anonima Agricola

Orbetello, Grosseto, Italia, 2019-22

 

Maurizio Ferraris

Per una crescita felice / For a Harmonious Growth

 

Pierluigi Nicolin

I limiti della foresta e della città /

The Limits of the Forest and the City

 

I diversi modi di intendere la città /

The Different Ways of Understanding the City

 

24a Esposizione Internazionale, Triennale Milano

24th International Exhibition, Triennale Milano

 

Stefano Boeri

Geopolitics and Biopolitics of Inequalities

 

Telmo Pievani

Cambio di prospettiva / Change of Perspective