Man started using materials extracted from the ground very soon, first rocks and then minerals have permitted a first development of human society, serving, sometimes, as spark for the emergence of eras, that we use to categorize giving them the name of the material that characterized them. So, we have a “stone age”, a “bronze age” and an “iron age”, each of which marks a deep change not just in technology but also in society, economy and politics and all the other related fields, including the organization of spaces. One can think to the impact that Iron had on all these spheres simply giving the possibility of producing much more effective devices for agriculture and warfare. Even current society, the one we live in, is deeply dependent on resources that are extracted from the ground: oil, gas and metals, for instance, but also silicon and rare-earth elements, that are, and will be, fundamental for electronics and information technologies. One could indeed track, with relative precision, the history of human society and organization starting from the history of extracted materials, extraction technics and extraction sites in general. Cities and landscapes have been modeled from humans (and sometimes even other species) thanks to materials extracted from the ground. Therefore every human construction leave a footprint, a “negative”, since, somewhere, there has been a subtraction of matter. The aim of this thesis is to deal with the problem of how to relate with this “resulting” spaces and how to deal with ecological, spatial and social problems they cause. These three topics inform the whole program, with a focus on the ecological framework and phytoremediation technique. They represent different layers to read and act on the site, connected using an algorithm able to optimize the elements they consist of. In this way it is possible to focus on the programmatic aspect, setting a period of intervention of various decades.
L’uomo ha cominciato ad utilizzare i materiali che ri-cavava dalla terra molto presto, le rocce grezze prima, e i minerali da esse estratti poi, hanno permesso lo sviluppo dell’umanità e della società umana, fungendo, a volte, da vero e proprio innesco per la nascita di ere che ne sono state segnate a tal punto da essere successivamente battezzate con il nome stesso del materiale che le ha caratterizzate. Si sono così susseguite l’età della pietra, quella del bronzo e poi quella del ferro, ognuna delle quali ha comportato una rivoluzione economica, sociale e politica rispetto alla fase precedente. Si pensi all’impatto che ha avuto il ferro permettendo la costruzione di armi e strumenti per l’agricoltura di molto più efficienti rispetto al periodo precedente ed agli sconvolgimenti che tali nuove capacità hanno portato. La stessa società attuale dipende da risorse che vengono estratte dal sottosuolo. Oltre all’ovvio petrolio, tuttora alla base della produzione dell’energia che l’attuale sistema richiede in misura sempre maggiore, ci sono il litio, il silicio e le terre rare necessarie alle odierne industrie dei comparti dell’elettronica e dell’informatica Si può, nei fatti, tracciare con relativa precisione una storia delle società e dell’organizzazione umana a partire dalla storia dei siti estrattivi, andando dai materiali estratti alle tecnologie utilizzate per farlo. Città e paesaggi sono stati rimodellati grazie all’attività estrattiva degli uomini, la quale ha necessariamente dato luogo, di volta in volta, ad un negativo e ad un positivo di risultanti da tale attività. In questa tesi ci si pone il problema di come relazionarsi a questi luoghi “di risulta”, e di come affrontare le problematiche ecologiche, spaziali e sociali che essi causano. Questi tre aspetti regolano l’intero programma, con un focus sul framework ecologico e le tecniche di fitodepurazione. Essi rappresentano diversi livelli di comprensione del sito e vengono tra loro connessi utilizzando un algoritmo che ottimizzi i vari elementi Così facendo è possibile concentrarsi sull’aspetto programmatico, prevedendo un periodo di intervento di vari decenni.
Interrupted lands. Reconnecting tissues around abandoned quarries
PIGNATIELLO, GAETANO
2018/2019
Abstract
Man started using materials extracted from the ground very soon, first rocks and then minerals have permitted a first development of human society, serving, sometimes, as spark for the emergence of eras, that we use to categorize giving them the name of the material that characterized them. So, we have a “stone age”, a “bronze age” and an “iron age”, each of which marks a deep change not just in technology but also in society, economy and politics and all the other related fields, including the organization of spaces. One can think to the impact that Iron had on all these spheres simply giving the possibility of producing much more effective devices for agriculture and warfare. Even current society, the one we live in, is deeply dependent on resources that are extracted from the ground: oil, gas and metals, for instance, but also silicon and rare-earth elements, that are, and will be, fundamental for electronics and information technologies. One could indeed track, with relative precision, the history of human society and organization starting from the history of extracted materials, extraction technics and extraction sites in general. Cities and landscapes have been modeled from humans (and sometimes even other species) thanks to materials extracted from the ground. Therefore every human construction leave a footprint, a “negative”, since, somewhere, there has been a subtraction of matter. The aim of this thesis is to deal with the problem of how to relate with this “resulting” spaces and how to deal with ecological, spatial and social problems they cause. These three topics inform the whole program, with a focus on the ecological framework and phytoremediation technique. They represent different layers to read and act on the site, connected using an algorithm able to optimize the elements they consist of. In this way it is possible to focus on the programmatic aspect, setting a period of intervention of various decades.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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