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Vittorio Gregotti1952 - Graduated from the Milan Polytechnic with a de-gree in architecture.
Opened his practice in 1974Gregotti Associati Interna-tional
Gregotti wrote in the maga-zine Casabella, of which he was director for many years – led the firm to win national and international competi-tions and to be awarded projects for interventions in areas of particular environ-mental, urban and historic importance.
The Territory of Architecture
Key points:• • Landscape as aesthetic object• Theories on the formal aspects of the
city• Sociological interpretation• Morphological dynamic of territory• Landscape tradition and the environ-
mental defense• Figure of territory and disciplinary Ital-
ian tradition• Reading issues relate to environmental
sets• A catalogue of formal approaches• Nature of drawing at geographical
scale• Architecture, environment, nature
The
Terr
itory
of A
rchi
tect
ure
Key
poi
nts:
• • La
ndsc
ape
as a
esth
etic
obj
ect
• Th
eorie
s on
the
form
al a
spec
ts o
f the
ci
ty•
Soc
iolo
gica
l int
erpr
etat
ion
• M
orph
olog
ical
dyn
amic
of t
errit
ory
• La
ndsc
ape
tradi
tion
and
the
envi
ron-
men
tal d
efen
se•
Figu
re o
f ter
ritor
y an
d di
scip
linar
y Ita
l-ia
n tra
ditio
n•
Rea
ding
issu
es re
late
to e
nviro
nmen
tal
sets
• A
cata
logu
e of
form
al a
ppro
ache
s•
Nat
ure
of d
raw
ing
at g
eogr
aphi
cal
scal
e•
Arc
hite
ctur
e, e
nviro
nmen
t, na
ture
Vitt
orio
Gre
gotti
1952
- G
radu
ated
from
the
Mila
n P
oly-
tech
nic
with
a d
egre
e in
arc
hite
ctur
e.
Ope
ned
his
prac
tice
in 1
974
Gre
gotti
Ass
ocia
ti In
tern
atio
nal
Gre
gotti
wro
te in
the
mag
azin
e C
asa-
bella
, of w
hich
he
was
dire
ctor
for m
any
year
s –
led
the
firm
to w
in n
atio
nal a
nd
inte
rnat
iona
l com
petit
ions
and
to b
e aw
arde
d pr
ojec
ts fo
r int
erve
ntio
ns in
ar
eas
of p
artic
ular
env
ironm
enta
l, ur
ban
and
hist
oric
impo
rtanc
e.
Landscape as aesthetic Object:• Anthropogeographical landscape can be an aesthetic object• Territorial shapes and recognizeable figures.
“The New York landscape not only is made familiar but also visible from dozens of thrillers that we see and that offer it to us as backdrop to the sto-ry.”
Theories on the Formal Aspects of the City:“City represents the most significant effort on the part of human civilization to a complete transformation of the natural environment, the most radical shift from the state of nature to the one of culture by creating a “microcli-mate” particularly right to the development of some fundamental relation-ships for human life.”
“These objectives are schematically described in terms of maximization of choices and high capacity of interaction: the city offers the system that we known is the more adaptable, to minimize the social control, to extend the freedom of work in terms of possibility of choice, union organizzaton etc., it makes easier social mobility, more differenciated the choice of services and leisure, higher the level of education and health systems”
Sociological Interpretation:characters, forms, and structures as a communication system comparable to a specific lan-guage.
“This region or formal district, which we will discuss farther about, regard-less of its function, as a whole, can better offer itself to an analysis in terms of linguistic structuralism. It includes several language declinations and several environmental districts as well, not necessarily coincident with geo-graphical classifications, but involving the several characters and compre-hensive meaning of the different “places”, on the level of transformations determined anyway in the environment by the human been.”
Morphological Dynamic of Territory:• The elements of transformation in the course of time of the figure of land-
scape
Landscape Tradition and the Environmental Defense:“...it’s important to remember that the notion of landscape as materialoperable by architecture, which exceeds the concept of “garden”, was founded in the late sixteenth century and powerfully used as structuring element of the baroque city.”
“Space, green, are missed in the city and this contributes to increase their value. On the one hand, nature becomes a public park, on the other one the city tends to immerge itself in the nature as a garden cit, to ideally as well as hygienically regenerate itself.”
Figure of Territory and Disciplinary Italian Tradition:“City represents the most significant effort on the part of human civilization to a complete transformation of the natural environment, the most radical shift from the state of nature to the one of culture by creating a “microcli-mate” particularly right to the development of some fundamental relation-ships for human life.”
Reading Issues Relate to Environmental Sets:“City represents the most significant effort on the part of human civilization to a complete transformation of the natural environment, the most radical shift from the state of nature to the one of culture by creating a “microcli-mate” particularly right to the development of some fundamental relation-ships for human life.”
Catalogue of Formal Approaches:“City represents the most significant effort on the part of human civilization to a complete transformation of the natural environment, the most radical shift from the state of nature to the one of culture by creating a “microcli-mate” particularly right to the development of some fundamental relation-ships for human life.”
Nature of Drawing at Geographical Scale:“City represents the most significant effort on the part of human civilization to a complete transformation of the natural environment, the most radical shift from the state of nature to the one of culture by creating a “microcli-mate” particularly right to the development of some fundamental relation-ships for human life.”
Architecture, Environment, Nature:
“City represents the most significant effort on the part of human civilization to a complete transformation of the natural environment, the most radical shift from the state of nature to the one of culture by creating a “microcli-mate” particularly right to the development of some fundamental relation-ships for human life.”