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La grande incisione
2020
The Fossa della Garofala is a dramatic depression in the center of the city of Palermo. The essay illustrates a vision of this "piece of landscape within the city" A design workshop has dealt with this issue. The graphic work by the group of students lead by architect Michele Sbacchi is illustrated.
THE SIGNS OF WATER
2020
Signs of Water. A hidden waterscape in Palermo is recovered from the oblivion through a process consisting in a territorial analysis, a careful reading of ancient maps and historical archives, a deep design of new landscapes trancing the signs of the passage of water in a land where water has a permanent role along the centuries. A vast agricultural territory covers the Conca d'Oro valley, where lays the city of Palermo: rich in landscape, environmental and archaeological heritage, only some areas were subtracted from the intense construction and speculative activity that characterized the history of the city in the sixties and the seventies of the twentieth century. The main goal of this s…