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Aalto’s Principles of Urban Space and Planning in connection to William Wurster and Lewis Mumford
2015
Il saggio affronta il tema dei principi sullo spazio urbano e sul progetto urbano di Alvar Aalto, in rapporto alla influenza di Willam Wurster a Lewis Mumford. Aalto ha fatto circa 50 progetti urbanistici, molti dei quali poco conosciuti dagli studiosi. Essi variano da progetti contestuali dentro la città a progetti residenziali, centri civici, università, cimiteri, piani regionali. Sia in Finlandia, che soprattutto durante i soggiorni di Aalto in USA i contatti di Aalto e Wurster sono conosciuti, quelli con Mumford inevitabili. I progetti urbani e gli scritti di Aalto sono analizzati in relazione a quest duplice influenza. The paper focuses on Aalto's principles about urban space and plann…
Design at the root of biophilia. Imitation. Nature
2021
According to the current state of research on the phenomenon of biophilia, the positive influence of nature's elements on humans has long been widely understood. Since the negative impact of urbanised areas on quality of life was noticed, human-friendly architecture has been redefined, where the physical and mental well-being of people using buildings, remains highly dependent on their contact with the environment. Selected examples of existing buildings analyzed two different approaches to contemporary biophilic architecture; one where nature is the pedestal of the whole building and one where the interpretation of nature translates into technological, engineering or structural solutions. …