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Cosa chiede la biblioteca all’architettura? Riflessioni sull’architettura delle biblioteche.
2015
Cosa chiede la biblioteca all’architettura? La risposta non è immediata come quella delle aspirazioni del mattone di Louis Kahn, che rimandano ad un codice costruttivo ed espressivo consolidatosi nella storia e nell’uso, ormai distante dalle pratiche tecnologiche dell’architettura moderna. Quando parliamo di biblioteche, affrontiamo indirettamente la questione del rapporto tra le abitudini comportamentali dell’uomo all’interno dello spazio pubblico: esaminiamo in sostanza il rapporto tra l’uomo e la città. L’evoluzione dei luoghi collettivi è il filo conduttore attraverso il quale è possibile descrivere la storia degli insediamenti urbani. Da luoghi principalmente di massa, essi tendono ogg…
From the-book to the city. Public libraries' urban role in contemporary city
2013
The individualistic tendencies of contemporary society caused by the new forms of capitalism and the dematerialization of information sources have produced a progressive reduction of collective places in our cities. The square (la Piazza) is from immemorial time the heart of the historical city: a place that citizens have chosen for their leisure and encounters, for trade and exchanges. Today, such social gathering places, are progressively disappearing, replaced by centers for business and entertainment to which, in various ways, are increasingly delegated for the management and planning of the inhabitants leisure time. The question becomes an emergency when we realize that everything with…
Action research strategies at the “third place”
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: International Journal of Action Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1688/IJAR-2014-02-Johnsen This article discusses action research strategies in regional development. It argues that regional settings are complex, and conceptualises this as the “third place”. This complexity implies a democratic challenge. Furthermore, using regional leadership as a case, it argues that in order to approach this as action researchers, one needs to discuss the assumptions the research is based on. The article discusses two action research approaches: the socio-technical approach and the democratic dialogue approach, and argues …