The goal of this contribution is to investigate through the cognitive action of the drawing discipline the project of Monteruscello neighborhood, the New Town imagined by Agostino Renna (1937-1988) as an emergency solution to the phenomenon of bradyseism that affected Pozzuoli in the 1980s. The diligence to narrate this project in images starts from the Renna’s ‘dream’ to defining a new urban pole configured as a real foundation city with a layered character conceived in parts, each carefully chosen from references of the city of history and antiquity (Hippodamean layout; archaeological pre-existence of the âme de la cité), as well as of the modern city conceived by rationalist architects (‘mosaic tile’ structure; ribbon city). Next, it will be highlighted how, in accordance with Aldo Rossi, architecture in itself represents only one aspect of a complex reality but, at the same time, also one of the most concrete (if grasped) points of view with which to ground ethical design processes. In today’s wide-ranging debate on cultural heritage as a place of life for all living beings on the Planet and on good practices related to heritage as a place of experience for the knowledge and protection of the built environment, the examination of Monteruscello will conclude with an illustration of Agro-City (MAC), a European Union-funded project aimed at promoting innovative ideas and actions to foster the sustainable development of urban areas. An overall narrative that denotes how coexistence in our cities (dynamic complexity) cannot be remedied simply with technique, but it becomes essential to integrate it with the action of ‘dwelling’ (movement) addressed by thinkers such as Emmanuel Lévinas and Michel de Certeau.
THE IMAGE OF MONTERUSC(I)ELLO BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY
Ornella Zerlenga
;Vincenzo Cirillo
;Luciano Lauda
2023
Abstract
The goal of this contribution is to investigate through the cognitive action of the drawing discipline the project of Monteruscello neighborhood, the New Town imagined by Agostino Renna (1937-1988) as an emergency solution to the phenomenon of bradyseism that affected Pozzuoli in the 1980s. The diligence to narrate this project in images starts from the Renna’s ‘dream’ to defining a new urban pole configured as a real foundation city with a layered character conceived in parts, each carefully chosen from references of the city of history and antiquity (Hippodamean layout; archaeological pre-existence of the âme de la cité), as well as of the modern city conceived by rationalist architects (‘mosaic tile’ structure; ribbon city). Next, it will be highlighted how, in accordance with Aldo Rossi, architecture in itself represents only one aspect of a complex reality but, at the same time, also one of the most concrete (if grasped) points of view with which to ground ethical design processes. In today’s wide-ranging debate on cultural heritage as a place of life for all living beings on the Planet and on good practices related to heritage as a place of experience for the knowledge and protection of the built environment, the examination of Monteruscello will conclude with an illustration of Agro-City (MAC), a European Union-funded project aimed at promoting innovative ideas and actions to foster the sustainable development of urban areas. An overall narrative that denotes how coexistence in our cities (dynamic complexity) cannot be remedied simply with technique, but it becomes essential to integrate it with the action of ‘dwelling’ (movement) addressed by thinkers such as Emmanuel Lévinas and Michel de Certeau.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
