Soil as a Landscape
International Landscape Study Days 2020, sixteenth edition
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Nature, crossings and immersions, new topographies
Soil “and” landscape: an apparently simple, predictable combination. However, the growing interest in the topic of landurges further investigation, which will be pursued in the study days by dealing with soil “as” a landscape. Soil is commonly dealt with, and rightly so, in terms of consumption, by taking only quantitative data into account and referring to the multifold forms of land impoverishment carried out by society in recent times. However, we seldom focus on the very nature of soil in its various environmental, ecological, aesthetic and social aspects. Hence, during the study days, soil will be regarded as the connective tissue, nourishment and vital process of our life experiences. After all, the essence of inhabited places and the very meaning of our belonging to the landscape lie precisely on soil.
Programme
Thursday 20th February
> 10–10.30 a.m.
opening and greetings, Marco Tamaro
introduction to the study days, Luigi Latini and Simonetta Zanon
> 10.30 a.m.–1.30 p.m.
Natures of soil, introduced and coordinated by Giuseppe Barbera
Soil, climate, landscape, Rosario Pavia
Terrestrial and extraterrestrial soils, Giacomo Certini
About Ground, Topology and Soil, Cristophe Girot
> 3–6:30 p.m.
Urban soil, city lands, introduced and coordinated by Joan Nogué
Processes of urbanisation and use of soil, Laura Fregolent
Urban soils. Layers, horizons and surface experiences, Anna Lambertini
The importance of soil and living beings in the city, François Vadepied and Mathieu Gontier
Different soils. Urban farming experiences, Giorgio Prosdocimi Gianquinto
Friday 21st February 2020
Visions, experiences in the field
> 10 a.m.–1.30 p.m., morning session introduced and coordinated by Simonetta Zanon
Water and soil in landscape project, Laura Zampieri
Rehabilitating the landscape of the Land of Fires (Terra dei Fuochi), Fabrizio Cembalo Sambiase and Antonio di Gennaro
The obsession of protecting our land, Paolo Pileri
Stories of botany: from Derek Jarman’s garden to three projects, Antonio Perazzi
> 3-6 p.m., afternoon session introduced and coordinated by Luigi Latini
Soil as an Aesthetic Experience, Andrea Caretto and Raffaella Spagna
The Syntax of Landscape, Tilman Latz
Navegando por la aridez (Navigating Aridity): arid soil, fragile lands, Juan Manuel Palerm
speechers
Andrea Caretto, artist, Turin
Fabrizio Cembalo Sambiase, agronomist and landscape designer, Studio Progetto Verde, Naples
Giacomo Certini, University of Florence, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies
Antonio di Gennaro, territory agronomist, Risorsa srl, Naples
Laura Fregolent, luav University of Venice, Design Cultures Department
Christophe Girot, ETH Zürich, Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur
Mathieu Gontier, Wagon Landscaping, Paris
Anna Lambertini, University of Florence, Department of Architecture
Luigi Latini, luav University, Design Cultures Department, Venice
Tilman Latz, Latz + Partner, Kranzberg
Juan Manuel Palerm, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Rosario Pavia, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Architecture
Antonio Perazzi, Studio Antonio Perazzi, Milan
Paolo Pileri, Polytechnic of Milan, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
Giorgio Prosdocimi Gianquinto, University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Technologies
Raffaella Spagna, artist, Turin
François Vadepied, Wagon Landscaping, Paris
Laura Zampieri, CZ Studio, Venice
opening of the study days and coordination of sessions
Giuseppe Barbera, University of Palermo,Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences Department; Luigi Latini, luav University, Design Cultures Department, Venice; Joan Nogué, University of Girona, Geography Department; Marco Tamaro, director of Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche; Simonetta Zanon, Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, landscape projects.