Editorial
One single organism
Over the last few years it seems to have been globally accepted that architectural design is finding it increasingly difficult to invent new spatial and structural situations inside buildings that are capable of significantly modifying traditional layouts. As has always been the case, the distribution of spaces and functions is constrained by standard regulations and the constructions permitted for holding them. This conceptual and normative framework increasingly favours architectural aesthetics influenced by the outside appearance of buildings and also structural exploits making buildings more readily identifiable as macrostructures rather than organisms to be lived and worked in. This situation is forcing architects and builders to try and come up with solutions that make their designs stand out from the surrounding setting through increasingly original and eye-catching projects. All this means is once again resulting in the creation of new urban fabri