LAND 25 A TRIBUTE TO ITALIAN LANDSCAPE 2 INTRODUCTION 4 THE GREEN ENGINE 18 LA VIA EMILIA 22 ALONG THE TYRRHENIAN COAST 26 NAPLES AND CAMPANIA 28 THE ISLANDS
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A Journey through Italy
Today as never before landscape architecture has taken on a fundamental role in transforming our territories. During a time of unqualified development, Bruno Zevi wrote: “ It is perverse to block development, vital structures cannot be hibernated. This is why investigations of territories and landscapes are also liberating from an architectural point of view …the ideals are no longer stability, harmony, balance and necrophiliac distance, but the management of conflictuality, existential crisis, and a regenerated nomadism.” Today, the appeal to synergies, to productivity, to a connection with what already existed, to economy of scale and a growing redress of local over global, the landscape as the certain matrix and mirror of a society that inhabits the territory, returns to the fore to recover that authentic identity that seems lost but is simply buried under the ruins of our indifference and the growing tendency to render all planning activity banal. The work of a landscape architect is profoundly imbued with what exists, with the result of the delicate relationship with time, between what nature gives us and culture transforms. All this requires observation, research, patience and, finally, the ability to create a comprehensible plan for complexities that are often incomprehensible. Not so much a project aimed at solving all problems, but a process of transformation that feeds on a dialogue with the territory of reference, its actors, the many producers, civil society and its administrations. Sharing a common goal requires, first of all, a binding pledge of common visions, but also of agreement
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on actions which, independent of their substance, can become part of a single shared plan. It takes ambitious aims, the courage of those who believe without yet seeing and people who care, even in times of scarcity and of inevitable demoralisation. Our times as landscape architects are measured in decades and the relationship between what we sow and what we reap is a delicate one. While the Terra Felix of the Regi Lagni, together with the Boschi del Respiro in Lampedusa and the Miglio Verde in Pompei stoically await their turn with heroic patience, lots of other processes have already begun and been completed. The aim of LAND25 is not to explain the ‘behind the scenes’ complexity, nor to make an assessment of the first quarter of a century. It does not want to expose the many breaches or failings, but simply to present a long initial journey through Italy, from South to North, from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Sea. LAND25 is a tribute to the landscape of Italy and also a declaration of love towards a well-shaped landscape and those who inhabit it, in the complete awareness to be a part of the largest Garden of Europe.
Andreas Kipar
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Behind the manifesto
Agriculture, nature and biodiversity applied to urban contexts were not considered, until a short time ago, particularly compatible with the usual practices of land management and transformation. In the past 25 years LAND has tried to promote a way of interpreting and planning the Landscape founded on these concepts and has aimed to translate them into recognisable, shared values. We focussed on disciplines that were little known and not widespread in Italy, like urban forestation, naturalistic engineering and conservation agriculture, including adapting them to badly affected areas where nature and its various forms of expression were deliberately absent. This led to a need to combine diverse and complementary skills to rebuild neoecosystems with sufficient appeal and resilience to overcome ecological and socio-economic challenges, both old and new. Bringing new fertility to soil in disused or spoiled areas, recreating a fruitful relationship with water, despite weather conditions that are increasingly difficult to manage, and promoting the biodiversity of flora and fauna, despite climate change, required the development of innovative and original planning, building and management techniques. These were founded on the principle that each project represented an eco-system entity that was part of a larger and more diversified territorial mosaic. Only thanks to this broad, multi-disciplinary vision could we offer, over the past 25 years, successful, long-term solutions for complex contexts that apparently had no future. This is the spirit that underlines each of the
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manifestos in this exhibition, which aim to create a renewed relationship between science and conscience, creativity and concreteness, beauty and functionality.
Giovanni Sala
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The green engine From Turin to Milan, to Venice and Trieste
One of the most dynamic areas in Europe, which alternates large metropolitan areas with the most diverse cultivated landscapes. It is a territory that is perfect for a large-scale project that combines its various features of excellence: the entrepreneurial socio-economic system, its artistic and cultural heritage, and its wealth of nature and landscapes. From the vineyards of the Langhe, which have recently become a UNESCO world
heritage site, to the rice fields of Vercelli, passing by Milan, with EXPO 2015, which is waiting to welcome the world. From the landscapes of Garda to Venice and the great hope of Porto Marghera, a real laboratory of the post-industrial city of the future; to the UNESCO site of Aquileia, the gentle hills of the Collio and the Karst Plain, the extreme east of Italy, never more at the centre of Europe than during the celebration of the centenary of the First World War.
Project for the Valorisation of the ‘Langa Landscape’’ Piedmont Region Unione dei Comuni “Colline di Langa e del Barolo” 2010 - 2012 With Studio Boglietti
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Strategic masterplan for the valorisation of the Morenic Amphitheatre of Ivrea The Municipality of Ivrea, Cossano Canavese, Settimo Rottaro, Caravino and Vestignè 2011 With Fortunato D’Amico, Mario Tassoni and in partnership with Cristina Cary
Vercelli Enerscapes Project scenario
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Landscape masterplan for the strategic development of the municipalities of Alagna Valsesia and Riva Valdobbia (VC) Pink Mountains srl, ICEF srl, Alpen Rose srl, Sessites srl 2012 With Matteo Thun & Partner
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Strategic masterplan for landscape valorisation as part of the “Industrial Development Model� plan in Valtellina Confindustria Sondrio 2012 With Stelline Servizi Immobiliari Spa
Strategic plan for the valorisation of the Milan-Lugano axis LAND Srl From 2009
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Ecological network and works of environmental compensation Municipality of Gorla Maggiore 1996 – ongoing
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Territorial Green Rays, Milan LAND srl 2010
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Single strategic plan for the greenery and open space between the Trade Fair – Expo area and the territorial area of reference – North Western sector of the Milan metropolitan area Cariplo Foundation From 2010 With AIM (Associazione Interessi Metropolitani)
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Strategic plan for the promotion and valorisation of the territory of the new Province of Monza and Brianza Province of Milan 2005-2008 Strategic plan for the urban-environmental redevelopment of the municipal territory Sommacampagna 2007
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Urban-environmental redevelopment of the Valsorda Municipalities of Bardolino, Cavaion Veronese and Affi 2011
Guidelines and scenarios of urban – environmental development for the area of the Venice Gateway for Science and Technology VEGA Scarl 2014 With 120 grammi laboratorio di architettura
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Guidelines and structure of the strategic plan and territorial valorisation of the archaeological sites of Aquileia Aquileia Foundation 2010
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Plan for the promotion and redevelopment of First World War sites on the Karst Plateau Province of Gorizia 2007-2011
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Collio, 2008
Research on the landscape as an engine of economic development LAND Srl From 2012 with the collaboration of CORIO
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La Via Emilia from Milan to Bologna, down to Rimini and the Adriatic Coast
Starting from Milan, following the ancient Via Emilia, deviating towards the Lands of Matilda of Tuscany and the Enza Valley to rediscover ancient landscapes and new vocations, until reaching the Adriatic Coast with it linear towns, touching on Rimini and
Riccione. The construction of a new relationship between cities and the inland area represents a challenge for increasing the possibilities to discover and use these territories, through unexpected connections and authentic green infrastructures.
Strategic plan for the valorisation of the landscape and environment of the Enza Valley Province of Reggio Emilia 2009 Photography Š Armando Rotoletti
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Project for the new Rimini Conference Centre Redevelopment of the Ausa Park Municipality of Rimini 2008 With GMP, Clemens Kusch and Eduard Mijic
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Strategic redevelopment project of the environmental and landscape system of the town of Riccione Municipality of Riccione 2009
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Along the Tyrrhenian Coast Following the cycle path of the ex- Ventimiglia-Genoa railway to Palmaria Island and then towards Rome
Starting from Sanremo towards Imperia, following the loveliest cycle path in Liguria, with breathtaking views and the Mediterranean shrubland, to Palmaria Island, a UNESCO world heritage site where the removal of a ‘concrete skeleton’ has made way for
a large square, a symbol of the victory of nature. We then reach Rome, with a new vision of the Green Archipelago and the Sacco Valley, the “Italian Ruhr”, a territory that aims to become a laboratory of innovation, starting from the wounds in its landscape.
Environmental recovery and valorisation of the coastal landscape of Palmaria Island Municipality of Portovenere 2009 - 2012 With Mirella Zampierolo
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Cycle path between Ospedaletti and San Lorenzo al Mare on the area of the former Genoa-Ventimiglia railway Liguria Region - Area 24 2002
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Strategic project for the valorisation of the Sacco Valley Alessandro Kambo Foundation 2010
Green Archipelago Sustainable urban redefinition model oriented towards transforming the city of Rome Rome Capital - X Department of Environmental Protection and Green Spaces 2011 With T SPOON
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Naples and Campania Along the Regi Lagni to Pompei
The journey southwards continues and has to stop in one of the regions that has become a symbol of redemption. In the Campania Felix of the Regi Lagni, where a large cultural operation, which is at the same time an ambitious process of activating the territory to
rebuild the Gardens of Europe, has been planned. We then reach Pompei, where valorisation of its vocation for tourism combines with the requalification of the agricultural and cultural landscape, creating new itineraries to discover.
Project for valorisation of the landscape and environment of the Regi Lagni ecological corridor Consorzio Generale di Bonifica Bacino Inferiore del Volturno 2010
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Pompei and Boscoreale Feasibility Study– Action for economic-territorial valorisation in the sectors of tourism, arts and heritage, agriculture and artisan workmanship TESS Costa del Vesuvio Spa 2008-2009 Con Fabrizio Mangoni
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The islands From Sardinia to Lampedusa
The islands, singular microcosms, are real laboratories for the active protection of the territory. The Sardinia Landscape Project involves its towns, the coast, the inland area and the large nature reserve of the Maddalena.
We finally reach Lampedusa, the extreme south of Italy, whose landscape is at first sight hostile, but in reality represents the greatest heritage to preserve, an instrument of rebirth and an icon of beauty.
Selargius, S. Lussorio Park 2013
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La Maddalena, Adaptation Project of the Municipal Urban Plan Landscape Project
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Towards a Landscape Plan for Sulcis Iglesiente
Green Spaces Plan for Cagliari Strategic Plan for Environmental Redevelopment of the Municipality of Assemini Municipality of Cagliari Municipality of Assemini From 2006
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Strategic plan for the redevelopment and valorisation of the landscape and environment of Lampedusa Island Italian Ministry for the Environment and the protection of the Territory and the Sea 2011 With Attilio Terragni - Cityedge
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LAND Landscape Architecture Nature Developement Founder partners // Andreas Kipar, Giovanni Sala Partner - General manager // Mauro Panigo Partners - Project managers // Luisa Bellini, Valerio Bozzoli, Mariangeles Exposito, Giuliano Garello, Sonia Mastropietro, Leonardo Oprandi Project managers // Valeria Pagliaro, Matteo Pedaso, Susanne Gombert International Development Manager // Marco Antonini
LAND, Landscape Architecture Nature Development, is a group of professionals working in the field of landscape architecture, established in 1990 in Milan by Andreas Kipar and Giovanni Sala, where research and inter-disciplinarity are at the base of the working practice. From the open space design to landscaping in general, the LAND approach to a project has always been extensive and comprehensive, always reading and interpreting the appropriate territorial scale. Looking for a dialectic integration between architecture and urban planning, the practice has pioneered and developed many projects of brownfield
sites recovery such in Naples, Turin, Venice, Milan and Rome. Over the last years, the practice commitment has focused also on territorial scale planning, developing several strategic Masterplans for regions such as Rhur Valley, Brianza, Carso and EmiliaRomagna in Italy. The group guarantees assistance to its private and public clients through a certified Quality Management System, from environmental evaluations to the construction and management of landscape projects. Now well established in Europe, LAND wishes to bring its ethos of FROM GREY TO GREEN to international markets.
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