Dross is waste: solid impurities that form on the surface of the smelting pot. While most is thrown away, some is reusable or recyclable. Hence 'DrossScape', a term conceived by land economist Alan Berger. Working off Berger's theories, this book exp...

The fringe is the contemporary city 'in-between space', in which urban and periurban features interweave. In European cities, this transitional belt often matches with the Post World War II expansion. Nowadays, the urban fringe, generally in decline,...

The multiple, in its relations with art and industry, is the starting point for an investigation into the evolution of jewelry design. In going beyond an obsolete notion of industrial serial production, contempo¬rary jewelry stands out as a highly in...

A fascinating exploration of exquisite images captured from natural materials, and of their applications in fashion, environmental design, and apps that anticipate a new era of digitally-driven individual creativity. "Data From Nature" begins with th...

The book is a collection of thoughts, passages, research and projects that regard the emerging question of public space. The square and its evolution, from a place of urban and human relationships to a place of different collective activities in the...

The Albenga GlassCity study is part of a broader doctoral research focusing on the urban, energetic, tourist-economic and socio-cultural development strategies of MedCoast AgroCities – Mediterranean Coast-Agricultural Cities. Specifically the book fo...

Renewable energies have an important role in today's changing landscapes. This research analyses the current transition to sustainable energy from the architectural landscape point of view.

The contemporary debate on landscape is no longer expressed through the exclusie idiolect of a social class. We are instead confronted with a relentless landscape chatter, which invades every domain of daily life. Human sciences have participated in...

How is the alpine urban countryside modified by widespread industrial production? How can the productive mikrokosmos be reinforced as a system into complex orographic contexts? What design devices can be used to rethink the existing situations? The b...

Contemporary large scale interventions, leading ongoing transformation processes of world cities, are often related to mobility systems. Developed around the re-conversion or the implementation of infrastructural nodes, they deeply impact surrounding...