Размышления об образе красоты. Общественное пространство и глобальные прибрежные города (Том 1)

Why are coastal areas so important? And, above all, why will they become even more crucial in the future? These are the fundamental questions at the core of the research presented in these volumes ― questions that have guided the investigation of global coastal urban environment within the broader framework of contemporary spatial, ecological, and socio-economic transformations. The study outlines a synthetic profile of the physical and geographical dynamics of these urban contexts, examining their spatial, relational, and symbolic dimensions, in which nature, infrastructure, and human settlements interact in complex and interdependent ways. The publication in two volumes is dedicated to a reading – or re-reading – of the city, of open spaces, of the relationships between built spaces and of the ways in which space can be practised and transformed in the broadest sense. It is in these dynamic environments that the changes taking place in societies are revealed and become particularly evident. This volume addresses a number of theoretical, historical, and interpretative issues concerning the relationship between public space and environmental change, in order to understand how coasts function both as thresholds and as potential laboratories of experimental design research. In this volume, the essays of the authors endeavour to open the discussion, reflecting on the long-term transformation of our ways of perceiving, inhabiting and designing the urban environment at different scales. The commitment is to refocus attention on public urban spaces, seen as sensitive indicators and privileged laboratories for guiding policies of maintenance, preservation and adaptation. Included alongside these contributions is an interview with Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine, artists and filmmakers who focus their research on experimenting with new narrative and cinematographic forms linked to architecture and the contemporary city.