I'm very honored to have my Man Facing Away stepwell image on the cover of Domus magazine's current issue. My image was selected by guest editor Tadao Ando, which makes the honor even more meaningful.
The May issue focuses on the role of landscape architecture in the world of the future, the new challenges dictated by changing natural environments and the need to develop new methods in step with the times. Domus 1057 opens with three essays: guest editor Tadao Ando stresses “the importance of the coexistence of nature and the urban environment”; Jordi Bellmunt Chiva draws up a list of the challenges of the “new landscape architecture”; Tomoki Kato takes us on a journey through Japanese gardens and their relationship with the cities to which they belong.
The Architecture section presents six projects, divided into three interconnected themes: integrating landscape, intervening in landscape, and generating landscapes. In Qintana-Roo, Mexico, a museum is not born from a predefined idea but is modeled on the fluidity of nature itself, thanks to the collaboration between Roth Architecture and local artisans. On the banks of the Thames, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Neiheiser Argyros, create an elevated park modeled with respect for native vegetation and devoid of unnecessary structural complexity. A scenic trail in Shenzhen, China, allows visitors to enjoy an elevated viewpoint over the forest, “achieving a balance between environmental sensitivity and iconicity.” In Chile, a memorial created by Alarcón+Fuhrhop+Montalbetti arquitectos, exploits the contrast between fifty concrete slabs and uncontaminated nature to convey the elaboration of mourning without constraints or prejudices.
Finally, two landscapes generated by the need to restore the local ecosystem in the United Arab Emirates and Austria show us how landscape architecture uses natural dynamics and climate to create an environment “inextricably linked to the health and vitality of our planet.
https://www.shoped.it/en/convenzioni/domus-may-2021
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