The laboratory provides a practical take on the Aristotelian concepts of ‘analogy’ and ‘verisimilitude’ by developing a dialectical approach to design based on revealing affinities and composing fragments. Rural and urban repertoires become the subject of inquiry with their long history of representation, and the methodological framework for the design approach. The analogue method involves a continuous comparison between the territory as a living archive, its figurative representation and its literary vision. For architects, the existing environment becomes a fertile ground for the imagination, in which the accumulation of layers and objects provide the physical and intellectual basis for a project on habitat. The understanding of territory as a collage of fragments becomes a paradigm for a broad investigation on processes of design and ‘good governance.’
Architecture, more than other sciences and more concretely than other arts, has been able to produce fascinating images of an everyday future that is particularly radiant and full of hope. The age-old adventure of utopian thinking, between truthand verisimilitude, is conveyed through a phenomenological reading of examples from the fantastic repertoire offered by architectural projects (…)
Since its foundation in 2013, LAPIS has been actively involved in operative research about the ‘alpine house’ specifically directed at investigating the relationship between building typology and urban morphology in the rural mountainous area. In particular, it has carried out extensive research into the elements and characteristics of domestic and functional buildings in the Alpine (…)