Design & Territories: Emergencies and Conflicts at the Time of the Anthropocene

Authors

  • John Jairo Cardozo Vasquez Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Design Department; Palmira, Colombia
  • Flaviano Celaschi Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Architettura: Bologna, Italy
  • Elena Formia Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
  • Roberto Iñiguez Flores Tecnológico de Monterrey, Design Department: Guadalajara, México
  • Ruth León Tecnológico de Monterrey, Design Department: Guadalajara, México
  • Nélida Ramírez Triana Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Design Department: Palmira, Colombia

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present a focus on the relationship between Design and Territory, framing it in the contemporary debate about the Anthropocene and orienting the discussion in the direction of emergencies and conflicts concerning the evolution of our artificial world. After an overview about typical issues regarding the relationship between design and territory, the authors propose to interpret it through the concept of “time”, which is the, often underestimate, paradigm at the base of Advanced Design studies. This reasoning will be developed in three phases: how design relates itself with the past of territories and with the forms inherited; how contemporary design deals with the current issues of the territory, in terms of emergences and conflicts; how design anticipates visions of sharable future themes and solutions.

Author Biography

Elena Formia, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

Dipartimento di Architettura, Associate Professor

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Published

2020-03-23

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2019): May/Aug

Section

Special Issue - 7th International Forum of Design as a Process

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