ecosistema urbano
[ecosistema urbano] is an open system, dedicated to architectural research and design. It is characterized by a heightened sensitivity towards ecology and a commitment to sustainable cities and a sustainable planet.
In contrast with passive architectural theory and opinion, [ecosistema urbano] takes an active role, starting from a critical and propositional look at reality, then using this position as a project guideline. Architects should stop thinking exclusively in terms of materiality. Man creates artificial conditions, and he configures environments that can also be architecture. The use of nontangible
materials is as important as tangible material. The contemporary architect is a manager who optimizes the available budgetary and energy resources.
[ecosistema urbano] a bet for an architecture…
…used as a preventive tool. To prevent is a more sustainable attitude than to cure.
…that includes the dimension of time as a project component. The strategy should provide capacity for anticipation.
…light and with an expiration date. Able to be dismantled when necessary.
…understood as a reversible process. It is created with the construction and dismantling processes in mind. The life of a structure is taken into consideration.
…that is designed with the economy of media in mind. Establishing priorities directed at obtaining the maximum with the minimum, in terms of sustainability not in terms of minimalism.
…for spontaneity and freedom. Architecture designed from reality and not from some utopic vision.
