University of Trieste. Department of Engineering and Architecture

Single-Cycle Degree Course in Architecture

Laboratory of Integrated Design of Architecture and the Built Environment - RRR Lab

Academic year 2024-2025

On Monday 17 March 2025, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Room 401 (4th floor) of the Gorizia University Pole, Via Alviano 18, the event will take place:

"STUDY DAY ON TREES From the roots to Cosimo Piovasco Rondò: with/about trees"

curated by Thomas Bisiani and Adriano Venudo.

PROGRAM:

Introduction: Adriano Venudo

Mariacristina D'Oria: From the roots to Cosimo piovasco rondò: living in the trees

Pierluigi Martorana: Trees like us?

Manfredi Patitucci: The great Zolla

lunch break

Giuseppe Favi: Seeker of Leaves

Alessio Bortot, Giulia Piccinin: Observing and representing trees

Conclusions: Thomas Bisiani

The tree, in its biological, cultural and symbolic dimensions, represents an indispensable element of the landscape and the human imagination. This study day aims to explore the historical, architectural, agronomic and iconic value of trees, questioning their role in design processes and in the construction of collective spaces.

Through a multidisciplinary approach, the lectures will address issues related to the planting and care of trees, the interaction between man and the tree landscape, and the representation of the tree as a cultural archetype. Projects of parks and gardens will also be illustrated in which the tree has played a crucial role, helping to define new balances between nature and architecture.

The event will offer a space for confrontation between theory and practice, between imagination and technique, to reflect on the profound meaning of ‘inhabiting’ trees and with trees, in an era in which the relationship between man and nature is more central than ever to the design and cultural debate.

Man's relationship with nature cannot be conceived in a reductionist or disjointed manner. Edgar Morin

Imagination is a tree. It has the integrative virtues of a tree. It is roots and branches. It lives between earth and sky. It lives in the earth and in the wind. The imperceptibly imagined tree becomes the cosmological tree, epitome of a universe, creator of a universe. Gaston Bachelard

For information:

tbisiani@units.it

avenudo@units.it