Fondazione GRINS
Growing Resilient,
Inclusive and Sustainable
Galleria Ugo Bassi 1, 40121, Bologna, IT
C.F/P.IVA 91451720378
Finanziato dal Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR), Missione 4 (Infrastruttura e ricerca), Componente 2 (Dalla Ricerca all’Impresa), Investimento 1.3 (Partnership Estese), Tematica 9 (Sostenibilità economica e finanziaria di sistemi e territori).
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This article proposes a reinterpretation of the 1960s and 1970s debate around the construction of the Italian motorway system. It focuses specifically on the experiences of landscape architect Pietro Porcinai in the Brenner motorway project, to better understand current elements and anticipation regarding problems that affect motorway infrastructure projects today. Keeping the landscape debate in the background, along with the denunciation of risks and threats that fueled scientific literature and technical journals at the time, we revisit the hypotheses formulated, but never fully realized, by Piero Porcinai. These sought to merge the concepts of motorway, landscape and garden during the design of this infrastructure. Then, we present a research hypothesis that attempts to update and re-propose the method proposed by Porcinai. Finally, we outline the challenges, opportunities and obstacles that a robust ecological and infrastructural project faces today.
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This study was funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU, in the framework of the GRINS - Growing Resilient, INclusive and Sustainable project (GRINS PE00000018). The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, nor can the European Union be held responsible for them.
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