vema biennale di venezia 2006 italy 2026 What is a "time gap" of 20 years worth? It constrains us to go beyond the idea of a science fiction future and think about issues that in a short time become extremely currant. It forces us to think that a project for the city's near future, perhaps, cannot take shape and be defined only through an architectural proposal for as much 'futuristic', inevitably freezes and locks subjective forms. Those forms that probably will be the scope of architecture in the next twenty years, the head of the strategies process. [...] crespi d’adda village competition crespi d’adda [bergamo] italy [1st prize] The centrality of knowing the reality that surrounds us is the starting point of this work. Experiencing how to know, to return to being ‘earthlings’, together with the true creators and users of the landscape with nature. The experience, perception and action must be the main ingredients of the project. [...] passinriva installation lake of como [...] Contemporary culture substitutes often WATCH for SEE, a mechanical gesture, a gesture unaware and distracted instead of a concerned gesture focused on knowledge. In order to regain possession of knowledge one must begin again to see the land. [...]