Ricerc@Sapienza

Collective memory and individual identity in society are increasingly losing their importance in contemporary cities. Both material and immaterial heritage has to become a strategic element by which a citizen can recognize himself in the spaces of his everyday life. In 2018, the municipality and universities of Barcelona provided a moment of international consideration - using the instrument of a hackaton. This reflection was focused on the infrastructural heritage represented by the “Rondas” – originally developed as a connective element while today being seen as separating structure.

Collective memory and individual identity in society are increasingly losing their importance in contemporary cities. Both material and immaterial heritage has to become a strategic element by which a citizen can recognize himself in the spaces of his everyday life. In 2018, the municipality and universities of Barcelona provided a moment of international consideration - using the instrument of a hackaton. This reflection was focused on the infrastructural heritage represented by the “Rondas” – originally developed as a connective element while today being seen as separating structure.

Light, temperature, atmosphere, sound, are all controlled by the desire for another space, against any natural logic; so it is possible to ski, swim and cross forests in the desert, but also to stay in a climate controlled and virtually continuous space, at home, in the car, at work, in free time, achieving in this case a utopian, uninterrupted environmental continuity , as artificial as it is direct expression of desire.