Ricerc@Sapienza

The present essay intends to put in evidence as among “space public” and “urban scene” there is a natural relationship. Or rather that the expression to use urban scene means to evoke the metaphor of the simulation that belongs to the demonstrations of the public space, or better, to the public component of the space that, in how much such, it is also translated in celebration in the theatrical sense of dramatic and spectacular production. The urban scene becomes then privileged circle of physical representation and metaphysics of the city.

With the introduction of digital technologies in every area of our daily life, the way people conceive cities with their squares, streets and infrastructures has radically changed. In their race for sustainability and smartness, cities are adapting their urban models to new ways of life that are radically different from the past and that are inspired by principles connected to ecology, democracy and well-being. To change is not only the geographical or architectonic characteristic of the place, but also its sense in the individual and collective identity dimension.