PROJECTS
A Refuge for Boats
Master Thesis
2019
The purpose of this project is to address the following objectives at the bay of Despotiko, Greece: How to revitalize a relatively remote, insular rural space? How to help preserve elements of heritage through the means of design? The link between these two questions is indissoluble, since they both refer to a landscape with distinct characteristics. In order to define design solutions that respond to the objectives in an effective way, the research dives into an extensive analysis of the landscape from a wider scale up to the site itself. The methodology takes into account the geographical and cultural characteristics of the Greek archipelago, examining the relationships between insular land and sea, as well as the ones between the latter and humans. Understanding the purpose and nature of traditional boatbuilding both in theory and practice led to the definition of the main parameters to be discussed throughout the project: the need for new tools for preserving local heritage and the potential of thematic tourism as an inclusive framework for communicating culture.
Book
326 pages
20 cm x 29 cm
Digital print, Milan
Self-published, May 2019
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