Creative Roots

by Caterina Da Via

The project, set in rural Italy, is a challenge to the existing system of life in order to glimpse at new models of behaviour.
The area in which the project is being developed is called Veneto Orientale, the limb of land that stretches north-east from Venice in the direction of Trieste.
Creative Roots' challenge is to identify, describe and record all ideas, solutions and interaction of many different people involved in the project, with the aim of demonstrating that when all those fragments are combined, they can generate larger, more significant stories. The project intends to recognise existing patterns of use and traditions as awell as the need to create a new identity for the Land.
My research will attempt to go beyond the aesthetic of the new, my intent is to rethink everyday living in a small environment. It is said that chance forces human beings to start over, from scratch, challenging everything, freeing up new energies and new relationships.
I take up the challenge to rethink an architecture that strives to be local, but will arise out of diverse intelligences. The project shall show tolerance to the tradition of the land, but at the same time will be reanimated by contemporary possibilities.