This itinerary is an anthology of spaces that invite encounters. The square, which has always been a symbol of our country, is the emblem par excellence of outdoor living, where people pass, stop, relate and participate in events that are important to the community. In recent decades, this space rich in meaning has been joined by new places, generated in the contemporary fabric.
Some are even “non-places”, according to the expression introduced by the French anthropologist Marc Augé to indicate architectural and urban spaces of transitory, public and impersonal use, which become meeting places if they are able to welcome and encourage social interaction. In architecture, “non-places” have been investigated by Rem Koolhaas who, in the essay Generic City, theorized the modern city as a place without pre-established cultural constraints, which shapes and adapts to the needs and requirements of citizens.
“Meeting in the city” is precisely an itinerary among places that, responding to the interactions of the user, somehow self-determine with respect to the historical and cultural context in which they are inserted, beyond the project functions. The route therefore connects architectural spaces, urban and non-urban, located in correspondence with railway stations, bathing establishments or waterfronts, that is, liminal places, facing connection areas between the built city and the natural landscape.