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In Italian, the word “senso” has two semantic fields: it means “meaning,” but also “direction.” So when we talk about the meaning of work, we can ask what work means to us, but also where it is heading. It is from this second sense that I’d like to start: what is the direction of work […]

We belong to an animal species capable of inventing ever-new tools and producing artificial devices that rival nature’s own wonders. The role we assign ourselves is that of the protagonist: we lay claim to every territory we cross, shaping the planet according to our desires. Over time, however, we have learned to pay closer attention

Twenty years ago I realized that while the West innovates according to the logic of “more resources generate more R&D,” in emerging markets like India, Africa and China innovation comes from ingenuity, with very few resources available. This idea of “doing better with less” gave rise to the concept of frugal innovation, which is now

Housing policies in Europe Few levers are as capable of reshaping the face of our society as housing policy. The housing question sits at the center of a web of economic-financial, technological, social, demographic, environmental, fiscal and institutional dynamics, and therefore calls for systemic, multidimensional solutions. Until the 1990s, access to housing in Europe was

In the folds of the northern Himalayas, along the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line, construction is not a static calculation but a continuous dialogue with the forces of the Earth. Along the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line, it was necessary to heed a landscape of sheer slopes and chronic instability. Thrust zones—faults with shear phenomena—intertwine with high seismic risk,

In southeastern Turkey, where the Tigris curves through millennia of sediment and stone, Hasankeyf — a city 12,000 years old, a crossroads of Romans, Byzantines, Artuqids, Ayyubids and Ottomans civilizations — was destined to disappear beneath the reservoir of the Ilısu Dam. Before the waters rose, major monuments including mosques, tombs, historic gates and other

What will become of all of the constructions made by modern humanity? – skyscrapers, factories, sports stadiums, roads (and the cars that drive on them), and our smaller manufactured goods too, computers, mobile phones, plastic beverage bottles, fashion items and much else? These dominate our world now, and we are busy constructing ever more of

Area and Intervention The former landfill site in Cava de’ Tirreni is located in an area of particular scenic and tourist value, a crossing point between the Amalfi Coast and the Campania hinterland. Set in an area frequented by hikers and visitors, the site had long been a critical issue, both from an environmental point

Two marine wastes: from problem to resource The objective is ambitious: to transform two categories of high-impact marine waste—dredged sediments and mussel shells—from an environmental problem into a resource for the construction sector. Every year, between 100 and 200 million cubic metres of sediments are dredged in European port basins; in Italy alone the volume

In Riyadh, confronting the climate challenge goes far beyond drafting new building codes – it requires rewriting the very grammar of the landscape. Between cliffs that stretch toward the horizon and new expanses of greenery that promise life, infrastructure sheds its imposing presence to become an organic extension of the terrain. This is a look