Maps.

The material, temporal and projective dimension of the territory Bernardo Secchi and Paola Vigan coord. PhD in Urbanism, Universit IUAV Venice, April 15 Since the beginning of Modernity the visual representation lays in the junction of two research programs and analytical approaches that cross, join and superpose. The first field is dominated by the rhetoric of reality (Kemp): the visual representation shows a more and more precise dissection of the world, a deconstruction and an elementaristic approach which imply the de-layering and conceptualization of the elements, their composition and representation. The second field is dominated by the rhetoric of the irrefutable precision (..): the visual representation is an instrument of measure and control, an abstraction of what literally cannot be seen if not as representation of an hypothetic and explicative model, distant from the experience of the site, as topographic maps. The two approaches have progressively abandoned their connections with other fields becoming more and more specialized. While the ancient maps were constructed in a deficit of technologies which obliged to select very carefully their objectives and the elements to represent, today maps are produced in situations that are perceived as characterized by a technological surplus which often produces excessive proliferation, un-relevant enumerations, redundancy. At the same time many aspects are underestimated and only episodically considered. The seminar wants to discuss a sense of un-satisfaction towards the actual cartographic mannerism which can be extended to a wider process of homogenization also in terms of design approaches; we also want to reflect on visual representation and innovative research perspectives, following the hypothesis that any search of a new object of investigation has to produce an original cartography. Maps. The material, temporal and projective dimension of the territory will be discussed by Bieke Cattoor, Enrico Chapel, Chiara Cavalieri, Nadia DAgnone, Stphanie Ditre, Lorenzo Fabian, Irene Guida, Stefano Munarin, Giambattista Zaccariotto, together with Bernardo Secchi and Paola Vigan. PROGRAM 10.00-10.30 10.30-11.10 11.30-12.10 12.30-13.10 Bernardo Secchi CARTOGRAPHY Introduction to the seminar Enrico Chapel LOEIL RAISONNE discussion Stphanie Ditre L'MERGENCE DU VISIBLE INTERROGE PAR LES ARCHITECTES discussion Bieke Cattoor ATLAS AS DESIGN / DESIGNING ATLASSES : CHRONOLOGIES OF A (SUB)URBANIZED TERRITORY / FIGURES INFRASTRUCTURES discussion

13.30-14.30 break

14.30-15.00 15.00-16.10 16.10-17.20 17.20-18.30 18.30-19.00

Paola Vigan THE PROJECTIVE DIMENSION OF THE TERRITORY Introduction to the seminar Chiara Cavalieri MAPPING TIME Nadia DAgnone REVEALING THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN GEOLOGIC discussion Lorenzo Fabian MAPS AS INTERPRETATIVE MODELS AND IMPLICIT PROJECTS Giambattista Zaccariotto GUIDING MODELS discussion Stefano Munarin ATLASES Irene Guida STORIES Discussion Bernardo Secchi, Paola Vigan CONCLUSIONS