THE SEARCH FOR FERTILE INFRASTRUCTURE—ECOLOGICAL AIRPORT LANDSCAPES

Abstract

How is the landscape modified by air transportation? Can the landscape and airport infrastructure be integrated following ecological criteria? How can an airport be integrated into the local context? What design devices can be used? What are the influences on the urban context? How can we accommodate the current technological needs of airports with new unexpected uses in the future? In the future, how might disused airport infrastructure possibly be “recycled”?

This article tells the story behind four main research projects on airport landscapes — “Airport Urbanism,”“Ecological Airport Urbanism,” “Treviso Airport Urbanism” and “Fertile Infrastructure” — in an attempt to explore an experimental methodology to design an ecological airport system at landscape and urban scale.

Keywords

Ecological Infrastructure / Airport Landscape / Airport Urbanism

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Higher Education Press