Metro Armonico: Architecture as I See it - come io penso l'architettura

This volume presents Francesco Gostoli’s architectural research on the harmonious relationships that underlie—or should underlie—the design of spaces—whether they be enclosed environments, buildings, paths, or cities—and which, in an unconscious yet immediate way, are perceived by people, determining whether their time spent in that place is pleasant or unpleasant. The relationship linking the proportions of a space, expressed in an arithmetic series known as the harmonic meter and often found in nature as well, has been a subject of reflection since antiquity, as evidenced by the speculations contained in ancient treatises on architecture, from Vitruvius to Leon Battista Alberti and on to Palladio. Gostoli, starting from an analysis of this harmonic relationship, reflects on the opposite phenomenon of spatial disintegration that characterizes contemporary spaces, emphasizing the need, in the design of modern buildings and cities, to take into account the rules and specific characteristics of the spaces themselves.