The project titled 'The Landscape of the Fish: Climate Change(s) Life and Design in the Venetian Lagoon' was selected and showcased at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennal as part of the ‘Terrae Acquae’ exhibition in the Italian Pavilion. The presented video gives voice to a grey...
Cipriani, L. ed. (2024) (Co)Designing Hope: Aqueous Landscapes in Transition. Abingdon, Oxon/New York, NY, Routledge. [Peer-reviewed Book in English – 336 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-10-3241-146-0 Extreme weather events, droughts, floods, shifts in precipitation and temperature patterns, melting glaciers, sea-level rise, water salinization, and more generally, changes in...
Cipriani, L. ed. (2024) Embracing the Future of the Wadden Sea Landscapes: Voices and Imageries from Students and Educators. Delft, TU Delft OPEN Publishing. [Book in English – 136 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-94-6366-895-8 This book highlights the design work of landscape architecture schools. It includes materials from...
Cipriani, L. ed. (2024) Fluid Soils: (Co)Designing for the Wadden Sea Landscapes. Delft, TU Delft OPEN Publishing. [Peer-reviewed Book in English – 313 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-94-6366-823-1 The relationship between soil and water is more important than ever. Despite being a UNESCO World Heritage Site of exceptional...
Beretta, S., Cipriani, L., Geroldi, C., Longo, A., and Wirth, M. eds. (2023) REL22 Reinventing Energy Landscapes. Aachen, RWTH Aachen University. [Book in English – 76 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-3-00-074561-4 The Hambach mine is one of Europe’s largest and deepest open-pit coal mines. Humans have transformed the...
Cipriani L. (2019) (Fr)aglie terra. Paesaggi di crisi e possibilità. 01 La bassa friulana. Università Iuav di Venezia, Venezia. [libro in italiano – 229 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-889-92-4395-1 Questa serie di pubblicazioni intende raccontare città e paesaggi lungo la costa del Nordest italiano: dalla bassa friulana alla...
Ogni territorio, ogni paesaggio può essere letto ed interpretato come un palinsesto, un testo che viene continuamente scritto, riscritto e modificato. Le tracce si accumulano e si cancellano, raccontando il territorio e le sue trasformazioni, il passato, il presente e il futuro. Il progetto proposto si...
Cipriani L. (2018) Landscapes of Hope. Reclaiming Malacca. NUS, Singapore. [book in English – 333 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-981-11-8139-9 The UNESCO heritage city of Malacca is a historically rich center, but one facing significant environmental, urban, and social crises that are currently taking a heavy toll: building...
Cipriani L. (2017) Isole di possibilità. Venezia e la città laguna. Islands of possibilities. Venice and the lagoon city. Aracne, Rome. [book in Italian and in English – 227 p. – ill.] ISBN: 978-88-255-0516-0 The islands and edges of the Venice lagoon have been forgotten for a long...
The islands of the Venice lagoon have been abandoned for a long time. The city of Venice absorbs and concentrates tourist flows and economic resources whereas the islands and borderlands are today little known and poorly connected. The “Lagoon Park” institution has recently been abolished...