Today’s younger generations face a changing world as climate change transforms landscapes and cities. How can we help them listen to these changes? How can we encourage children and university students to imagine, design, and care for landscapes affected by climate change? And, perhaps most...
Coastal land reclamation is the process of turning water into land. Historically, humans reclaimed land to expand ports, defend territories, and convert unhealthy wetlands for agricultural or urban development. Yet, what once was an act of survival or growth has become a planetary phenomenon—a human-driven...
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...
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. (2014), 02 Rethinking Treviso Airport Urbanism. Landscape Design Strategies from now on, Rome, Aracne. ISBN 978-88-548-7437-4 How does air transportation transform the landscape? Can the landscape and airport infrastructure be designed to follow ecological principles? How can an airport be integrated into the local environment? What...