Descrizione del progetto
Uno sguardo marino all’architettura della pesca
Le coste dell’Atlantico settentrionale ospitano diverse culture architettoniche e le sue acque sono ricche di specie ittiche. L’industrializzazione della pesca all’inizio del XIX secolo e la globalizzazione dell’industria alla fine del XX secolo hanno avuto un impatto sull’architettura della pesca di tale area. Il progetto FISH-A, finanziato dal CER, valuterà l’impatto ecologico delle costruzioni adibite alla pesca e delle risorse naturali da cui dipendono, facendo progredire, in particolare, la nostra comprensione dell’impatto ecologico dell’attività umana. Il progetto si concentrerà sugli ecosistemi marini, sulla tecnologia della pesca, sulla lavorazione del cibo, sulla politica e sulle abitudini di consumo per offrire una nuova prospettiva di costruzione, in cui i paesaggi dove si pratica la pesca uniscano terra e mare.
Obiettivo
To what extent can fish produce architecture? This project sets out to trace a socioecological history of North Atlantic architecture in relation to fisheries, elucidating the relationships between marine environments and terrestrial landscapes and assessing the ecological impact of fishing constructions and the natural resources they depend upon.
Fishing Architecture covers a broad spectrum in terms of both geography and time, a choice that was made to avoid deterministic analysis and engage with transnational phenomena. Thus, the focus is on the North Atlantic—its shores housing diverse architectural cultures and its waters home to a wealth of fish species—and follows a time frame that runs from the industrialization of fisheries in the early 19th century to the full globalization of the industry at the end of the 20th.
The extant scholarship on marine ecology, fisheries, and fishing communities includes extensive research on fish populations, navigation systems, technology, bioeconomics, architecture, and cultural practices. Yet, comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the field is hindered by its own specialization. Facing the impending challenges of the environmental predicament, this project will use the material history of architecture as a powerful tool for advancing interdisciplinary research and, along with it, our understanding of the ecological impacts of human activity.
The assessment will be organized along five analytical axes: (1) marine ecosystems; (2) fishing technology; (3) food processing; (4) politics; and (5) consumption habits, effectively avoiding the conventional architectural approach to understanding the built environment. This strategy allows us to identify critical knowledge gaps to be worked on and, most significantly, fosters a fresh perspective on construction in which fishing landscapes and buildings are understood as material traces of dynamic socioecological relationships and as part of the continuum between land and sea.
Campo scientifico
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedIstituzione ospitante
4099-002 Porto
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