Vol. 22 No. 2 (2024): On diversity and differences
Coesistenze. Rilevare, rivelare l’invisibile / Coexistence. Revealing, detecting the invisible

Diversità invisibili. Esplorazioni del sottosuolo minerario

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  • Francesco Torelli
Francesco Torelli
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Firenze, Italia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/rv-16206

Published 2025-07-02

Keywords

  • Mining archaeology,
  • Underground,
  • Perceptual alteration,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Landscape design

How to Cite

Torelli, F. (2025). Diversità invisibili. Esplorazioni del sottosuolo minerario. Ri-Vista. Research for Landscape Architecture, 22(2), 198–213. https://doi.org/10.36253/rv-16206

Copyright (c) 2025 Francesco Torelli

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Abstract

In the entropy of surface life, dominated by visible horizons, the potential and complexity of the underground are often overlooked. This subterranean realm, excavated and exploited over time, holds geological, semantic, and temporal stratifications.
Through the exploration of a Slovenian mining landscape, shaped by the extraction of deposits with cultural, settlement, and economic influences, the profound connection between the surface layer and hypogeal reality emerges. The latter imposes a different grammar, dictated by conditions far removed from human habits, generating a wide range of perceptual alterations that, from an anthro-pocentric perspective, may render inhabiting these contexts extreme.
However, a specialized biodiversity inhabiting in these environments testifies that such extremity is not absolute but may offer useful tools for landscape design to address the complexity of the dimension we live daily.

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