Luciano Crespi INFINITO / FINITO / NON-FINITO

On the occasion of the publication of the latest book Design of the unfinished. Interior design in the regeneration of the "leftovers (Postmedia Books, 2023) by Professor Luciano Crespi - former coordinator of the Course of Studies in Interior Design - a lecture will be given as part of the Interior Design Lab sect. 2 (A. Anzani, M. Schinco) on what through his research and teaching activities has become a borderline discipline, located between design, interior design, arts, restoration, exhibition design, set design, cinema, founded on an "aesthetic of the leftover".

In post-industrial cities, the need to redefine a new balance between land use and psycho-physical well-being, to curb the consumption of land, energy, built and natural heritage, pushes design research to confront the practice of reuse, to regenerate abandoned urban spaces, often characterized by historical memories rather than current meanings, confronting other fields concerned with the relationship between humans and their environments.

For students, it will be an opportunity to reflect on the culture of design and its leading role in urban regeneration interventions, through an innovative approach that knows how to assign these spaces a new identity and a new function, adopting installation devices, temporary and reversible, consistent with the nature and soul of the place.

The lecture can be followed online through the Webex platform.