GRAFICA Y UTOPÍA
In his classic text Cities in History, Lewis Mumford discusses the image and social structure of ancient cities. Mumford refers to the ideal, or dreamed city, as belonging to the urban utopian tradition. This ideal city is the foundation of utopian cities as such.
This utopian trend has run along for centuries and can be interpreted as a natural human inclination to transcend the here and now. The utopian dream has been endless and has permeated all kinds of social endevours. The first versions of the South American utopia can be traced back to mythical drawings which seem to envision a ''fourth continent'' which , in turn, are the germs of the so called '' New World''

EL VALOR DE LO INMATERIAL COMO PERFIL DEL VACÍO URBANO
The city of Seville has become a complex relationship metapolis of mobility and function; this does not alter the fact that there are pockets of urban life enriched by his own physical condition and lifestyle. The case of the Macarena is especially interesting because it contains two realities of identity, on the one hand, the brand image produced by the powerful religious and folk tradition, projecting its image globally, and on the other hand the local culture, whose identity is directly defined by a physical medium (plot) and a dense social fabric adapted to a lifestyle somewhere between the customs of traditional and new forms of life that retrieve such traditions. The aim of this study leads us to approach the protection of intangible heritage through the protection of tangible heritage

Keywords: intangible heritage, public space, identity

BICOLORI a INCALMO. Vidrio y agua, paisajes de Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa ‘s work couldn't be understood without Venice matters, glass and water.
As Louis Kahn said, “his designs ask nature in order to shape the elements”. That's the way he would create.
We propose a travel to Scarpa's works, showing his main creative matters. Water, in relationship with glass and Venice landscape, would be used by the “professore” in order to structure the space and transform our perceptions and feelings.

Key words: Scarpa, water, glass

La produzione industrializzata eco-innovativa per il retrofit edilizio
The evolution in the design approach to sustainable building refurbishment is mainly due to an increased level of performance required to meet the targets set by current legislations in terms of reduction of CO2 emissions and energy consumption. The paper outlines the industrial production trends for the retrofit in Europe, with particular focus to the UK, where the development of eco-innovative construction products is showing substantial results in relation to mass retrofitting interventions onto existing buildings.

Keywords: Eco-innovation, construction products, mass retrofitting

La Mostra delle Terre Italiane d'Oltremare
The complex of the Mostra delle Terre Italiane d'Oltremare built in Naples in 1940 represents a real 'case' within the season of Italian architecture characterized by an opposition of different stylistic options (Rationalism, Novecento, Eclecticism, Historicism, Littorio) within the wider context of the rhetoric of the fascism. The complex provides clear relationships with the built city and with nature, using a matrix system of tracks taken from the tradition of the Italian city. Its recent application to the protected site UNESCO list, requires a particular attention to the mode of action on this important architectural and urban heritage.