The Physical and the Imaginary: Transitional Perceptions of Landscapes

In an era of melting pots, in which social multiplicities coexist within increasingly ecologically and environmentally fragile contexts, contemporary landscape design needs new approaches, perceptions, and shifts of gaze to prioritise from the earliest stages of the transformation of marginal territories and the inclusive participation of communities. Playful tactics can be an alternative tool to build spaces of inclusion and new alliances; they can rise to a sharing laboratory open to multiple experiences in transitional urban spaces by acting on the imaginary. This paper will attempt to critically read playful tactics as a tool of transition capable of operating a paradigm shift in urban transformation by engaging the collective imaginary.