Layering. An open way to landescape interpretation

The concept of layering is quite familiar in the landscape project. It implies a reading aimed at understanding the different historically identifiable layers (the evolution of a territory), their complex interactions and, simultaneously, an interpretation related to the present. Taking on a layered landscape means to undertake a critical path (from an historical point of view), to venture into a walk full of surprises (physical and biological), but also to place the past heritage within contemporary values, imagining new functional and environmental assets, and new configurations of the open space. Stratification defines a way of knowing, exploring and designing. Can be considered trans-scalar (i.e. attributable to different observation and survey levels) and trans-temporal (i.e. usable along various time intervals, both in the long run both in the short term). The interpretation that I want to propose moves from the stratified landscapes which I mostly met in this recent years as a landscape architect.