Research/lab

LaDU/Laboratorio Densità Urbana - Cagliari
Body, space and landscape transformation analyzed through art, science and new technologies.

LaDU is a multidisciplinary research lab born in Cagliari, Sardinia by Alessandro Carboni and some young students of the Faculty of Architecture of Cagliari. The research investigates the relationship and impact between landscape and body. The lab attempt to investigation new ways of study between art and science. LaDU, analyzes in different forms anthropological and socio-cultural transformations on individual and how technology, infrastructure, buildings and individuals are organized in urban and rural areas. The research themes focus on Sardinian territory (in its various and multiple urban, rural and hybrids forms), and in some major cities around the world, in which forms of urban transformation are more visible. The activities, coordinated by Alessandro Carboni, are focused on the development of research projects in the way of workshops, interdisciplinary seminars, projects in collaboration with artists and researchers from different disciplines.La

Ladu - Blog

Facoltà di Architettura, Cagliari

 

 

Kaitak River - Human Landscape Project

The Kai Tak River at 3km is the longest waterway in East Kowloon in Hong Kong and runs through some of Hong Kong’s oldest districts including Wong Tai Sin and Kowloon City. Recent efforts by the Environmental Protection Department have successfully transformed the nullah, formerly polluted by industrial discharge from factories and untreated domestic sewage, into a natural habitat populated by growing numbers of freshwater fish and birds. The Kai Tak River Project began in 2006 and has been shaped by the participation of the different groups involved in the project, including community groups such as the Community Alliance of Kai Tak Development, local schools and the Department of Architecture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong which undertook a research project led by Professor Wallace Chang Ping Hung. The Kai Tak Project underlines how shared environmental concerns can stimulate community development. Alessandro Carboni is part of the research group since 2007, contributing with performance, workshop, conference and seminars along the river.

Kaitak River - Blog

School of Architecture, Hong Kong

Oneaspace gallery, Hong Kong
 

Optimize system of city paths - Kaitak River project
On site specific performance by Alessandro Carboni, 01,11,2009 Nga Tsin Wai Village, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Ispired by the disappearing historical landmarks in East Kowloon. The performance explore in particular the history of the salt field aroud Nga Tsin Wai village. During almost four hours of performance, Alessandro Carboni works 500kg of sea salt carring and transporting it around kaitak River with a metal bucket. Using walking as performance action, the performance reveals a prominent and physicality of working gestures of salt fields workers.