Semantizzare l'assenza. Le rovine, i vuoti urbani e le tracce ‘in negativo’ dei conflitti nelle città contemporanee

This essay examines the semantisation of the absence, remnants, and war scars as a memorial practice, as a jarring irruption of disappeared configurations in the normalisation imposed by new urban orders. The point of view from which our analysis is carried out crosses two different but complementary perspectives: that of the architect and that of the semiotician, contextually questioning the reality of the monuments and urban contexts examined and the rich and changing sedimentation of meanings, values and interpretations that they convey