Reading tips, with a home and travel focus

This bibliography offers a series of reflections based on Cristian Chironi’s art project; these considerations ranges from car tours of urban spaces to his temporary residence at the Piccolo Museion - Cubo Garutti. The selected books invite us to follow a variety of urban and geographical themes, like the “active landscapes” described in Viviana Gravano’s essay to Georges Perèc’s detailed and poetic analysis of space. From admiring Rem Koolhaas’ futuristic and controversial scenario of binge-construction and metropolitan utopia, the focus the focus shifts to the involuntary art installations (land-art) described by Gilles Clement before finally returning home. Home here is not to be understood simply as an architectural shell, but also in the wider context of Le Corbusier’s theories, which are based on a respect for the relationship between humankind and nature.