Module and modularity – Variations and application scales in contemporary times

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  • Cesare Sposito University of Palermo (Italy)
  • Francesca Scalisi University of Palermo (Italy)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/1402023

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Editorial

Abstract

Volume 14 of AGATHÓN collects essays and research that, while not exhaustive of the innumerable declinations that can be taken on by the module to address, discretise and solve the complexity of the built environment, highlight its multiscalar nature and its conceptual and usage flexibility. With their infinite application scales, ‘from the spoon to the city’ (Rogers, 1952), the ‘module’ and ‘modularity’ resurface strongly in the new Millennium and can become a paradigm in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (UN, 2015) if associated with the themes of reversibility and accessibility, in addition, the varied conceptual and instrumental declinations of ‘module’ and ‘modularity’ can provide support throughout the entire life cycle of a system, optimising its ideational, production/implementation and management phases in Landscape, City, Architecture and Industrial Design, enabling the overcoming of a static and linear view of the built environment through ‘open’, ‘flexible’, ‘adaptive’, ‘multi-scalar’ and ‘sustainable’ systems especially when managed through intelligent digital tools.

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Author Biographies

Cesare Sposito, University of Palermo (Italy)

Architect and PhD, he is an Associate Professor of Architecture Technology at the Department of Architecture. Founding member of Demetra Centro Documentazione e Ricerca Euro-Mediterranea (Ce.Ri.Med.) and the Italian Society of Architectural Technology (SITdA), he is the co-Director of Agathón | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design and Scientific Director of the editorial series Project | Essays and Researches. His main research focuses are environmental sustainability, innovative materials for architecture, nanomaterials, energy conservation in buildings, and the conservation process with a focus on protection systems for archaeological sites.
E-mail: cesare.sposito@unipa.it

Francesca Scalisi, University of Palermo (Italy)

Architect and PhD, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultura e Società and founding member of Demetra Centro Documentazione e Ricerca Euro-Mediterranea (Ce.Ri.Med.).
E-mail: francesca.scalisi@unipa.it

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Published

31-12-2023

How to Cite

Sposito, C. and Scalisi, F. (2023) “Module and modularity – Variations and application scales in contemporary times”, AGATHÓN | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, 14, pp. 2–11. doi: 10.19229/2464-9309/1402023.

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