Maurizio Ori from O+A Ori Arienti Landscape and Architecture Studio will be participating in an interview organised by EN Space, part of ArchiTextureExpo during the Milan Design Week, joining a group of leading architects and design professionals to discuss the role of systemic design in addressing today’s environmental challenges.
The conversation explores how the materials, the principles of the circular economy and the landscape can be integrated through innovative design approaches to foster the creation of more sustainable and resilient built environment.
The discussion emphasizes that the ongoing climate crisis calls for a greater sense of responsibility across all the sectors. Rather than considering the sustainability as a standalone goal, it presents systemic design as an approach that links the selection of materials, production processes, and circular economy strategies, in order to reduce environmental impact and make the best use of available resources.
A central issue is the problem of raw material waste, particularly in industrial production, where a large portion of the extracted materials is discarded. By rethinking waste as a resource, systemic design creates opportunities to recover, recycle, and reintegrate these materials into new production cycles.
To illustrate these principles, the presentation draws on an ongoing quarry restoration project in which the waste is considered as an integral part of the design process rather than a byproduct to be managed separately. The project demonstrates how landscape restoration can be combined with circular and regenerative strategies and to generate long-term environmental value.
We thank the organisers for their kind invite and for this important opportunity for discussion.
