UnLost Territories, between norm and normative

Author: Antonino Saggio
Affiliation: Sapienza - University of Rome

Abstract
I think it could be useful to recall some fundamental aspects on the basis of Tirana Design Week 2019, and from that, we will move independently from the lecture that I delivered in Tirana on the 19th of September 2019. The title of speech had been (1919-2019) “FROM BAUHAUS TO A NEW PARADIGM IN ARCHITECTURE”. My idea was to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the Bauhaus particularly to underline the paradigm shift from an architectural symbol of the mechanical and industrial world to a new one based on information, which is what portraits these times we are living in. Despite these celebrations usually have a historical-philological character, my lecture was based on the idea that history is always written from a today perspective and by the will to stimulate critical thinking.