{"id":5385,"date":"2020-09-11T16:35:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohmynsl.capsule.ch\/2020\/09\/cities-in-crisis-shifting-perspective-on-the-metropolitan-landscapes-in-marseille-and-naples\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:31:20","slug":"cities-in-crisis-shifting-perspective-on-the-metropolitan-landscapes-in-marseille-and-naples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmynsl.capsule.ch\/it\/2020\/09\/cities-in-crisis-shifting-perspective-on-the-metropolitan-landscapes-in-marseille-and-naples\/","title":{"rendered":"Cities in Crisis: Shifting Perspective on the Metropolitan Landscapes in Marseille and Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The elective course \u00abTerritory of the city\u00bb focused on Marseille and Naples, two cities enduring long-term economic and social crises. Like other Mediterranean port cities, they are directly affected by global warming and face increasing threats of natural hazards.\u00a0The recent creation of the \u00abM\u00e9tropole Aix-Marseille-Provence\u00bb (2016) and the \u00abCitt\u00e0 Metropolitana di Napoli\u00bb (2014) represent an opportunity to address some of these issues at a larger scale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Marseille: Alpine and Maritime Territory<\/h3>\n<p>Marseille, the second largest city in France, looks back on a history marked by rise and fall, growth and crisis. Its strategic location on the Mediterranean Sea allowed the port city to flourish in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century and to become a melting pot of cultures. With the end of colonialism and the withdrawal of the port industry, Marseille became a <em>&#8216;ville en crise&#8217;<\/em> in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, impacted by poverty, crime and decay. The city&#8217;s socio-spatial segregation \u2013 wealthier neighbourhoods to the south and social housing blocks to the north \u2013 dates from this period and continues to this day.<\/p>\n<p>In the spring semester 2019, our study perimeter was the Massif de l&#8217;\u00c9toile, a striking, barren limestone mountain range forming the natural topographical boundary north of the city body. Consisting mainly of bush and heathland, it is currently hardly used except for a few telecommunications facilities, hydroelectric power plants and hiking trails. As a central landscape area of the new metropolitan region \u00abAix-Marseille-Provence\u00bb, however, it has the potential to structure future urbanization and to take on various urban functions: a new type of metropolitan park, for which new approaches and strategies must be developed.<\/p>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_14584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14584\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14584\" src=\"https:\/\/ohmynsl.capsule.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Naples-NSL-A3_skaliert.jpg\" alt=\"City of Naples (thick red line), Citta Metropolitana di Napoli (thin red line) and investigation perimeter (black dotted line) \u00a9 Amalia Bonsack, chair G\u00fcnther Vogt, ETH Zurich\" width=\"760\" height=\"537\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City of Naples (thick red line), Citta Metropolitana di Napoli (thin red line) and investigation perimeter (black dotted line) \u00a9 Amalia Bonsack, chair G\u00fcnther Vogt, ETH Zurich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Naples: Land of Fire<\/h3>\n<p>Located in-between two volcanic areas, the urbanization of Naples&#8217; territory has been continuously shaped by this very specific topography. To the east is the famous Vesuvius, whose iconic shape embodies the city&#8217;s identification symbol. To the west, several eruptions thousands of years ago resulted in the formation of a large caldera known as Campi Flegrei &#8211; the \u00abburning fields\u00bb. Today, the area is characterized by a complex topography and scattered uses: agricultural land, illegally built settlements, isolated archaeological remains, industrial wastelands, abandoned mining areas and protected landscapes overlap and contrast in a discontinuous palimpsest. In a city affected by the risk of eruption, crime and corruption, recession and permanent deindustrialization processes, the newly created \u00abCitta Metropolitana di Napoli\u00bb produces a shift of perspective and particularly offers the opportunity to reassess and rethink this metropolitan landscape.<\/p>\n\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:bonsack@arch.ethz.ch\">Amalia Bonsack<\/a> studied architecture at EPF Lausanne, UP Valencia and ETH Z\u00fcrich. As a scientific assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. h.c. G\u00fcnther Vogt, she teaches the elective course \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/vogt.arch.ethz.ch\/en\/wahlfach\/territorium-der-stadt-lausanne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Territory of the City<\/a>\u00bb, dealing with the development of multi-scale design strategies in European metropolitan landscapes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The elective course \u00abTerritory of the city\u00bb focused on Marseille and Naples, two cities enduring long-term economic and social crises. 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