La bellezza eteronoma dello spazio artefattuale

(The Heteronomous Beauty of Artifact Space)

Abstract

Why is the space of our daily existence often made of benches with seats that stab our backs with pain? Of train stations similar to labyrinths that make us miss the train? Of airports whose façades present such an obsessive formal homogeneity that we cannot distinguish the entry? Of squared glasses that let us drink poorly? Of printers that hide the power switch? An answer to these questions will be sought through the comparison of the notions of autonomous and heteronomous beauty. Such a comparison will ultimately lead us to ponder the positive consequences that the notion of an ideal human measure can have for the construction of space in our daily existence.