Contemporary architecture in Rome.

“…….I’m not going to sound the alarm for the loss of identity complained of by all……
In fact I am much more concerned for another reason.
A much more dramatic loss, a damage inflicted on one of our senses as human beings, on a basic characteristic, such as smell, taste, touch, hearing. One of our senses, the sense of place.”

“A place is something completely real.
The increasing loss of reality causes the loss of places.
The effects of this growing loss of roots we can only imagine. If an instinct dies, other instincts grow in its place. Social attention doesn’t seem to grow. The sense of place also creates solidarity, a sense of common good, a shared responsibility. A loss of this sense leads to growing greed and a lack of peace.
Wim Wenders, during his honorary degree in architecture at the University of Catania.”
from “Vedere i luoghi nell’anima con Wim Wenders” written by Carlo Truppi.