Vrijeme unutar gradova stvara šupljine, neiskorištene prostore
koji su, poput tvornice, lokalnog željezničkog kolodvora, vojarne, stare bolnice, nekad slžili gradu. Napuštanjem poljoprivrede u izvangradskim prostorima istu sudbinu doživaljavaju i velika
seoska dobra, nekadašnja žarišta seoskog života, kako to opisuje Ermanno Olmi u filmu Stablo za klompe. Takvi izolirani sklopovi,
koji su u Toscani okruženi maslinicima i vinogradima, danas
su prenamijenjeni uglavnom u prostore za seoski turizam ili u privatne vile za one koji se žele nakon radnog dana povući u tišinu
i osamu prirodnog okoliša, a takvih je sve više. Nardi preuredio u privatnu vilu Ciatti. Karakter čitljivosti, esencijalnosti,
statičnosti, koji vladaju tim
prirodnim okolišem, manifestira
se u arhitektonskom izrazu kompaktnošću volumena, nedostatkom površinskih
dekoracija, jednostavnošću prostorne distribucije, što su obilježja kojima se odlikuje većina seoskih sklopova Toscane.
I sama Firenca odražava tu
atmosferu statičnosti, metafizičke bezvremenosti, koju ne narušavaju ni tisuće turista što se
svakodnevno slijevaju u njene
uske ulice.
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The passage of time creates voids in cities; those unused spaces that once had served
the city, such as factories,
local railway stations, army barracks, and former hospitals. Abandonment of agriculture in out-of-town areas brings the same fate upon large rural
farms, former foci of rural life as described by Ermanno Olmi in his movie ’The Tree of Wooden Clogs’. Such isolated farms, in Tuscany surrounded by olive groves or vineyards, are today mainly used for rural tourism or as private villas for those who wish to retreat into repose and solitude, to be surrounded by nature after a busy day, and there are more and more of
such days. become the private Villa Ciatti. The legibility, essentialism and stillness characteristic of that natural environment found their architectural expression in compactness of volumes, absence of façade decoration, simplicity of spatial distribution, which are all typical of most
rural complexes of Tuscany. Even Florence emits such an atmosphere of static quality
and metaphysical timelessness, unruffled by thousands of tourists flocking daily to its narrow streets.
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