Urbanscape Salerno
SALERNO, ITALY — 2021 / COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
Salerno has undergone, over the last decades, a complex process of urban transformation that has redefined the relationship between the city, its waterfront, and public space. Urbanscape Salerno originated as a photographic investigation developed for an editorial publication dedicated to interpreting contemporary architecture within the broader urban fabric.
The project is structured through a series of routes: starting from selected recent and significant architectural works, the observation gradually expands into the surrounding areas, reconstructing through images the relationships between individual buildings, urban planning strategies, and their context. Each thematic nucleus becomes the starting point of a wider exploration, moving across districts, public spaces, and infrastructures to build a comprehensive reading of the city.
Developed through an extended and systematic period of on-site documentation, the series alternates urban views, spatial sequences, and architectural details, avoiding an isolated focus on iconic works in favor of examining the continuity of the urban fabric. Rather than presenting architecture as autonomous objects, the work situates each intervention within the spatial logic that generated it.
Through this methodical approach, the project constructs a layered visual mapping of Salerno, where transformation is understood not as a collection of singular landmarks, but as a coordinated urban process. The resulting body of work reflects a sustained engagement with the city, revealing its contemporary identity as the outcome of interconnected strategies rather than isolated gestures.