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Linear Habitat
April 01, 2024 | Blog
Enjoy the first sun (Green lizard, Lacerta bilineata)
The House
February 02, 2024 | Blog
Volunteers at work
New intervention
August 11, 2023 | Blog
Nail
Beyond Agnes Denes (tribute to)
January 27, 2023 | Blog
Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus)
Coleps
April 03, 2022 | Blog
Opening, Saturday May 7th
New intervention ‘Crystal’
April 03, 2022 | Blog
White Edge
New intervention ‘Crystal’
February 28, 2022 | Blog
Black Edge
Toponym
October 11, 2021 | Blog
Ghosts <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention ‘Crystal’
February 22, 2021 | Blog
Strange flowers
Observatory – cobble habitat
February 14, 2021 | Blog
Birdwatching <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention ‘Crystal’
December 08, 2020 | Blog
Growth lines
New intervention ‘Crystal’
November 20, 2020 | Blog
The iron forest
New intervention ‘Crystal’
October 13, 2020 | Blog
Pillars in the sky
Ecotones
September 09, 2020 | Blog
The delicate management between a rush and another in the chessboard, at the end of Summer…
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Throwing the first stone
August 06, 2020 | Blog
Clouds
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The sluice gates
April 03, 2020 | Blog
Thick algal mats greet the first sun <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
The House
January 25, 2020 | Blog
Little teals (Anas crecca) at the feet of a tiny house <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Ecotones
January 01, 2020 | Blog
After dark 
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Ecotones
December 15, 2019 | Blog
All kinds of chessboards have their own pawns… 
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Beyond Agnes Denes (tribute to)
December 12, 2019 | Blog
Vegetable rainbow <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Toponym
August 05, 2019 | Blog
Summer drought: ‘Bearded men’ appear  <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Ecotones
February 05, 2019 | Blog
Two-thirds of the star flooded for the first time   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
The House
January 03, 2019 | Blog
The House:  A beautiful frosty morning
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Observatory – Cobbles habitat
October 15, 2018 | Blog
Observatory – Cobbles habitat:  Dust of management in early Autumn… <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Ecotones
September 25, 2018 | Blog
The artwork is completed and…signed…

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Observatory – Cobbles habitat
September 12, 2018 | Blog
The house of Western whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus)

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New intervention Ecotones
September 06, 2018 | Blog
Waiting for...   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
The House
August 25, 2018 | Blog
New islets for waders are going to be born on the east side of The House. <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
The Sluice gates
August 23, 2018 | Blog
New interventions into the reedbed behind the Sluice gates: new habitats for little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca) are going to be born.  <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Birdwatching
August 07, 2018 | Blog
Thanks to the drought and to the consequent lowering of the water level, it is possible to reach the middle of the lake Calvana to begin the works.
The Sluice gates
March 29, 2018 | Blog
Water, water, water… after about a year and a half of drought!   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention Ecotones
January 23, 2018 | Blog
The chessboard was flooded for the first time.   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Two artworks in comparison
September 13, 2017 | Blog
Island of Paradise by Alan Sonfist   Plinths for Living Statues by Carlo Scoccianti   The first meeting between Carlo Scoccianti and Alan Sonfist took place in 2010. Soon a mutual understanding was born, due to their will to give voice with artistic act to their c...
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New intervention Ecotones
August 07, 2017 | Blog
The chessboard begins to take shape!   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention Ecotones
July 15, 2017 | Blog
We are almost at the end of the nesting period. Next days the works at the botton of flood-control storage area will begin, without any risk for the faunal species   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>  
New intervention Ecotones
May 15, 2017 | Blog
Today a new start of the works to complete the new flood-control storage area. Firstly the untouched areas are identified to protect breeding birds   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention The House
March 30, 2017 | Blog
The finishing touches with volonteers before the definitive ‘abandon’ of the structure in the middle of the lake. <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention The House
March 10, 2017 | Blog
The first faint rains are not able to flood the new big lake: waiting for… <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Observatory – Cobbles habitat
February 02, 2017 | Blog
Today the conclusion of the works of the roof of the observatory
New intervention The House
October 13, 2016 | Blog
In a while the small island will be completed… <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention The House
October 12, 2016 | Blog
Every day the works begin at the break of dawn. <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention The House
October 11, 2016 | Blog
The excavation begin all around. <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Observatory – Cobbles habitat
September 13, 2016 | Blog
The beginning of roofing works
New intervention The House
September 06, 2016 | Blog
The excavation of the large lake moving forward from the northern side and getting closer to The House (in the picture the shadow of the arm of excavator on the land). <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Coleps
April 21, 2016 | Blog
First flooding   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>  
New intervention ‘Coleps'
February 06, 2016 | Blog
Here the beginning of plantation works of aquatic plants with volunteers   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>  
New intervention ‘Coleps’
September 11, 2015 | Blog
The works begin   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention ‘Coleps’
August 25, 2015 | Blog
Today an inspection has been made before the beginning of the works   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>  
New intervention 'Ecotones'
July 19, 2015 | Blog
Strange islets are taking shape…   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>  
New intervention 'Ecotones'
April 07, 2015 | Blog
 Today first ‘cuts’ on the ground...   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention Ecotones
April 07, 2015 | Blog
Here some volunteers that get the preparatory works started! Bulrushes and other important aquatic plants are being saved (traslocated) where the banks of the hydraulic work will be constructed.   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
New intervention 'Ecotones'
October 13, 2014 | Blog
 Today the official opening of the construction site.   <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork>>
Observatory – Cobbles habitat
July 27, 2014 | Blog
The wardrobe of a Western whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus): the skin left among the stones is the evidence that the structure has become an habitat for snakes
The Sluice gates
February 14, 2014 | Blog
A young of Black-crowned Night Heron arrived.     <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork >>
Observatory – Cobbles habitat
February 14, 2014 | Blog
For the first time marsh vegetation appears in front of the observatory under construction
The Sluice gates
February 04, 2014 | Blog
Exceptional rainfall and consequent flooding.      <<Go to the complete description of the Artwork >>
New intervention The House
December 18, 2013 | Blog
Today a first frost appears. The works come to an end. Afterwards works of escavation are gioing to take place alla round
Two new articles on Opere
July 15, 2013 | Blog
ARTLANDS was featured in 2 articles in the latest issue of "Opere", the architecture magazine of Ordine degli Architetti di Firenze and edited by Guido Incerti, in the June/August 2013 issue, n. 35, pp. 35-37. http://www.ordinearchitetti.fi.it  
Aaron Betsky on ARTLANDS
June 14, 2013 | Blog
Read Aaron Betsky's flattering article on ARTLANDS for ARCHITECT magazine! "Having just contemplated the familiar but strangely overwhelming size and complexity of the Duomo in Florence, I took hope from Casting the First Stone: Some day Scoccianti’s work will help gen...
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ARTLANDS. Towards new forms of construction of the territory
December 12, 2012 | Blog
The ARTLANDS project aims at revealing new standards for the planning and artistic intervention over the landscape and the ecology of places. Set up by an international committee of artistic and environmental culture experts, the project highlights the effort of the biologist Car...
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Second “Cantieri aperti” workshop (June 21-24, 2012)
December 09, 2012 | Blog
Also the second Social Art laboratory has been a success, part of “Cantieri aperti 2012”. Despite the sweltering heat, volunteers  started different activities, in particular those ones aimed at achieving the interventions “La casa” (the further choic...
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ARTLANDS dump areas open up to new landscape interpretations
December 07, 2012 | Blog
In the last weeks a series of landscape design laboratories has been hosted within the damp areas of the Florentine Plain along with specific interventions focused on environmental issues. Furthermore for all the month of October the ARTLANDS program will be increased by the pres...
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Two new "Cantieri Aperti" open this September
September 06, 2012 | Blog
Two new ARTLANDS "Cantieri Aperti” are open in September 2012. All interested in landscape design, ecology, and contemporary art are invited to join the two new workshops (September 15/16 and 22/23) promoted in the framework of the ARTLANDS project in the Florenti...
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Observatory – Cobbles habitat
August 03, 2012 | Blog
Countless stones need to be washed, chosen and, most of the time, discarded!
New intervention The House
July 06, 2012 | Blog
Here the beginning of the works for the reconstruction of the house with volunteers
First laboratory's activities (June 7-10) in the frame of Cantieri aperti 2012
June 09, 2012 | Blog
The first Social Art laboratory, part of Cantieri aperti 2012, has been a success. Volunteers made the first steps possible in constructing La Casa (dismounting old ruins, choosing and cleaning materials to be reused, making the new basements) and La Casa l'Altri (choosing the ne...
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New intervention The House
June 04, 2012 | Blog
Today the works of the new intervention begin. They consist in the preliminarly demolition of the old small building
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