: Projective Therapeutic Ecology of Human Ecumene and

Thematic area 4:

Projective Therapeutic Ecologies of Human Ecumene and Systemic Design (EPSD)

The research of the "Projective Ecologies & Systemic Design" axis focuses on the genetics of forms and organizations of inhabited territories, whether large territories, urban agglomerations, or buildings, and their care. The morphogenetic approach aims to explain the emergence, disappearance, or transformation of human ecumene and the underlying anthropological, political, and economic dynamics. Furthermore, the architectural/architectonic phenomenon is considered an artifactual ecosystemic phenomenon whose processes of genesis are in every respect similar to those of nature, that is, as an emergence (formation) produced by the interaction of a system of intersecting and interdependent factors (Darwinian evolution). Our approach thus attempts to revitalize the anthropological relationship between nature and culture in the hope of reintroducing the Vitruvian conception of architecture as an encyclopedic whole. To achieve this, it posits as a primary scientific imperative the constitution of a theoretical object distinct from observable phenomena, allowing them to be grasped in their diversity as well as in their similarity.

The aim of the research undertaken in this area is to create objects of knowledge that allow us to operate on four levels:
1° Describe and explain the various phenomena of land construction and development and their complexity.
2° To propose new systemic projective tools offering the possibility of initiating other ways of designing the architectural and territorial project, involving all its components, the methods of its evaluation and its governance.
3° Describe the dysfunctions and laws of cognitive and physical interactions between humans, ecumene and environments;
4° Implement specific therapeutic strategies adapted to each human-non-human environment/ecumene.