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Vazquez, Lucia GutierrezCorresponding Author

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March 13, 2025
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From the "bel paesaggio" to the green plain of nurseries in Pistoia: The case of the neigbourhoods Poblenou and El Parc i la Llacuna (Barcelona).

Publicated to:On The Waterfront. The International On? Line Magazine On Waterfronts, Public Art, Urban Design And Civil Participation. 67 105-136 - 2025-02-19 67(), DOI: 10.1344/waterfront.2025.67.03

Authors: Vazquez, Lucia Gutierrez; Alcocer, Atxu Amann

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Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Arquitectura, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

The construction of the concept of landscape has played a fundamental role in the connection between landscape representation and territorial exploitation. This article analyzes this relationship through the case study of nursery production in Pistoia, an Italian locality that has become a reference point for 'green' landscaping, where a discourse of environmental sustainability contrasts with data revealing high levels of pollution and ecosystem degradation associated with the nurseries. Based on the analysis of this situation, the article approaches the formation and evolution of the concept of landscape in Tuscany from a historical perspective, viewing it as a 'dispositif of power' in relation to dynamics of commodification and territorial appropriation. To this end, it chronologically addresses the stages of bel paesaggio, cabrei, the Italianate landscape, the Accademia dei Georgofili, and the iconic Tuscan Landscape. Through five images interpreted as material witnesses and symbolic representations of the idea of landscape at each of these five historical moments, the relationship between aestheticization and territorial exploitation is observed, which remains operational in the case of Pistoia's nurseries. The study reveals that landscape representation maintains a shared tactical function over time that has supported a paradigm shift towards land capitalization. However, this political function often goes unnoticed when landscape is culturally assumed to be an 'object' to contemplate, devoid of agency. The fabrication of what is green, which enables the construction of landscape, has become an enterprise in itself. Furthermore, in the specific case studied regarding Pistoia's nurseries, the image that serves as a pretext for territorial exploitation is also a result of that very exploitation.

Keywords

CapitalizationExtractivismGreen landscapeLandscapPolitical ecologyPower dispositifRepresentationTuscanTuscany

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal On The Waterfront. The International On? Line Magazine On Waterfronts, Public Art, Urban Design And Civil Participation due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-15:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GUTIERREZ VAZQUEZ, LUCIA) and Last Author (Alcocer, Atxu Amann).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GUTIERREZ VAZQUEZ, LUCIA.