Urban and Architectural forms

The contribution is part of the debate on trans-scalar design, outlining a role for design within a system of strategies. The river courses, natural infrastructures yesterday and holders of a denied natural identity today, provide specific scope for reflection, starting from research experiences within the territories of the Metropolitan City of Turin, where design has been accompanied by a River Basin Governance method/tool. Detailed design choices form the backbone for the institutional concerting of actors and specialists in the definition of a system strategy aimed at a new vision of the landscape planning and design process.