If we accept that any project which brings about a change within a given area can--at least
potentially--produce an alteration of its landscape, then it is clear that redevelopment and even
more so the construction of new buildings can, both singly and jointly, result in significant
transformations. It is therefore necessary to preventively evaluate how any building project
will affect the appearance of the locality in question, i.e. whether it will enhance or detract
from its landscape. The general problem of landscape quality must be taken into account at
multiple stages and levels of the rural building design process. This means that considerations
relating to the architectural quality of the rural built environment, and its interactions with the
landscape, are complexly interwoven with the theoretical and practical scientific research in
this field, and with the disciplines of land management planning and statutory regulations.
The paper suggests a conceptual model about the relations among such domains, underlining
their strengths and weaknesses and quoting current and ongoing methodological approaches.
The paper performs thus a critical analysis of the role played by scientific research in rural
building design, also by means of a critical review of the state of the art in the field, and
discusses the main fields of research activity pertaining to the analysis of the landscape
structure and to the formulation of design models of rural buildings satisfying requirements of
landscape quality. The theoretical analysis of the above-mentioned relations, supported by
specific closer examinations, also considers their effects on the final outcomes of the design
process.
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