{"id":4468,"date":"2026-02-24T16:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipogea.org\/books\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:58:57","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ipogea.org\/en\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"
[mk_page_section vertical_align=”bottom” bg_image=”https:\/\/ipogea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/libri-cover-scaled.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” speed_factor=”0″ video_opacity=”0″ min_height=”500″ full_width=”true” padding_top=”110″ padding_bottom=”90″ animation=”bottom-to-top” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”70″ font_weight=”100″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]BOOKS[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1771947812876{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Urban Oasis as a Vision of Dwelling<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the books written by Pietro Laureano, a profound guiding thread emerges: the search for a model of city capable of reconciling nature and culture, memory and innovation, technique and community. It is not a nostalgic return to the past, but the rediscovery of a structural principle that runs through traditional civilizations: the oasis as a complete form of dwelling. <\/p>\n

The oasis is not merely a place in the desert. It is an integrated system in which water, soil, vegetation, architecture, and community form a single organism. It is the point where scarcity generates intelligence, where climatic limits produce ecological harmony and social cohesion. <\/p>\n

Today, this logic becomes the foundation of the Urban Oasis<\/strong> project: a model of city that overcomes the separation between built and natural environments, between urban and rural, between production and everyday life \u2014 a lesson that is fundamental for contemporary urban regeneration<\/strong> programs. <\/p>\n

Modern cities suffer from fragmentation, soil sealing, loss of biodiversity, and social anonymity. The Urban Oasis instead proposes a new multidimensional urbanism: vertical (from atmosphere to ground and subsoil), cyclical (based on the reuse of resources), and social (grounded in participation and multiculturalism). <\/p>\n

The city becomes a garden, green infrastructure, water-harvesting surface, and a place of integrated artisanal and agricultural production. Not a space merely decorated with greenery, but an inhabited ecosystem. <\/p>\n

In Pietro Laureano\u2019s books, this vision arises from the study of desert oases, historic landscapes, traditional water-management techniques, and urban microclimates. These experiences demonstrate that it is possible to dwell in a frugal, resilient, and harmonious way even under extreme conditions. <\/p>\n

The Urban Oasis is the contemporary realization of this legacy:
\na strategy to address climate change, regenerate abandoned spaces, restore community identity, and build cities capable of self-sufficiency and beauty. This vision takes concrete form in the successful projects conducted by IPOGEA in various parts of the world, including Matera (Italy), Al-Ula (Saudi Arabia), Petra (Jordan), Lalibela (Ethiopia), Shusha (Azerbaijan), Adrar (Algeria), and Errachidia (Morocco). <\/p>\n

Not a utopia, but a method.
\nNot simply a green project, but a new way of inhabiting the planet.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1770226249609{padding-top: 70px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4454″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Sahara, Jardin m\u00e9connu<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770117919528{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Une vision totalement nouvelle du Sahara qui surprendra le lecteur: s\u2019il existe un paradis perdu, c\u2019est bien ce d\u00e9sert, jadis jardin de paix et de d\u00e9lices, et encore aujourd\u2019hui gardien d\u2019un savoir ancien. Par la force de ses arguments, ainsi que gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 de magnifiques planches et \u00e0 des photographies originales, ce livre r\u00e9v\u00e8le un Sahara riche de vie, d\u2019histoire et de culture, lieu privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 de l\u2019exp\u00e9rience humaine o\u00f9 l\u2019on peut retrouver les origines profondes de chacun de nous.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.fr%2Fdp%2FB0GFFVWBG7|title:Sahara%2C%20Jardin%20m%C3%A9connu|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4456″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Sahara, Giardino Sconosciuto<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770118013739{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Sahara. Giardino sconosciuto <\/span> \u00e8 un libro affascinante in cui Pietro Laureano rovescia l\u2019immagine del deserto come luogo sterile e inospitale, rivelandolo invece come un paesaggio ricco di vita, storia e cultura<\/span><\/strong>, custode di tecniche millenarie di gestione dell\u2019acqua e di saggezza ecologica. Con analisi approfondite, fotografie e mappe, l\u2019autore esplora il Sahara come un giardino segreto della civilt\u00e0<\/span><\/strong>, dove oasi e insediamenti umani testimoniano l\u2019ingegno e la resilienza delle popolazioni che vi hanno abitato.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.it%2Fdp%2FB0GD845W53|title:Sahara%2C%20Giardino%20Sconosciuto|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1770226249609{padding-top: 70px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4458″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Jardins de Pierre: Les Sassi de Matera et la civilisation m\u00e9diterran\u00e9enne<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1770225914089{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]De la honte nationale au patrimoine de l\u2019humanit\u00e9. Tel est le parcours, unique au monde, des Sassi de Matera.
\nLa ville de pierre, qui \u00e9tait encore d\u00e9crite dans les chroniques du XVI\u1d49 si\u00e8cle comme \u00ab dot\u00e9e d\u2019un air salubre et habit\u00e9e par des hommes ing\u00e9nieux \u00bb, s\u2019est ensuite transform\u00e9e, dans l\u2019impact destructeur de la modernit\u00e9, en symbole de la d\u00e9gradation du Mezzogiorno. Le fragile \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me des maisons-grottes ne semblait pas pouvoir survivre \u00e0 la mis\u00e8re, \u00e0 la v\u00e9tust\u00e9 et au d\u00e9peuplement, et un destin de ruine l\u2019attendait…<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.fr%2Fdp%2FB0G94M2KBZ|title:Jardins%20de%20Pierre|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”4460″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Water Atlas: Traditional knowledge to combat desertification<br><\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770225533610{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Due to climate change and human activities, desertification is among the most serious problems affecting humankind in the roughly 110 countries where deforestation, overgrazing, and unsuitable agricultural practices are causing a rapid process of land degradation. Even in other parts of the world, desertification leads to biodiversity loss and triggers economic, social, and political tensions. In recent years, this phenomenon has been the subject of a series of studies focusing on the recognition of the value of traditional techniques through which local communities, over the centuries, have managed to adapt to hostile environments.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2FB0G1HHGPKK|title:Water%20Atlas|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=”5″ css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” equal_columns=”true” disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1771947951895{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 70px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4454″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Sahara, Jardin m\u00e9connu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770117919528{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Une vision totalement nouvelle du Sahara qui surprendra le lecteur: s\u2019il existe un paradis perdu, c\u2019est bien ce d\u00e9sert, jadis jardin de paix et de d\u00e9lices, et encore aujourd\u2019hui gardien d\u2019un savoir ancien. Par la force de ses arguments, ainsi que gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 de magnifiques planches et \u00e0 des photographies originales, ce livre r\u00e9v\u00e8le un Sahara riche de vie, d\u2019histoire et de culture, lieu privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 de l\u2019exp\u00e9rience humaine o\u00f9 l\u2019on peut retrouver les origines profondes de chacun de nous.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.fr%2Fdp%2FB0GFFVWBG7|title:Sahara%2C%20Jardin%20m%C3%A9connu|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4456″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Sahara, Giardino Sconosciuto<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770118013739{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Sahara. Giardino sconosciuto <\/span> \u00e8 un libro affascinante in cui Pietro Laureano rovescia l\u2019immagine del deserto come luogo sterile e inospitale, rivelandolo invece come un paesaggio ricco di vita, storia e cultura<\/span><\/strong>, custode di tecniche millenarie di gestione dell\u2019acqua e di saggezza ecologica. Con analisi approfondite, fotografie e mappe, l\u2019autore esplora il Sahara come un giardino segreto della civilt\u00e0<\/span><\/strong>, dove oasi e insediamenti umani testimoniano l\u2019ingegno e la resilienza delle popolazioni che vi hanno abitato.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.it%2Fdp%2FB0GD845W53|title:Sahara%2C%20Giardino%20Sconosciuto|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4458″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Jardins de Pierre: Les Sassi de Matera et la civilisation m\u00e9diterran\u00e9enne<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770225667448{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]De la honte nationale au patrimoine de l\u2019humanit\u00e9. Tel est le parcours, unique au monde, des Sassi de Matera.
\nLa ville de pierre, qui \u00e9tait encore d\u00e9crite dans les chroniques du XVI\u1d49 si\u00e8cle comme \u00ab dot\u00e9e d\u2019un air salubre et habit\u00e9e par des hommes ing\u00e9nieux \u00bb, s\u2019est ensuite transform\u00e9e, dans l\u2019impact destructeur de la modernit\u00e9, en symbole de la d\u00e9gradation du Mezzogiorno. Le fragile \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me des maisons-grottes ne semblait pas pouvoir survivre \u00e0 la mis\u00e8re, \u00e0 la v\u00e9tust\u00e9 et au d\u00e9peuplement, et un destin de ruine l\u2019attendait…<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.fr%2Fdp%2FB0G94M2KBZ|title:Jardins%20de%20Pierre|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”4460″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css=””][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Water Atlas: Traditional knowledge to combat desertification<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770225533610{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Due to climate change and human activities, desertification is among the most serious problems affecting humankind in the roughly 110 countries where deforestation, overgrazing, and unsuitable agricultural practices are causing a rapid process of land degradation. Even in other parts of the world, desertification leads to biodiversity loss and triggers economic, social, and political tensions. In recent years, this phenomenon has been the subject of a series of studies focusing on the recognition of the value of traditional techniques through which local communities, over the centuries, have managed to adapt to hostile environments.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy on amazon” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2FB0G1HHGPKK|title:Water%20Atlas|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” parallax=”content-moving” css=”.vc_custom_1523887318062{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(206,145,62,0.21) !important;*background-color: rgb(206,145,62) !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_padding_divider size=”45″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/www.ipogea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1399571131481.jpg” margin_bottom=”0″ crop=”false”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#939393″ size=”28″ font_weight=”200″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Pietro Laureano<\/span><\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1534580706635{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Pietro Laureano<\/strong>, director and coordinator of Ipogea, was the author of the report that led to the inclusion of Matera in the UNESCO World Heritage list<\/strong>. It is also responsible for the inclusion<\/strong> of the National Park of Cilento<\/strong>, with the archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia<\/strong>, in the list of World Heritage Sites. <\/p>\n

He was a member of the UNESCO <\/strong>team who developed the Masterplan of Major Petra (Jordan)<\/strong>, and is a team leader in the UNESCO conservation campaign for archaeological monuments in Lalibela (Ethiopia)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He is director, coordinator and project of the archaeological park of Gravina in Puglia<\/strong>, and has designed plans <\/strong>for important archaeological sites and parks<\/strong> on Italian and international level.<\/p>\n

He is the author of the methodology for the implementation of UNESCO sites management plans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ipogea is recognized by the European Union<\/strong> as an organization of excellence in the protection and enhancement of European cultural heritage,<\/strong> has been an associate member of ICCROM <\/strong>(International Center for the Study of Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration) and executes projects on behalf of the World Monuments Found.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Laureano <\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1526721030026{padding-top: 6px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_media_grid style=”load-more” items_per_page=”4″ element_width=”3″ css=”” btn_title=”Other Images” btn_style=”outline” btn_shape=”square” btn_color=”chino” btn_size=”sm” grid_id=”vc_gid:1776256555549-beb4e778-8b4e-3″ include=”1656,1655,2732,2730,1643,1654,1653,1652,1651,1644,1650,1648,1647,1646,1645,1649″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1770133449905{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][mk_image src=”https:\/\/www.ipogea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lanscapefooter.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center” margin_bottom=”0″ crop=”false”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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