Looking toward i'π'. Research “emergencies” for Descriptive Geometry

Abstract

The paper aims to offer a critical reflection on the current research panorama in the field of Descriptive Geometry. What is discussed here is a path consolidated over time through the constant research activity of a group of scholars. The reflections presented aim to bring together both the scientific and historical, theoretical and methodological foundations of the discipline, as well as the most recent areas of research, with the attention always focused on applications and the contribution offered by the continuous and accelerated transformation of tools. Through an illustrative collection of some “emerging” research identified in a national and international milieu, the contribution observes the state of the art of the field of study, focusing on different paths: some obvious and established, others forgotten or little frequented, which appear fertile and rich in potential. An analysis that observes, with equal dignity, basic, applied and didactically oriented research. An analysis, again, that ranges from philological and methodological rigor, proper to analog drawing, to the expressive derogations in the representation of form apparently granted by the latest digital technologies. Finally, an analysis that submits to the evaluation of the scientific community some possible critical issues to come: real potential “emergencies,” which may require an extraordinary effort to be contained, addressed, resolved, assimilated and, above all, shared.