Colours technology for an innovative Reclamation Architecture

Within the broad area of landscape design and enhancement there is a growing interest in the valorisation of spaces where the reclamation architectures are built. In a recent research has emerged the need of requalification of reclamation buildings and systems: hydraulic supports, pumping stations, water towers, and so on. In many situations, in Italy, these hydraulic constructions are situated in a natural context, but the design is not integrated with the landscape, it has a very bad impact. Then, what is the correct design approach? Is it more important to design colour integration within the natural context on taking a high colour approach increasing the visibility of the artefact, or a low colour impact is preferable? The colour role in this context will be analysed by looking at the relationship between natural landscape colour and the artefact colour in many projects realized in the contemporary European context.