Contemporary Green

"Contemporary Green" is a new shade of green is commonly combined with the "Cement Grey" or " Asphalt Grey" in the landscape and environmental justification of the development of new high-density urbanization and mega malls ecofriendly. Usually it is used sparingly brushing small young trees confined in little asphyxiating beds that will also act as their graves in a short time. Similarly, "Contemporary Green" is also present in rendering of the urban projects of renowned architectural firms and is often successfully used as an excuse to works on massive overbuilding. The reality is often different from the imagination of architects. As you walk the streets of the new suburbs on the outskirts our visual perception is stimulated by unusual images. Obvious contrasts of green space forced by the cement in areas outside the city but surrounded by countryside. A contrast is even more striking given the scale of the horizon. An unexpected combination of colors for a society wich would tend to the livability and urban eco-friendly systems. But there is an explanation to everything. "Contemporary Green" is in fact the result of a paradox in the current regulations in the assignment of contracts of urbanization by public administrations. In fact, more and more often to the contract with the construction company was entrusted with the implementation of public sevices, including the care of public green spaces. These works are made by the manufacturer instead of the payment of additional taxes to the administrations and represent a further opportunity to increase the profit margin at the expense of quality of life.