discovered how best to make use of the water flowing through a cornfield
Lombardy is home to one of the most complex and fascinating artificial water systems in Europe — a vast network of canals connecting the Ticino and Adda rivers through the main Villoresi channel. A living infrastructure, centuries in the making.
Together with Consorzio Est Ticino Villoresi, the Agronomy Research Hub of the University of Milan, and with the support of Fondazione Cariplo, we produced a series of videos documenting years of research behind CSIS — a new certification system designed to improve and optimize surface irrigation, the method used across the secondary and tertiary canals derived from the Villoresi network.
The videos combine animation and documentary footage to tell the story of a system worth preserving — not just for agriculture, but for the entire Lombardy ecosystem it quietly sustains.
Together with Consorzio Est Ticino Villoresi, the Agronomy Research Hub of the University of Milan, and with the support of Fondazione Cariplo, we produced a series of videos documenting years of research behind CSIS — a new certification system designed to improve and optimize surface irrigation, the method used across the secondary and tertiary canals derived from the Villoresi network.
The videos combine animation and documentary footage to tell the story of a system worth preserving — not just for agriculture, but for the entire Lombardy ecosystem it quietly sustains.
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for: Progetto CSIS
team: Pierluigi Anselmi, Pietro Buffa, Alessandro C. Busseni, Marco Gabriele, Beatrice Savoldelli
