The international scientific debate, as well as national and continental development plans, are increasing interested in the reactivation and regeneration activities of small urban centers that are often being abandoned, as they are considered marginal to the dominant dynamics and policies of social, economic and industrial development. However, these micro-territories represent the richness of the so-called inland areas, precisely because they are characterized by specific, sometimes unique, anthropic and/or natural peculiarities, that differentiate them from one another, constitute by a strong identity, that make them socially, economically and environmentally attractive. The values of uniqueness and identity represent concrete opportunities for natural, urban and rural development and as such must be enhanced, revalued, reworked and systematized in future processes of repopulation and community settlement, precisely with the aim of helping to make the same territories multi-species and inter-species ecosystems, tangible places of sustainable living.
In order to investigate how the discipline of design can be a useful tool for the regeneration of the territories of inland areas, enclosed by natural barriers or artificial fortifications, and with what tools and modalities it operates, the aim of the research is to define and identify a way of cataloging and mapping through which, to evaluate and classify projects aimed at the reactivation, regeneration and enhancement of local heritages.
Projects aimed at reactivating territories can be differentiated according to temporality – from crossing through a place to residing there – and to the level of involvement of local communities and outsiders.
Four trends emerge in the proposed framework in which the design cultures shape local tangible and intangible resources to enhance the territories and its communities.
The international scientific debate, as well as national and continental development plans, are increasing interested in the reactivation and regeneration activities of small urban centers that are often being abandoned, as they are considered marginal to the dominant dynamics and policies of social, economic and industrial development. However, these micro-territories represent the richness of the so-called inland areas, precisely because they are characterized by specific, sometimes unique, anthropic and/or natural peculiarities, that differentiate them from one another, constitute by a strong identity, that make them socially, economically and environmentally attractive. The values of uniqueness and identity represent concrete opportunities for natural, urban and rural development and as such must be enhanced, revalued, reworked and systematized in future processes of repopulation and community settlement, precisely with the aim of helping to make the same territories multi-species and inter-species ecosystems, tangible places of sustainable living.
Projects aimed at reactivating territories can be differentiated according to temporality – from crossing through a place to residing there – and to the level of involvement of local communities and outsiders.
Four trends emerge in the proposed framework in which the design cultures shape local tangible and intangible resources to enhance the territories and its communities.
DESIGN DRIVEN PROCESSES FOR REACTIVATING SMALL WALLED TOWNS AND INLAND AREAS
A COMMUNITY DESIGN APPROACH FOR REGENERATING SMALL FORTIFIED TOWNS
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