Abstract
Abstract. The report aims to present the experience of a project called “Resilient Valleys”, which covers the area of the high valleys Trompia and Sabbia, near Brescia, Italy. This is a peripheral territory, which is suffering depopulation and losing the ability to attract people and resources, both economic and environmental. With this project, we have tried to overcome the crisis linked to the impoverishment and fragmentation of the social fabric, by activating virtuous processes of development and participation. The “Resilient Valleys” project, carried out as part of the Cariplo Foundation’s “AttivAree” programme, aimed to give new life to the territories by enhancing their cultural, historical and environmental potential. One of the paths had the purpose to produce a change in the way we approach restoration, enhancement and conservation of the building heritage, of which this area is rich. This activity has been carried out through successive phases: first, mapping of architectural resources considered as identity heritage; second, new courses for people actively involved in the building field; third, printing “Guidelines for intervention" for vernacular buildings. A further activity concerned the reactivation of a rural complex in the territory of Rebecco (Italy). The project consisted in the architectural restoration of three abandoned and partially collapsed buildings. While testing the indications of the Guidelines mentioned above, the rural complex has also been revised from an agricultural-ecological-cultural point of view. The project is characterized by a strong cross over between identity culture and social cohesion of the territory.
Highlights
In 2016 the Cariplo Foundation, (Banking Foundation) opened a new call for proposals with the aim of financing projects that would act in fragile territorial areas which present situations of abandonment and discomfort for the few remaining residents (1)
The key points of the activity carried out were: 1) improve the conservation and enhancement of identity resources; 2) support the recovery of a landscape able to increase the attractiveness of the places; 3) guarantee and at the same time ensure the maintenance of a cultural heritage seriously exposed to processes of abandonment and degradation
No building or ruin found has been the object of an enhancement with the aim of illustrating the construction techniques and characteristics that have allowed its construction and conservation2
Summary
In 2016 the Cariplo Foundation, (Banking Foundation) opened a new call for proposals with the aim of financing projects that would act in fragile territorial areas which present situations of abandonment and discomfort for the few remaining residents (1). The project proposed the construction of a resilient territory through activities and actions that focus on weak sectors, looking for support in more fertile areas such as: technological innovation, services to support the community, business activities (especially proposed by young people), culture, tourist accommodation based on solidarity and sustainable use of the territory Along with this great commitment, the Mountain Communities and the Cariplo Foundation have considered appropriate to give space to the recovery of the traditional building heritage. The key points of the activity carried out were: 1) improve the conservation and enhancement of identity resources; 2) support the recovery of a landscape able to increase the attractiveness of the places; 3) guarantee and at the same time ensure the maintenance of a cultural heritage seriously exposed to processes of abandonment and degradation No building or ruin found has been the object of an enhancement with the aim of illustrating the construction techniques and characteristics that have allowed its construction and conservation
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