In a new perspective of the value of the past, the preservation domain is being enlarged by a strong increase in the types of artifacts being considered worthy of protection and conservation: in addition to monumental high-style architecture (traditionally the preservation concern) many new categories of sites are now recognized as equally meritorious: cultural and natural landscapes, historic towns and villages, vernacular and industrial structures, etc. The urban and landscape preservation specificity is not only a matter of scale, but also of methodological approach: we must study our territory as a continuum of diffused cultural sites and not as a simple container of single buildings of historical interest isolated from their environmental context.
The purpose of this research is focused on conservation and management of architectural heritage also when not protected by national laws for preservation (as historic town centers, modern districts, industrial architectures, rural buildings and landscapes, farms, factories, trails, gardens, etc..) with the goal to survey historic sites and features, read cultural and architectural values and analyze planning tools and conservation treatments in order to reach a proper approach to preserve, rehabilitate and manage the historic heritage defining specific plans.
In this view the communication empowerment between the actors become a key challenge, facilitating knowledge and decisional flows, also increasing the awareness about cultural items. Also the involvement of common people become relevant in this perspective because their point of view results important to fully evaluate and manage preservation processes.
Principal Academic Tutor
Maurizio Boriani
Architectural Projects, Politecnico di Milano
Academic Tutors
Andrea Canziani
Building and Environment Sciences and Technology, Politecnico di Milano
Domenico D’Uva
Architectural Projects, Politecnico di Milano
Chiara Francalanci
Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
Daniele Villa
Architecture and Planning, Politecnico di Milano
External institution
Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici, Paesaggistici, Storici,
Artistici ed Etnoantropologici per le province di Pisa e Livorno
Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e il Paesaggio e il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico ed Etnoantropologico di Lucca e Massa Carrara
Do.co.mo.mo
Italia Nostra
External Tutor
Chiara Baracchini
Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici, Paesaggistici, Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici per le province di Pisa e Livorno
Antonia D’Aniello
Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e il Paesaggio e il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico ed Etnoantropologico di Lucca e Massa Carrara
Francesca Fabiani
Architect
Raffaella Grilli
Architect
Luigi Marcello Ciccognani
Creative designer
Team members
TEAM A
Andrea Balestreri [Project Communication Coordinator], Architecture
Alice Jasmine Crippa [Team controller], Communication design
Pedro Porto Barque de Gusmao, Telecommunication Engineering