The contribution proposes an overturning of the concept of marginality of the inner Italian territory through a different reading of geographical and historical identities̀ where the memory of nature and culture constitutes a dormant but not destroyed soul, ready to be extracted in an archaeological and above all dynamic sense, in order to link it to a possible territorial rebalancing. The question is how to re-propose an innovative project culture in ancient centres, far from purely conservationist dogmas and open to contemporary living needs? In this framework, we present two experiences of design research developed in lower Ionian Calabria, within a homogeneous area or rather a landscape room of the Grecanica area, which constitute two modes of intervention in a polisculare Calabrian settlement system. The first intervention identifies the design of a single artefact, a cultural monastery receptive outpost overlooking the landscape and the city metaphorically inspired by the Lecorbuserian programme for La Tourrette ‘’To lodge in the silence of men who devote themselves to prayer and study and to build a church for them’; the second is an intervention within a semi-abandoned centre - Bova in the Grecanica language - conceiving the design of the interstitial spaces as true transfusions into the wounds of the existing city. As with the medieval and Byzantine monastery complexes scattered throughout the valleys of Calabria, the new cultural monastery is located along the banks of the fiumara Amendolea, in a strongly dialectical relationship with nature and history. An attitude of renouncing intervention within abandoned historic centres is favoured, avoiding useless therapeutic overkill in order to propose an idea of innovation in strong dialectic with the existing, through the fascination of the ruin immersed in nature that characterises the historical and picturesque iconography of the great travellers of the Grand Tour in these territories as well. The urban centre of Bova is taken as a laboratory for design experimentation where the form of the ‘absence’ of the built - ruins, demolitions - becomes the regenerating element and sign of contemporary living. Starting from the recognition of a geography of abandonment that often coincides with the geography of territorial risks, the design proposal attempts to identify new value parameters and reference models based on interaction with environmental issues, heritage culture and technological innovation. It starts from a retrofitting action proposed as a powerful factor of conceptual innovation based on new intervention criteria no longer based on the principles of rigidity and substructure but on those of permeability, capable of absorbing and adapting to natural changes. The soil is configured as a dynamic porous device for collecting and recovering rainwater, contributing to the healthiness of the urban space and redesigning the interstitial spaces of the city.
l contributo propone un ribaltamento del concetto di marginalità del territorio italiano interno attraverso una diversa lettura delle identità̀ geografiche e storiche dove la memoria della natura e della cultura costituisce un’anima assopita, ma non distrutta, pronta per essere estratta in senso archeologico e soprattutto dinamico, per legarla ad un possibile riequilibrio territoriale. La domanda è come riproporre una cultura del progetto innovativa nei centri antichi, lontana da dogmi squisitamente conservazionisti e aperta alle esigenze di vita contemporanei? In questo quadro presentiamo due esperienze di ricerca progettuale sviluppate nella Calabria ionica bassa, all’interno di una area omogenea o meglio di una Stanza paesaggistica dell’area grecanica, che costituiscono due modalità d’intervento in un sistema insediativo calabrese pulviscolare. Il primo intervento individua il progetto di un manufatto singolo, un Monastero culturale avamposto ricettivo che guarda il paesaggio e le città metaforicamente ispirato al programma Lecorbuseriano per La Tourrette “«Alloggiare nel silenzio degli uomini che si dedicano alla preghiera e allo studio e costruire per loro una chiesa»; il secondo è un intervento interno ad un centro semiabbandonato – Bova di lingua grecanica – concependo il disegno degli spazi interstiziali come vere e proprie trasfusioni nelle ferite della città esistente. Come per i complessi monacali medievali e bizantini sparsi nelle vallate della Calabria, il nuovo Monastero culturale si colloca lungo le rive della fiumara Amendolea, in un rapporto fortemente dialettico con la natura e la storia. Si privilegia un atteggiamento di rinuncia dell’intervento dentro i centri storici abbandonati, evitando un inutile accanimento terapeutico per proporre un’idea d’innovazione in forte dialettica con l’esistente, attraverso il fascino della rovina immersa nella natura che caratterizza l’iconografia storica e pittoresca dei grandi viaggiatori del Grand Tour anche in questi territori. Il centro urbano di Bova è assunto come un laboratorio di sperimentazione progettuale dove la forma dell’“assenza” del costruito – ruderi, demolizioni - diventa l’elemento rigeneratore e il segno dell’abitare contemporaneo. A partire dal riconoscimento di una geografia dell’abbandono che spesso coincide con la geografia dei rischi territoriali la proposta progettuale tenta di individuare nuovi parametri di valore e modelli di riferimento basati sull’interazione con le questioni ambientali, la cultura dell’heritage e l’innovazione tecnologica. Si parte da un’azione di retrofitting proposta come un potente fattore di innovazione concettuale che si basa su nuovi criteri d’intervento non più fondati sui principi di rigidezza e sostruzione ma su quelli della permeabilità, capaci di assorbire e adattarsi ai cambiamenti naturali. Il suolo si configura come un dispositivo dinamico poroso di raccolta e recupero dell’acqua piovana contribuendo alla salubrità dello spazio urbano e ridisegnando gli spazi interstiziali della città.
Inland areas, tourism and new topographies. Projects along the Amendolea river and the village of Bova. Aree interne turismo e nuove topografie. Progetti lungo la fiumara Amendolea e il borgo di Bova / Amaro, Ottavio Salvatore; Tornatora, Rosa Marina. - 1:(2020), pp. 124-148.
Inland areas, tourism and new topographies. Projects along the Amendolea river and the village of Bova. Aree interne turismo e nuove topografie. Progetti lungo la fiumara Amendolea e il borgo di Bova
Amaro, Ottavio Salvatore;Tornatora, Rosa Marina
2020-01-01
Abstract
The contribution proposes an overturning of the concept of marginality of the inner Italian territory through a different reading of geographical and historical identities̀ where the memory of nature and culture constitutes a dormant but not destroyed soul, ready to be extracted in an archaeological and above all dynamic sense, in order to link it to a possible territorial rebalancing. The question is how to re-propose an innovative project culture in ancient centres, far from purely conservationist dogmas and open to contemporary living needs? In this framework, we present two experiences of design research developed in lower Ionian Calabria, within a homogeneous area or rather a landscape room of the Grecanica area, which constitute two modes of intervention in a polisculare Calabrian settlement system. The first intervention identifies the design of a single artefact, a cultural monastery receptive outpost overlooking the landscape and the city metaphorically inspired by the Lecorbuserian programme for La Tourrette ‘’To lodge in the silence of men who devote themselves to prayer and study and to build a church for them’; the second is an intervention within a semi-abandoned centre - Bova in the Grecanica language - conceiving the design of the interstitial spaces as true transfusions into the wounds of the existing city. As with the medieval and Byzantine monastery complexes scattered throughout the valleys of Calabria, the new cultural monastery is located along the banks of the fiumara Amendolea, in a strongly dialectical relationship with nature and history. An attitude of renouncing intervention within abandoned historic centres is favoured, avoiding useless therapeutic overkill in order to propose an idea of innovation in strong dialectic with the existing, through the fascination of the ruin immersed in nature that characterises the historical and picturesque iconography of the great travellers of the Grand Tour in these territories as well. The urban centre of Bova is taken as a laboratory for design experimentation where the form of the ‘absence’ of the built - ruins, demolitions - becomes the regenerating element and sign of contemporary living. Starting from the recognition of a geography of abandonment that often coincides with the geography of territorial risks, the design proposal attempts to identify new value parameters and reference models based on interaction with environmental issues, heritage culture and technological innovation. It starts from a retrofitting action proposed as a powerful factor of conceptual innovation based on new intervention criteria no longer based on the principles of rigidity and substructure but on those of permeability, capable of absorbing and adapting to natural changes. The soil is configured as a dynamic porous device for collecting and recovering rainwater, contributing to the healthiness of the urban space and redesigning the interstitial spaces of the city.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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