The challenge for inland areas and the role of architecture
Inland areas are valuable records of the Italian heritage, objected to the post-war
reckless expansion building, they have currently preserved their most authentic architectural
features and an unpolluted landscape. Since these areas are distant from major urban centres,
they compose a fragile territory, affected by conditions such as: depopulation, ageing population, reduction of essential services. Over the last few years we are witnessing a “paradigm
shift”: some new projects are being developed in order to revitalise these areas, by introducing
new uses for the soils and for the ancient buildings, in line with the needs of contemporary
society.
Re-thinking construction is a key action to transform an abandoned place into a new element,
able to generate social aggregation, through the recovery, the promotion of heritage, the project of public space and the upgrading of essential services.
Architecture is not enough to resolve the difficulties of the inland areas but it can be a lever
for territory’s development, by allowing to introduce, to ransom and to connect to principal
urban centres these extraordinary places.