Campania’s cultural and natural heritage

Aldo Aveta; Alessandro Castagnaro

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-180-2

Campania’s cultural and natural heritage: Urban regeneration

Authors

Aldo Aveta

University of Naples "Federico II"

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6619-2311

Alessandro Castagnaro

Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7142-2145

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-180-2

Keywords:

cultural heritage, natural heritage, urban regeneration, architecture, Campania

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 350

Language: Italian / English

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn:nbn:it:unina-29315

Abstract: This volume brings together multiple contributions on an important topic such as regeneration in the Campania region. The Proceedings of the Conference, held on March 21, 2023, and sponsored by Rotary District 2101, testify to the association's important role in the community. At the center of the discussion is our region's cultural and natural heritage, whose territory is rich in resources, cultural assets, and landscape values but also very fragile. In the approaches to the future of this heritage, the theses of experts, academics, and representatives of local authorities - many members of Rotary Clubs in the District - are compared with methodological contributions, exemplifications, good practices, and proposals. The volume debates the contemporary challenges with new urban planning approaches for self-regenerating territories, with a new paradigm that sees historical cities as the engine for the territory's growth, including cultural development. At the center of the reflections are the architectural project, mobility as an essential factor for livability and quality of life, the management plan for the historic center of Naples Unesco, energy efficiency and seismic protection of the historic building, as well as new forms of experimentation of shared administration of heritage. Campania presents a vulnerable Apennine territory with severe abandonment phenomena of inland historical centers. That's the reason why it's necessary to adopt urgent and innovative solutions are needed, inspired by concepts of rebalancing, with the creation of networks and supra-municipal circuits of fruition. The construction supply chain is addressed by highlighting, on the one hand, the negative repercussions of an inadequate national policy on Building Bonuses and, on the other, the potential of a sector that represents an important engine of socioeconomic development projected toward digitalization and innovation. Concerning the Unesco heritage, the prospects are outlined valorization regarding the archaeological site of Pompeii and the historic center of Naples. Particular attention is paid to environmental protection: we refer to the effects of climate change, the defense of the coastal landscape, the sea resource, the burning problems of the recovery of Bagnoli, as well as the agricultural landscape and urban greenery. Therefore, a volume is particularly significant and of considerable interest for its extraordinary wealth of multidisciplinary content, scientific and popular relevance.

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Author Biographies

Aldo Aveta, University of Naples "Federico II"

Aldo Aveta, non-tenured full professor of architectural restoration in the University of Naples Federico II, was Director of the School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage from 2010 to 2017. He has coordinated Specialized and Doctoral Degree Courses in Restoration and Conservation, in the Department of Architecture. He has carried out intense teaching activities in department of Architecture and Engineering, both in institutional courses and in the mentioned School, is engaged in Level II Masters. He is the author of multiple volumes and essays in the field of architectural and urban restoration, consolidation and legislation of cultural heritage, as well as the editor or co-editor of significant publications, also the result of university conventions. Mention should be made, among others: Castel Capuano. La cittadella della cultura e della Legalità. Restauro e valorizzazione (2013); Castelnuovo in Napoli. Ricerche integrate e conoscenza critica per il progetto di restauro e di valorizzazione (2017); La Baia di Napoli. Strategie integrate per la conservazione e la fruizione del Paesaggio culturale (2017); Patrimonio architettonico e qualità dei restauri tra conoscenza e progetto (2018); Proposte per il futuro di Napoli (2019); Il verde urbano nell’area napoletana: conoscenza, manutenzione e gestione (2021); La Mostra d’Oltremare nella Napoli occidentale (2021); Mutazioni e prospettive d’uso: il caso di Castel Capuano (2022); Paesaggio naturale, valori architettonici e urbani di Procida (2022); Patrimonio culturale e naturale della Campania. Rigenerazione urbana (2023).

He participates as a speaker at national and international scientific conferences. He is Director of the publishing series RestauroConsolidamento (Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane) and Frequenze (artstudiopaparo). He is a member of the international and national scientific committees of the following series: Architecture and Restoration (Nardini), Confrontations (Art'em), Architectures and Restorations (Art’em), MonumentoDocumento (Arakne), Architecture and Conservation (artstudiopaparo), ANIAI Review (Association of Engineers and Architects of Campania). He is an honorary member of SIRA, Association of Italian Teachers of Restoration. He is a member of the Observatory on the Quality of Architecture at the Campania Region. Since 2018, he has been president of INNOVA scarl (Center for the development and transfer of innovation in the field of cultural and environmental heritage).

Alessandro Castagnaro, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"

Alessandro Castagnaro is a full professor of architectural history at the Department of Architecture (DiARC) of the University of Naples “Federico II,” where he teaches the five-year course (5UE) and the three-year course in Community Design (Co.De.). He also teaches at Naples at the School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage. He has taught History of Architecture and Furniture at the Faculty of Architecture Valle Giulia of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and the School of Specialization in Historical and Artistic Heritage of the University of Siena. He is a member of the Governing Board of the Master’s Degree Program “Design of Excellence for the Historic City” at the University of Naples “Federico II”, for which he is the coordinator and lecturer at the historical-critical research laboratory. He chaired the DiARC Culture Commission from 2012 to 2017. He belongs to the Research Institute on Innovation and Development Services (IRISS), a body of the National Research Council (CNR), and the interdepartmental research centers URBAN/ECO, CIRICE, and BAP of the “Federico II” University of Naples. Since 2014, he has been a member of the working group for the project “Districts of high technology DATABENC”-SNECS Social Network of Entities of Historical Centers. On behalf of the Ministry, he was a member of the Scientific Committee for the “National Census of Architectures of the Second Twentieth Century-Updating and Completion of Research in Campania” in collaboration with the superintendencies and institutes of the MIBACT on the territory. Delegate of the Rector for establishing a Documentation Center and collecting publications, documents, projects, and art products donated to the University “Federico II”. He is the author of several books published with major publishing houses and numerous publications in volumes and specialized journals on contemporary architectural history themes, with a significant focus on the geographical area of southern Italy. Books included are Architettura del Novecento a Napoli. Il noto e l’inedito, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli 1998; August Schmarsow dalla critica d’arte contemporanea alla Raumgestaltung, Progedit, Bari 2017; Napoli e la cultura architettonica internazionale 1974-1991. Mostre e convegni di Camillo Gubitosi e Alberto Izzo, Clean Edizioni, Napoli 2019; Giuseppe e Ugo Mannajuolo. Ingegneri e Architetti tra neoeclettismo e razional-funzionalismo, Editori Paparo, Roma-Napoli 2020 (in coll. with F. Castiglione); La Mostra d’Oltremare nella Napoli occidentale. Ricerche storiche e restauro del moderno, Editori Paparo - FedOA - Federico II University Press, Roma-Napoli 2021 (by A. Aveta, A. Castagnaro, F. Mangone).

He has organized exhibitions, conferences, and lectures on contemporary architecture, conservation, restoration, and cultural implications in historical centers and urban transformations, the ancient/new relationship, and landscape culture and preservation topics. He has participated as a speaker at numerous national and international conferences, editing the proceedings on many occasions. He is the editor of the series “Architettura e Conservazione” published by Editori Paparo and, for the same publisher, co-director of the series “Storia Critica Architettura Città”. He is a member of the scientific committee of publishing series, including “Frequenze_conservazione/restauro”, “Grandi Opere” by Editori Paparo, and “Città e Architettura – Piani e Progetti” by Editoriale Scientifica. He is deputy editor of the Class A journal “Op. Cit.”, a selection of contemporary art criticism, and editor of the Class A journal “Ananke,” a quarterly on culture, history, and conservation techniques for the project.

He was a member of the winning group of the international design competition to restore the Temple-Duomo of Pozzuoli (Rione Terra), group leader Marco Dezzi Bardeschi. He is also one of the drafters of the proposed Draft Law bearing Rules on Territorial Governance, approved by the Regional Council of Campania at its meeting on 29 October 2019, and currently under discussion, and Regional Law No. 19 of 11 November 2019, entitled “Legge per la promozione della qualità dell’architettura.” He was chairman of the Building Commission of the City of Naples and is currently chairman of the Local Landscape Commission of the same city. He writes on the culture page of “Il Mattino” and other newspapers and magazines in the field.