Programme
Description and objectives
The
two-week design workshop is focusing on contemporary uses in archaeological
places. Planning will deal with architectural problems in archaeological sites,
consisting in the construction of small structures like ruins-shelters, areas
for rest, meeting points, and places for protection, background information,
box-office and services, and any other significant component for archaeological
parks and sites spread throughout the territory. The priority given to archaeological
safeguard and maintenance should not exclude the possibility of shaping small
structures capable of ‘merging’ the site with urban context and the
landscape, by the application of innovative technologies to a project that
should tightly include contemporary architecture into archaeological sites and
their boundaries. Testing areas for the project are related to urban contexts
of small and medium size on the territory of the Veneto and Trentino regions.
Design-places are, in Veneto, Concordia Sagittaria; in Trentino, Riva del Garda
(St. Cassiano) and Caldonazzo (Monte Rive).
Target audience
The
workshop is open to students of graduate and undergraduate degrees from the
Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design, and specialization studies in
Archaeology, coming from Italy as well as from the IP partners countries. The
specificity of the topic and the need to integrate skills and knowledge, also
foreshadow the participation of officers and experts working in the Italian
Monuments and Fine Arts Department.
Main activities
Workshop
activities are related to two main phases, with the interaction of various
scholarly and technical contributions. During the first days, a tour around the
different design-areas anticipate class-lectures about the current situation in
Italy and Europe, on various issues and aspects of protection of archaeological
areas. As second phase of intensive design work is scheduled from day 4 to 13,
supplemented by contributions from experts of the different disciplines
involved; technical experts from the sponsor companies (for the creation of a
final prototype) will also contribute to this phase. Day 14 will be devoted to
a final workshop with the preparation of an exhibition, and to the assessment
of a jury (composed of Professors and Department of Antiquities officers) that
will select the project to be implemented.
Expected output
The
workshop will conclude with an exhibition of the projects designed by students,
touring between the IP partner centres; the workshop will also lead to the
selection of a prototype structure for archaeological preservation, that will
be effectively manufactured under the sponsorship of companies producing
architectural materials, that can thus verify the adequacy and sustainability
of their products for specific uses in archaeological sites.
