Final dissemination event of the PRIN 2022 research project
Next Generation Solar Landscapes. Methods and Tools for the Design of Next-Generation Solar Landscapes: The Renewal of End-of-Life Photovoltaic Fields, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
The project, coordinated by Elena Vigliocco (Politecnico di Torino), involved three research units:
Politecnico di Torino (RU1),
Politecnico di Milano (RU2),
Università di Torino (RU3).
The research addressed the regeneration of ground-based photovoltaic fields at the end of their life cycle, not as an energy issue but as an opportunity to rethink urban morphologies and productive landscapes in Italy. The architectural, territorial, landscape, and agronomic dimensions of existing energy infrastructures are the core of the project, exploring strategies for decommissioning, revamping, and reuse within a broader framework of ecological transition and design innovation.
All three research units will participate in the event, promoting involvement for those interested in the topic; and engaging in a discussion of the project’s outcomes, future perspectives, and implications for planning and designing energy landscapes.
The event will also be an occasion to present the book:
Designing Forms for Future Solarscapes. A Vision for the Italian Palimpsest, Elena Vigliocco (edited by), 2025, LetteraVentidue.
The volume shows the scientific, cartographic, and design outcomes of the research, offering both a theoretical and operational reflection on Italian solar landscapes. It includes comparative atlases and a series of design scenarios developed for the reconfiguration of end-of-life photovoltaic fields in three selected case studies.
The book is available in open access at this link.
A second presentation of the PRIN research results and the volume will take place on:
Wednesday, 4 March, 14:30
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
Spazio CRAFT — Politecnico di Milano
via Ampère 20, Milano
