Castel del Giudice, a town in the province of Isernia in Molise, was chosen as a case study, hosting from 17 to 20 October the students accompanied by lecturers Antonio De Rossi from the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) and Loris Servillo from the Interateneo Department of Science, Planning and Territorial Policies (DIST) and coordinator of FULL, together with PhD students Marco Del Fiore, Mauro Fontana, Matteo Tempestini and PhD student Federica Serra.
Fifty students of the Atelier Città e Territorio, from the three-year degree course in Architecture, thus participated in the study trip to address the theme of the socio-spatial fragility of marginal territories from a design perspective.
The trip is part of the initiatives of the “Bando Borghi”, the project for the regeneration of the territory and sustainable development financed by the PNRR with 20 million euro: a project that brings together ideas, opportunities and people, making the city of Molise an open-air experimental laboratory to achieve three goals in line with the objectives of Agenda 2030: to launch a new contemporary urbanity that curbs depopulation, to create new forms of sustainable economy and to attract new inhabitants.
During the four days of full immersion, the students met local engineers and technicians, spoke with the townspeople and inhabited everyday places to discover at first hand the needs of the population and to draw inspiration for projects in line with the regeneration activities.
The future polytechnic architects drew up the first design concepts for the village’s public spaces, which were then presented to the mayor and the administration.
In the coming months, the students – divided into working groups and guided by the lecturers and their collaborators – will work on the detailed development of the projects, which will then be presented and returned to the citizens.
