The enhancement of small historic centres: integration between urban and landscape quality Authors: Authors: Francesco Selicato, Francesco Rotondo, Pierangela Loconte, Claudia Piscitelli

1. The enhancement of the small historic centres:
integration between urban
and landscape quality
Prof. Ing. Francesco Selicato Ing. Francesco Rotondo Ing. Pierangela Loconte Ing. Arch. Claudia Piscitelli

2. 1. THE VALUE OF PLACES
2. IDENTITY '
3. SOME KEY OBJECTIVES FOR THE REGENERATION OF SMALL
HISTORIC CENTRES IN THE RECENT PAST
4. LIMITS AND CONSEQUENCES OF PIPELINES OF THE PAST
EXPERIENCES. NEW AND OLD PROBLEMS
5. NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPLEX STRATEGIES
6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
7. THE GENTRIFICATION OF THE HISTORIC CENTRES
8. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SPACE IN THE PROCESS OF URBAN
REGENERATION
9. CONCLUSIONS

3. 1. THE VALUE OF PLACES
The value of the sites can be analyzed through the meaning that they have
acquired in the course of history. In this reading can be defined three
different types of value (Riegl, 1903):
a) the value of the ancient
b) the historical value
c) the value of intentional

4. 2. IDENTITY
The concept of identity refers to the manner, form, and the intent of the
events that have over time (slowly) helped to gmake sense and meaning to
places.
Acquires special importance in this context, the temporal dimension that
marks the turn of events.
The subject should be reduced to that of "permanence" and “change”
If it is true that the identity varies with time, it is true that his livelihood
will require changes not too frequent or too fast.

5. For a long time differences
(economic, ethical, aesthetic, stylistic, ideological) between a site and the
other reflecting the different cultures and urban land. Cities and regions
were distinguished due to their "diversity".
The world market has, however, absorbed the identity of places and
cities in an in-difference, uniformity and standardization in a homogenizing
global type.
This loss of identity, uniqueness, diversity has had profound consequences
on the urban places which have become "non-places" (Augé, 1996) and
the cities are no longer such, but rather clusters of settlement (large or
small) .

6. 3. SOME KEY OBJECTIVES FOR THE REGENERATION OF
SMALL HISTORIC CENTRES IN RECENT PAST
The analysis on the outcomes of actions in the past becomes a useful
reference for proposing practical in the new scenario that we can see
today.
Particularly significant is the failure to maintain hinabitants in the center

7. 1. Conservation of built architectural heritage
Pursued through strict rules and standardized categories associated
with the intervention of the law n.457/1978.
2. Maintaining inhabitants in the historic centre. It was not supported by
adequate financial resources

8. 4. LIMITS AND CONSEQUENCES OF PAST EXPERIENCES.
NEW AND OLD QUESTIONS
Rigidity of the zooning system
Bureaucratic nature of the administrative machinery
Diffusion of a different type of urban regeneration, pulverized,
molecular, uncontrolled
Costs of recovery

9. 5. NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPLEX STRATEGIES
Evolution of the concept of the historical center and the revival of
interest towards the historic centers
Renewed interest shown by new segments of the population
Complex social value heritage
Structures of analysis and planning "permanent, continuos and dynamic“
based on ad hoc organizations, specialized, founded in the context of
local government, often in collaboration between public and private
Willingness of individuals to promote recovery actions
Relationship between public and private sectors
The system of incentives

10. 6. SOCIO ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
Dynamics could depend from:
The attractivenes urban centers (medium-large cities, coastal
cities, city tourism)
The structure morphology and type of historic fabric
Extension of the historic fabric (small and large centers)
The ratio of public assets and private assets from urban and
territorial policies
The flexibility of use by market rules

11. 7. THE GENTRIFICATION OF HISTORIC CENTRES
The concepts of "identity" and "urban quality" led to reflect on the
phenomena of outsourcing of the places of history, social
services, culture.
The functional mix of the old city was one of the features that had
greatly contributed to the urban life.
Processes of outsourcing and the expulsion of residents, in
particular, seem to invade almost everywhere the hearts of the historic
city, with the location of management activities, commercial
activities, recreational activities and recreation.

12. 8. PUBLIC SPACES' ROLE IN URBAN REGENERATION
PROCESS
In today's urban regeneration policies in particular in the historic
centres, especially in light of socio-economic dynamics, a role can be
taken by local governments in the design of public space.
In this reading public space plays an important role in generating the basic
structure of urban vitality.
"A public space, but in the perfection of its design, may not be acceptable
to people if it is limited to host activities and functions that are strictly
necessary, while the quality of its gradient will increase when the"
necessary activities "will be able to interact with" voluntary activities
", generated by the ability to express that particular place to be
attractive, welcoming and encouraging behaviors that are not provided."

13. 9. CONCLUSIONS
Strategies for urban regeneration should be take over, now more than
ever, the urban and regional planning dimension. This is particularly true
for small towns, but also for medium-large size.
The general urban development plan, even before the detailed plans and
/ or targeted project interventions, should be an opportunity to ensure that
the historic fabrics can take a leading role in the redesign of the city, in
other words it determines the matrices of the urban project.

14. This is more important for small towns and their
landscapes, when they try to develop common development
strategies.
In this case relations have to be searched starting from
historical settlement matrix, trying to rebuild the original
relational system between the historic city and the new
quarters, the cities and their territories which are their founding
structure.

15. Thank you for attention!