Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy
Post-mining territories constitute a structural component of contemporary urbanisation processes. They are often located in post-urban areas and create new landscapes of abandonment.Sometimes they are stigmatised as landscapes characterised by unsustainable development, and are therefore seen as an...
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| description | Post-mining territories constitute a structural component of contemporary urbanisation processes. They are often located in post-urban areas and create new landscapes of abandonment.Sometimes they are stigmatised as landscapes characterised by unsustainable development, and are therefore seen as an obstacle in the transition to a post-carbon society.This paper contributes to the debate surrounding this question and shows a tentative approach to the reparation of post-mining territories through a (designed) strategy that rebuilds the territorial, landscape and social reputation of a site called Santa Barbara, that has been exploited by ENEL (Ente Nazionale per l’Energia Elettrica – National Agency for Electric Energy), an Italian multinational energy company, for almost 50 years. Santa Barbara is located in a neglected area of central Tuscany, Italy, in the upper Arno Valley (Valdarno Superiore). It finds itself in-between several renowned branded landscapes, such as Chianti (or Chiantishire as named by British citizens who began coming to this area for holidays in the late 20th Century), the small city of San Giovanni Valdarno and other prestigious Tuscan landscapes. This area is profoundly intertwined with the urbanisation processes of the greater metropolitan area of Florence, while simultaneously being a mono-functional territory that is not visibly urbanised. Today, this territory is characterised by a peculiar landscape that seems to be dominated by the ‘motion’ of land. Hills, paths and trajectories of use, which have been changing over the past decades and even in recent years, have inspired the reparation strategy for the landscape. Crucial to this strategy is the role played by ENEL, the company responsible for the deterritorialisation of this site and that launched the ‘Future-e Project’ in 2017. This project promoted a process aimed at creating a vision for the future of the Santa Barbara ex-mining site alongside local communities (institutions, local economic actors, etc.) and inhabitants. The project, already underway, has also involved the Politecnico di Milano and the Università degli Studi di Firenze, both called in to assist in analysing the case study. In short, the paper portrays the socio-territorial evolution of the Santa Barbara ex-mining site and describes a strategy for territorial regeneration aimed at revisiting the past, sharing the present and building the future with a propensity towards renewable energy sources. Central to this strategy is the landscape, which fuels a social, economic, spatial and narrative shift that allows for sustainable and solar energy-driven territorial regeneration. In doing this, the paper investigates the crucial cooperative interplay among a private company (ENEL) and the local community, public actors (the municipalities) and the universities involved in the design of the post-carbon future of this site. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5e7f81b628e4a8db4777d89018d2fb02025-01-30T11:06:56ZfraMinistère de la cultureLes Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère2606-74982020-06-01710.4000/craup.4177Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, ItalyCamilla PerroneMaddalena RossiFlavia GiallorenzoPost-mining territories constitute a structural component of contemporary urbanisation processes. They are often located in post-urban areas and create new landscapes of abandonment.Sometimes they are stigmatised as landscapes characterised by unsustainable development, and are therefore seen as an obstacle in the transition to a post-carbon society.This paper contributes to the debate surrounding this question and shows a tentative approach to the reparation of post-mining territories through a (designed) strategy that rebuilds the territorial, landscape and social reputation of a site called Santa Barbara, that has been exploited by ENEL (Ente Nazionale per l’Energia Elettrica – National Agency for Electric Energy), an Italian multinational energy company, for almost 50 years. Santa Barbara is located in a neglected area of central Tuscany, Italy, in the upper Arno Valley (Valdarno Superiore). It finds itself in-between several renowned branded landscapes, such as Chianti (or Chiantishire as named by British citizens who began coming to this area for holidays in the late 20th Century), the small city of San Giovanni Valdarno and other prestigious Tuscan landscapes. This area is profoundly intertwined with the urbanisation processes of the greater metropolitan area of Florence, while simultaneously being a mono-functional territory that is not visibly urbanised. Today, this territory is characterised by a peculiar landscape that seems to be dominated by the ‘motion’ of land. Hills, paths and trajectories of use, which have been changing over the past decades and even in recent years, have inspired the reparation strategy for the landscape. Crucial to this strategy is the role played by ENEL, the company responsible for the deterritorialisation of this site and that launched the ‘Future-e Project’ in 2017. This project promoted a process aimed at creating a vision for the future of the Santa Barbara ex-mining site alongside local communities (institutions, local economic actors, etc.) and inhabitants. The project, already underway, has also involved the Politecnico di Milano and the Università degli Studi di Firenze, both called in to assist in analysing the case study. In short, the paper portrays the socio-territorial evolution of the Santa Barbara ex-mining site and describes a strategy for territorial regeneration aimed at revisiting the past, sharing the present and building the future with a propensity towards renewable energy sources. Central to this strategy is the landscape, which fuels a social, economic, spatial and narrative shift that allows for sustainable and solar energy-driven territorial regeneration. In doing this, the paper investigates the crucial cooperative interplay among a private company (ENEL) and the local community, public actors (the municipalities) and the universities involved in the design of the post-carbon future of this site.https://journals.openedition.org/craup/4177LandscapeRegenerationInter-Institutional PartnershipLocal CommunityPlanetary Garden |
| spellingShingle | Camilla Perrone Maddalena Rossi Flavia Giallorenzo Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère Landscape Regeneration Inter-Institutional Partnership Local Community Planetary Garden |
| title | Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy |
| title_full | Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy |
| title_fullStr | Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy |
| title_short | Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy |
| title_sort | can post mining territories become landscapes in motion a spatial strategy to build a landscape reputation for a neglected area in tuscany italy |
| topic | Landscape Regeneration Inter-Institutional Partnership Local Community Planetary Garden |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/craup/4177 |
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