The following project has the ambition to create a territorial scale strategy with the aim of stitching together, by means of vegetation corridors and slow mobility tracks, an area as rich, both historically and naturally, as it is fragmented. The area of the project is the Gulf of Squillace, on the Ionian coast of the Isthmus of Catanzaro (Calabria). The conformation of the territory in the isthmus is very heterogeneous, with an altitude difference of 1000m in a 35 km span. In the Gulf of Squillace there has been a succession of invasions and incursions over the centuries and such pressures have sanctioned the beginning of a phenomenon known as “arroccamento” (castling). After the first decades of the 20th century, the trend reversed and coastal areas experienced a major repopulation with the abandonment of the historical hillside settlements. In these areas, the layering of the traces of all the succeeding cultures remains clearly visible to this day, creating a constellation of monuments. Among the many examples, the Grangia of Sant’Anna (12th century) and the more abandoned Grangia of Ceci (15th century) are partially connected through a mule track forgotten by many. Other paths, mule tracks and monuments sprinkled in this Gulf are fragmented by recent construction or infrastructures. In parallel, fragmentation can be found in the vegetation of the area, which over the years is becoming increasingly impoverished. Due to the very complex orography and the presence of many areas too steep to be anthropised, this process of vegetation loss is slow enough to go unnoticed, but shouldn’t be ignored. Aggressive anthropization has accentuated the divisions of the territory’s natural mosaic. Thus, the project area can really be likened to an astronomical constellation. Currently encountering only a series of disconnected stars in the area (patches of vegetation and historical traces, such as the two Grangia), the goal of the project is to draw the line and link them through the valleys and waterways that run through them. The seams have in themselves the ambition to transform the place into an eco-archeological museum where neither man nor nature has the upper hand.
Il progetto ha l’ambizione di creare una strategia in scala territoriale con l’obiettivo di ricucire, attraverso corridoi di vegetazione e percorsi di mobilità lenta, un’area tanto ricca, storicamente e naturalisticamente, quanto frammentata. L’area del progetto è il Golfo di Squillace, sulla costa ionica dell’Istmo di Catanzaro (Calabria). La conformazione del territorio dell’istmo è molto eterogenea, con un dislivello di 1000 m in un arco di 35 km. Nel Golfo di Squillace si sono susseguite nei secoli invasioni e incursioni e tali pressioni hanno sancito l’inizio di un fenomeno noto come “arroccamento”. Dopo i primi decenni del XX secolo, la tendenza si è invertita e le aree costiere hanno conosciuto un importante ripopolamento con l’abbandono degli insediamenti storici collinari. In queste aree, la stratificazione delle tracce di tutte le culture che si sono susseguite rimane ben visibile fino ad oggi, creando una costellazione di monumenti. Tra i vari esempi, la Grangia di Sant’Anna (XII secolo) e la più abbandonata Grangia del Ceci (XV secolo) sono parzialmente collegate attraverso una mulattiera dimenticata da molti. Altri sentieri, mulattiere e monumenti sono frammentati da costruzioni o infrastrutture recenti. Parallelamente, la frammentazione si riscontra nella vegetazione dell’area, che nel corso degli anni si sta impoverendo sempre più. A causa dell’orografia molto complessa e della presenza di molte aree troppo ripide per essere antropizzate, questo processo di perdita di vegetazione è abbastanza lento da passare inosservato, ma non dovrebbe essere ignorato. L’antropizzazione aggressiva ha accentuato le divisioni del mosaico naturale del territorio. Così, l’area del progetto può essere davvero paragonata a una costellazione astronomica. Attualmente nell’area si incontrano solo una serie di stelle scollegate tra loro (macchie di vegetazione e tracce storiche, come le due Grangia): l’obiettivo del progetto è quello di tracciare una linea e collegarle attraverso vallate e corsi d’acqua. Le cuciture hanno in sé l’ambizione di trasformare il luogo in un museo eco-archeologico dove né l’uomo né la natura hanno il sopravvento.
Vivarium: an ecological and historical reconnection approach in the isthmus of Catanzaro
De Pasquale, Paolo
2023/2024
Abstract
The following project has the ambition to create a territorial scale strategy with the aim of stitching together, by means of vegetation corridors and slow mobility tracks, an area as rich, both historically and naturally, as it is fragmented. The area of the project is the Gulf of Squillace, on the Ionian coast of the Isthmus of Catanzaro (Calabria). The conformation of the territory in the isthmus is very heterogeneous, with an altitude difference of 1000m in a 35 km span. In the Gulf of Squillace there has been a succession of invasions and incursions over the centuries and such pressures have sanctioned the beginning of a phenomenon known as “arroccamento” (castling). After the first decades of the 20th century, the trend reversed and coastal areas experienced a major repopulation with the abandonment of the historical hillside settlements. In these areas, the layering of the traces of all the succeeding cultures remains clearly visible to this day, creating a constellation of monuments. Among the many examples, the Grangia of Sant’Anna (12th century) and the more abandoned Grangia of Ceci (15th century) are partially connected through a mule track forgotten by many. Other paths, mule tracks and monuments sprinkled in this Gulf are fragmented by recent construction or infrastructures. In parallel, fragmentation can be found in the vegetation of the area, which over the years is becoming increasingly impoverished. Due to the very complex orography and the presence of many areas too steep to be anthropised, this process of vegetation loss is slow enough to go unnoticed, but shouldn’t be ignored. Aggressive anthropization has accentuated the divisions of the territory’s natural mosaic. Thus, the project area can really be likened to an astronomical constellation. Currently encountering only a series of disconnected stars in the area (patches of vegetation and historical traces, such as the two Grangia), the goal of the project is to draw the line and link them through the valleys and waterways that run through them. The seams have in themselves the ambition to transform the place into an eco-archeological museum where neither man nor nature has the upper hand.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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