The Technological Project
for the Enhancement of Rural Heritage
Elena Mussinelli, Raffaella Riva, Roberto Bolici, Andrea Tartaglia,
Davide Cerati and Giovanni Castaldo
Abstract Based on the results of three research experiences in rural contexts, this
paper proposes an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to the themes of the periurban landscape project, the enhancement of architectural heritage and the economic
and social value of agriculture in land management. Starting from the potential and
criticalities identifiable in peri-urban and rural contexts and recognized by the scientific literature, the selected experiences define a theoretical and operational framework based on a technological project approach aimed at integrating the ecologicalenvironmental, landscape-fruitive, economic-productive and socio-inclusive values
with the objective of enhancing the rural heritage.
Keywords Rural heritage · Peri-urban territories · Landscape enhancement ·
Fruition · Environmental design
1 Potentialities and Criticalities of Peri-Urban and Rural
Territories
In order to fully understand the meaning of sustainable development, it is necessary
to frame the issue within a broader and more articulated context. Indeed, it is not sufficient to refer to the scale of green building, but we must widen our focus to the scale
of the green city and moreover to that of the green economy, in line with the objectives
of the 2030 UN Agenda for sustainable development, the Strategia Nazionale per lo
Sviluppo Sostenibile and the proposals of the Sustainable Development Foundation
and of the Green City Network.
The economic model of the green economy is based on the protection of natural
capital, the improvement of the ecological quality of the urban systems, the increase
of cultural capital, the enhancement of technological capital and the safeguard of
social capital (work group policy of the architecture for the green economy in the
E. Mussinelli (B) · R. Riva · R. Bolici · A. Tartaglia · D. Cerati · G. Castaldo
Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering—ABC Department, Politecnico di
Milano, Milan, Italy
e-mail: elena.mussinelli@polimi.it
© The Author(s) 2020
S. Della Torre et al. (eds.), Regeneration of the Built Environment
from a Circular Economy Perspective, Research for Development,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33256-3_8
69
for the Enhancement of Rural Heritage
Elena Mussinelli, Raffaella Riva, Roberto Bolici, Andrea Tartaglia,
Davide Cerati and Giovanni Castaldo
Abstract Based on the results of three research experiences in rural contexts, this
paper proposes an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to the themes of the periurban landscape project, the enhancement of architectural heritage and the economic
and social value of agriculture in land management. Starting from the potential and
criticalities identifiable in peri-urban and rural contexts and recognized by the scientific literature, the selected experiences define a theoretical and operational framework based on a technological project approach aimed at integrating the ecologicalenvironmental, landscape-fruitive, economic-productive and socio-inclusive values
with the objective of enhancing the rural heritage.
Keywords Rural heritage · Peri-urban territories · Landscape enhancement ·
Fruition · Environmental design
1 Potentialities and Criticalities of Peri-Urban and Rural
Territories
In order to fully understand the meaning of sustainable development, it is necessary
to frame the issue within a broader and more articulated context. Indeed, it is not sufficient to refer to the scale of green building, but we must widen our focus to the scale
of the green city and moreover to that of the green economy, in line with the objectives
of the 2030 UN Agenda for sustainable development, the Strategia Nazionale per lo
Sviluppo Sostenibile and the proposals of the Sustainable Development Foundation
and of the Green City Network.
The economic model of the green economy is based on the protection of natural
capital, the improvement of the ecological quality of the urban systems, the increase
of cultural capital, the enhancement of technological capital and the safeguard of
social capital (work group policy of the architecture for the green economy in the
E. Mussinelli (B) · R. Riva · R. Bolici · A. Tartaglia · D. Cerati · G. Castaldo
Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering—ABC Department, Politecnico di
Milano, Milan, Italy
e-mail: elena.mussinelli@polimi.it
© The Author(s) 2020
S. Della Torre et al. (eds.), Regeneration of the Built Environment
from a Circular Economy Perspective, Research for Development,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33256-3_8
69