This study investigates the transformational dynamics that occurred on the Casa del Mutilato e del Combattente (House of the Mutilated and of the Combatant) in Ragusa (Sicily) built during the fascist regime, in order to analyze strategies for the sustainable use of this type of architectural heritage, which lost its representative function and its role in the urban landscape of the contemporary city. The building, designed by the arch. Francesco Fichera, was meant as an ‘useful monument’ but, since the end of the Second World War and after the regime’s fall, it suffered the partial loss of function and representativeness, by becoming subject to improper transformations and perceptions. The progressive decommissioning contributed to the lack of conservation and to an undifferentiated functional replacement. It is, therefore, investigated what approach could allow the protection and the conservation of this heritage, by redefining a strategy based on economic and social sustainability principles, and by investigating new virtuous relations between the city and the community.

The House of the Mutilated and of the Combatant in Ragusa: perspectives for a difficult heritage

A. Cavallo
2020-01-01

Abstract

This study investigates the transformational dynamics that occurred on the Casa del Mutilato e del Combattente (House of the Mutilated and of the Combatant) in Ragusa (Sicily) built during the fascist regime, in order to analyze strategies for the sustainable use of this type of architectural heritage, which lost its representative function and its role in the urban landscape of the contemporary city. The building, designed by the arch. Francesco Fichera, was meant as an ‘useful monument’ but, since the end of the Second World War and after the regime’s fall, it suffered the partial loss of function and representativeness, by becoming subject to improper transformations and perceptions. The progressive decommissioning contributed to the lack of conservation and to an undifferentiated functional replacement. It is, therefore, investigated what approach could allow the protection and the conservation of this heritage, by redefining a strategy based on economic and social sustainability principles, and by investigating new virtuous relations between the city and the community.
2020
HERITAGE 2020 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development
978-989-8734-44-0
XXth Century, Italian architecture, Reuse, Conservation, Cultural Heritage
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