Il lanificio Picco al Bivio. Una strategia per rigenerare uno spazio di archeologia industriale attraverso una rete di itinerari culturali nel paesaggio biellese, tra fabbrica e natura

Rethinking an abandoned nineteenth-century industrial building, inserted into a fragile althoug rich in potential land, is apparently an impossible challenge. The starting point is the link between the single artifact, divided into parts - each one to be transformed and furtherly implemented – and the surrounding landscape, considering the building as a node of the territorial network: the communication routes, the rivers, the intangible historical and cultural networks weave a plot that enables the connections to other points of interest already on site.. In such territorial context, industrial tourism based on bicycle routes might be the new green clue in the strategy of rebirth. The wool mill, revitalized by contemporary functions, possibly implemented in the future with new uses such as hospitality, artistic residence or education, is at the center of a tangible and intangible network, leading to rethink historical industrial sites as a great opportunity to discover this important industrial archaeology district.