Former Ceramica Mantovana-Gradaro Convent. Themes of recovery and pre-existing environmental elements - Intense morphological and functional relations connect the former Ceramica Mantovana factory, the Gradaro Convent, and Porto Catena in the process of historical stratification of the south-eastern area of Mantua. The military use of the port and surrounding areas, and that of the former convents after the suppressions began at the end of the 18th century, particularly during Austrian rule, conditioned the local development. Moreover, the foundation of the factory on the areas facing the convent in 1901 further revolutionized the existing town structure. The factory prospered until the Second World War but ceased production in 1960. The decline of river transport, overtaken by rail transport, and the structural and logistical limitations of the port, used almost exclusively by the factory, contributed to its closure. The search for a strategic vision for re-utilization, added to the wait of more than half a century, led to a continuous reduction of the pre-existing industrial elements, losing the possibility of their coordination as a complementary set of available resources and testimonies of collective memory. In order to recover the pre-existing environment elements, it is necessary to activate the awareness of participating in the process of stratification of material values and meanings, grasping the impermanence of the project in its modifying outcomes of physical adaptation and temporal destination to new uses.
Intense relazioni morfologiche e funzionali collegano l’ex fabbrica della Ceramica Mantovana, il Convento del Gradaro e il Porto Catena nel processo di stratificazione storica dell’ambito sud-est di Mantova. La destinazione militare del porto e delle aree circostanti e quelle degli ex conventi dopo le soppressioni iniziate alla fine del Settecento, in particolare durante la dominazione austriaca, hanno condizionato lo sviluppo locale. A ciò si è aggiunta la fondazione della fabbrica sulle aree prospicienti il convento nel 1901, che ha rivoluzionato ulteriormente l’assetto urbanistico esistente. La fabbrica è prosperata fino alla seconda guerra mondiale cessando però la produzione nel 1960. Alla sua chiusura hanno concorso il declino del trasporto fluviale, superato da quello ferroviario, e i limiti strutturali e logistici del porto, utilizzato dalla fabbrica in modo quasi esclusivo. La ricerca di una visione strategica per la rifunzionalizzazione, sommata all’attesa di oltre mezzo secolo, ha portato a una continua riduzione delle preesistenze industriali, perdendo la possibilità di un loro coordinamento quale insieme complementare di risorse disponibili e testimonianze della memoria collettiva. Per recuperare le preesistenze ambientali occorre attivare la consapevolezza di partecipare a un processo di stratificazione di valori materiali e significati, cogliendo la transitorietà del progetto nei suoi esiti modificatori di adattamento fisico e temporali di destinazione a nuovi usi.
Ex Ceramica Mantovana-Convento del Gradaro. Temi di recupero e preesistenze ambientali
Pierfranco Galliani
2024-01-01
Abstract
Former Ceramica Mantovana-Gradaro Convent. Themes of recovery and pre-existing environmental elements - Intense morphological and functional relations connect the former Ceramica Mantovana factory, the Gradaro Convent, and Porto Catena in the process of historical stratification of the south-eastern area of Mantua. The military use of the port and surrounding areas, and that of the former convents after the suppressions began at the end of the 18th century, particularly during Austrian rule, conditioned the local development. Moreover, the foundation of the factory on the areas facing the convent in 1901 further revolutionized the existing town structure. The factory prospered until the Second World War but ceased production in 1960. The decline of river transport, overtaken by rail transport, and the structural and logistical limitations of the port, used almost exclusively by the factory, contributed to its closure. The search for a strategic vision for re-utilization, added to the wait of more than half a century, led to a continuous reduction of the pre-existing industrial elements, losing the possibility of their coordination as a complementary set of available resources and testimonies of collective memory. In order to recover the pre-existing environment elements, it is necessary to activate the awareness of participating in the process of stratification of material values and meanings, grasping the impermanence of the project in its modifying outcomes of physical adaptation and temporal destination to new uses.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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