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Dr. Eng. Fabio Borriello
2020-11-26

RAISING SPLUGA - Future Visions for Alpine Valley Area with Development of Experimental Training Center in Chiavenna, Italy

The thesis path represents the research of a new solution, more conscious, sound, and appropriate to the peculiarities and fragility of these alpine territories, guided by the purpose of providing an original and visionary response.

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Arianna Fassi e Fernanda Speciale
University
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
School of Urbanistic Architecture and Construction Engineering

The personal research, made up also of meetings, interchanges, and dialogues, takes the form of an experimentation path that has the Spluga Valley as its object of study: an internal Italian area and a mountain territory along the border between Lombardy and Switzerland. The first response is the design of a Vision, which is implemented within an area of action defined by the structured territorial strategy. The final aim is the development of a synergic educational network, which will bring together the entire heritage of the valley and allow a deep understanding of it.

The research goes as far as the application of strategic principles to one case of intervention: the Officine Spluga. This is the pilot project of the strategy, designed in a holistic vision based on the values of environmental sustainability, quality of life, useful innovation, and circular economy.

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