Title

Author(s)

Davide Lucia

Affiliation

Sapienza University of Rome

DOI

https://doi.org/10.65686/YSCV8232

Keywords

Landscape, Reuse, Catastrophe

PP

605-609

How to Cite

Lucia, Davide. “Reuse the Landscape in Post-catastrophe Contexts Reflections on the Case of San Martino Valle Caudina.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Adaptive Reuse. Volume 1, edited by Andrea Crudeli, Francesca Molle, and Emanuele Carrai, 605–609. Firenze: STH Press, 2026.

Abstract

This paper critically reconsiders the concept of reuse by moving beyond its conventional architectural framing and extending it to the landscape scale. Traditionally, reuse has been understood within a well-defined semantic and disciplinary framework, primarily concerned with architectural intervention: the physical transformation of a building, its spatial envelope, and its functional reprogramming. But what would happen if we applied the concept of reuse to landscapes? The framework becomes more complex when the concept of reuse is applied to broader territorial contexts. At the landscape scale, reuse is not simply the outcome of functional inadequacy, but rather the result of intertwined socioeconomic, ecological, and historical processes. In the Anthropocene – or, more precisely, the Capitalocene – landscapes have been profoundly reshaped by extractive logics that have altered the relationship between human communities and place. Over the past two centuries, these dynamics have produced significant traumas within the landscape, whose remediation processes give rise to complex scenarios.
This contribution focuses on the new suspended landscapes generated by anthropogenic interventions designed to mitigate or counteract the consequences of these dynamics, with particular attention to environmental engineering works that have become new, permanent traces within landscapes. Often conceived as purely utilitarian, these interventions nonetheless introduce new calligraphies into the landscape, while remaining largely devoid of symbolic or aesthetic dimension. As a result, they are frequently met with mistrust, detachment, and abandonment, fostering collective amnesia and weakening the capacity of communities to imagine future possibilities.

Edited by
Andrea Crudeli
Francesca Molle
Emanuele Carrai

Publisher
STH Press, Firenze

ISBN Paperback – 9791281661141
ISBN Ebook – 9791281661158
DOI – https://doi.org/10.65686/SISY7263

Year
2026

Proceedings of
International Conference on Adaptive Reuse
hosted by The University of Pisa, Italy
15-19 September 2025, at the Gispoteca di Arte Antica dell’Università di Pisa.