https://retellingtherural.cargo.site Retelling The Rural: Caporciano Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:22:35 +0000 https://retellingtherural.cargo.site en https://retellingtherural.cargo.site/Top-page Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:22:34 +0000 Retelling The Rural: Caporciano https://retellingtherural.cargo.site/Top-page Retelling the Rural: Caporciano Caporciano, like many towns all over Europe, is shrinking. What can we learn from the countryside with its rich cultural history and its vernacular construction techniques characterised by scarcity and resilience? A design studio at the Berlin University of the Arts is trying to find answers in close collaboration with the inhabitants and the municipality of Caporciano. https://retellingtherural.cargo.site/Bottom-page Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:22:35 +0000 Retelling The Rural: Caporciano https://retellingtherural.cargo.site/Bottom-page Retelling the Rural: Caporciano ︎︎︎About the project September 2023 – July 2024The Common In-Between: Caporciano ︎︎︎Phase 04: Design and Build ︎︎︎Phase 03: Interstitial Spaces and the Urban FabricUpper and Lower Village and the LandscapeThe Post OfficeThe Gardens of Caporciano September 2021 – July 2022Retelling the Rural: Caporciano ︎︎︎Phase 02: &nbsp; Exhibition, Discussions and Real Laboratory ︎︎︎Phase 01:&nbsp; &nbsp; Field Trip, Research and Desirable Futures Residents of&nbsp; CaporcianoGardens of Caporciano Lab dei BulbiRetelling the Alto Piano di NavelliThe New Town HallTraining Grounds for RobotsTholosPigeon House ︎︎︎ Email︎︎︎ Instagram March – July 2024Phase 04: Design and Build <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e2477e99420caad883861300f5c57a7f01e7399b20f2da58f5f6fe330ea2355/IMG_6358.jpg" data-mid="219670115" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e2477e99420caad883861300f5c57a7f01e7399b20f2da58f5f6fe330ea2355/IMG_6358.jpg" />With a focus on the interstitial spaces in and around Caporciano, we returned to test our hypothesis concerning the common use of land, public and private places in 1:1 scale. ︎︎︎Learn more ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ September 2023 – February 2024Phase 03: Interstitial&nbsp;Spaces and the Urban Fabric<img width="1192" height="843" width_o="1192" height_o="843" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53e7a75807b3424f2b80de1edd89cffd15784da2cf8b114cef098ed1868d3d99/Schwarzplan_Caporciano.png" data-mid="193242797" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53e7a75807b3424f2b80de1edd89cffd15784da2cf8b114cef098ed1868d3d99/Schwarzplan_Caporciano.png" /> How can the fragmented urban fabric of Caporciano be woven together?&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎Learn more ︎︎︎ ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ March–July 2022 Phase 02: Exhibition, Discussions and Real Laboratory <img width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ceee187ed346f9ca7bf65881449a88e47cc069fb84519bb61b82e6166aa7b607/csm_Caporciano-action_07-zentrale_07afafca13.jpg" data-mid="193615664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/ceee187ed346f9ca7bf65881449a88e47cc069fb84519bb61b82e6166aa7b607/csm_Caporciano-action_07-zentrale_07afafca13.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdb3125be07b5dc7ce80592c4f0782ae8b510b7416d236b57a12949afc266eb9/csm_Caporciano-ausstellung_02-Zuschauer_42e7bfb72c.jpg" data-mid="193615671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/cdb3125be07b5dc7ce80592c4f0782ae8b510b7416d236b57a12949afc266eb9/csm_Caporciano-ausstellung_02-Zuschauer_42e7bfb72c.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f603368c7b28aa99064ba3b7cce0dba02a62e6b59b01837e8a1c4fc8371aba3/csm_Caporciano-ausstellung_05-anfassen_bdc469adc7.jpg" data-mid="193615681" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/3f603368c7b28aa99064ba3b7cce0dba02a62e6b59b01837e8a1c4fc8371aba3/csm_Caporciano-ausstellung_05-anfassen_bdc469adc7.jpg" /> The village became a reallaboratory, where the design ideas were visualized and made tangible with the use of the simplest methods at their specific locations, in order to create a future vision for the village in collaboration with the locals.︎︎︎Learn more ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ September 2021–February 2022 Phase 01: Field Trip, Research and Desirable Futures <img width="2826" height="1880" width_o="2826" height_o="1880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/206d29e8a150403ca95b938f372a82df371d95465aeb63849d9f5918fc760d6c/Caporciano_Gruppenfoto.png" data-mid="193238037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/206d29e8a150403ca95b938f372a82df371d95465aeb63849d9f5918fc760d6c/Caporciano_Gruppenfoto.png" /> <img width="4416" height="2944" width_o="4416" height_o="2944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99ffb57cb088b98518a8d4bced909846a2c391eead242109e81a5e88b4704be4/2021-10_Caporciano_Flocke24.JPG" data-mid="193238243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99ffb57cb088b98518a8d4bced909846a2c391eead242109e81a5e88b4704be4/2021-10_Caporciano_Flocke24.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1950e913406b2cc20d51394a07aa8617f9ec92501557bc8f4941d88259de19df/IMG_4755.JPG" data-mid="193238223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1950e913406b2cc20d51394a07aa8617f9ec92501557bc8f4941d88259de19df/IMG_4755.JPG" /> <img width="3500" height="2320" width_o="3500" height_o="2320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53891fdfbcf8874f8c744eb0936098e5ebe5738f5886b32fd2357fbf62b44ad3/Caporciano_Gruppe_02.jpeg" data-mid="193238213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53891fdfbcf8874f8c744eb0936098e5ebe5738f5886b32fd2357fbf62b44ad3/Caporciano_Gruppe_02.jpeg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c880cf2e49a9baba82c9d0260b87ab524a5d0f021b344ec48bc39b1e0e429912/Caporciano_Header.jpeg" data-mid="193238230" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c880cf2e49a9baba82c9d0260b87ab524a5d0f021b344ec48bc39b1e0e429912/Caporciano_Header.jpeg" /> In Autumn 2021 a group of twenty architecture students of the Berlin University of the Arts travelled to Caporciano to explore the town of Caporciano and its surroundings via architectural and artistic means.&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎Learn more ︎︎︎︎ Caporciano, a small village in Abruzzo, barely two hours by car from Rome, is becoming extinct – a fate it shares with many other small towns in the region that have been hit by migration to the cities since the mid-twentieth century. The devastating earthquake of 2009 destroyed not only many houses, but also many residents’ confidence.In search of a new vision and to build back better, architecture students of the Berlin University of the Arts are working together with the inhabitants and the municipality of Caporciano. ︎︎︎Learn more about the project