Demolition as a Territorial Reform Project

Abstract

The widespread conditions of obsolescence and risk emerging in many parts of our country pose new questions to the territorial project and entail a review of its operational tools. In this sense, even demolition can acquire a new meaning, soliciting a technical and cultural reflection that has repercussions on future of the contemporary territory.

Urban Demolition: Application of Blight Elimination Programs and Flood Buyout Programs to the Italian Case

“…In recent years, demolition policies are oriented to respond to a more general need in managing urban contraction and the "real-estate waste" caused by it, therefore, they are no longer only used as a response to sectorial problems, but as a real tool for the definition and redefinition of urban form, space, and landscapes; they are an opportune urban and landscape form of repair that can be applied, for example, in diffuse cities [20], in obsolete tourist settlements, or in some contexts with particular landscape value. At the same time, the recognizable economic and administrative difficulties in implementing these actions have prompted assessments on the possibility of managing obsolescence without resorting to demolition, allowing the coexistence of abandoned buildings with buildings still in use.…”