Talks

On 13th April 2023, ArCHIAM co-director Dr Giamila Quattrone delivered the guest lecture Bridging the Gap: Heritage Management for Sustainable Development to the 5^th Year students of the Architectural Conservation Studio, coordinated by architect Gianluca Bacci with Dr Stefania Landi, which is part of the Building Engineering-Architecture Master Degree course at Pisa University.

Retracing some of ArCHIAM’s key projects, Dr Quattrone explored the theoretical and operational relationships between cultural heritage and sustainable development, showing how a participatory, shared and multidisciplinary management of the former can act as both an engine and vehicle for the latter, bridging a gap that is often at the base of ʻWestern-centricʼ, ʻmonument-focusedʼ and ʻtop-downʼ approaches.

Following the lecture, Dr Quattrone reviewed the student projects, providing ideas on how to inject new life into disused and underused heritage sites, leveraging them to address broader issues of shrinking populations, economic shifts, universal accessibility, amongst others, by working around eco-tourism, sustainable agriculture, gastronomy, ʻalbergo diffusoʼ-type hospitality and traditional crafts.