Requalification of the historical fabric of Alberobello

Abstract

The topic deals with the formation and recovery/requalification of a part of the historical town of Alberobello. The study of the phases that have determined the current arrangement of the city was conducted through the survey at different scales: the settlement-urban one, the aggregative one and finally the building one referred to the type of trullo. The research has particularly covered the neighborhood surrounding the Basilica of SS. Medici. An area that, despite the importance documented by archival sources, has undergone numerous transformations, thus preventing the legibility of its characters, that often appear to be completely compromised. The recovery of this heritage can be guaranteed by an adequate policy, based on a detailed plan that includes interventions aimed at the valorization, conservation and requalification of the historical areas constituted by aggregative systems defined by the monad of the trullo. To this end, the laboratory activities have been focusing on the reconstruction of the settlement process and on the examination of the architectural types which are present in the area under study, and that have been useful to outline a series of guidelines for the recovery of the neighborhood and its building.