Architetture industriali dismesse Rieti, conoscenza e recupero dei siti produttivi di Viale Maraini

Specific peculiarities of construction are the cornerstones for the recognition of values and invariants to be proposed in the elaboration of the building renovation project. For the whole industrial district, and not just for the sugar-factory, there is a "technology consistency" with the contemporary Italian projects for the industry. However the initiative and entrepreneurship of the three big factories is almost completely unrelated to the dynamics of the town and be placed in a broader national business environment. Factories construction in Viale Maraini is not affected by technical and cultural backwardness of the town and the region, also for their proximity with Rome and the pole of the Terni steelworks (main production site of many steel components for the factories). Instead, it provides a version in which "localism is expressed mainly in the technical elements that do not require updated technology solutions" (mainly walls, cladding and brick elements). Alongside the localisms, there are therefore important evidence of construction steel framework and, even more important, the affirmation and experimentation of Italian patents for the construction of reinforced concrete, in particular of the patent Baroni-Lüling. The text describes and illustrates, through a wealth of study drawings, the detailed architectural survey and analysis of the specific buildings characteristics. This has allowed us to discover the peculiarities of construction apparatus that previous research had not yet revealed and placed in the context of the evolution of construction in Italy.

Presso il centro di Rieti, in una piana oggetto di antichissime modifiche, svettano abbandonati i padiglioni di alcuni dei principali complessi industriali della prima industrializzazione reatina. Lo zuccherificio Maraini, la Supertessile e la Montecatini attendono da anni strumenti e obiettivi per il loro destino. Il volume considera due dei principali aspetti progettuali legati a queste aree e alle aree industriali dismesse in generale. Da un lato la conoscenza e l’analisi valoriale e prestazionale del costruito storico, dall’altro la prefigurazione dei processi di bonifica e riuso subordinati innanzitutto alle valutazioni ambientali su suoli occupati per decenni dalle attività industriali. La consegna alle stampe avviene con l’obiettivo di orientare verso una comprensione olistica del fenomeno delle dismissioni industriali e, nel caso specifico reatino, promuovere l’attivazione del processo di recupero e valorizzazione.