Abstract ID: 3.13305 | Not reviewed | Requested as: Talk | TBA | TBA

The present contribution will focus on investigating the regeneration strategies to develop a new model of living acting in a specific peripheral context located in a mid-mountain context in the Orobie Prealps Mountains (Italy), specifically addressing the plateau of Clusone area (listed in the SNAI -National Strategy for Inner Areas). The research project is responsible for developing and valorising Italian mountains as a key framework (recognised by the Consiglio dei Ministri). It is part of a multi-level and multi-actor agenda, aiming to define concrete mechanisms, programs, and actions for the mountains. Moreover, the research is part of a National research project, PRIN 2022 (titled “Governance for a Reticular Mountain: Co-design and “contratto debitage” as tools for the territorial regeneration in Seriana Valley”). The conference’s contribution aims to reflect how to include actions for the concrete usability of essential services, implementation of mobility systems, connection, and strengthening of infrastructures, with particular attention to sustainability and ecological transition, working on enhancing underused historical sites. The study brings together the relationship between consolidated settlements, identity, cultural value, social relationships, and local economic issues. It considers architectural solutions as a key link to enhancing the weakness of the context, respecting the memory and identity of the place. Furthermore, the administration’s ambitions are to transform the plateau according to a renewed vision: the Wellness Valley. The “wellness and health” theme is part of a long-term strategic planning initiative encompassing the entire Orobic area (Val Brembana, Valle Seriana, Lake Iseo, and Darfo Boario Terme). This initiative results from public and private efforts, territorial institutions, and associations, also given the 2026 Winter Olympics. This initiative aims to establish an experimental hub for revitalising a “sustainable” valley by restoring and enhancing the environmental qualities of the sites and developing solutions for sustainable solutions. The vocation for a new target of hospitality and temporary housing (linked with sports activities or teams and sustainable tourism) is in charge of the preservation of the rural environment, which has been the core business in the past era due to the specific conformation and orography.