OPER-AZIONI DI RIGENERAZIONE URBANA NELL'ANTICO BORGO S.CECILIA A GALLICO | Gabriella Seminara

1) PARASITIC ARCHITECTURE AS A RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE CZECH VILLAGE:
In the territory in question, (Gallico marina), the use of parasitic methods is intended to regenerate the ancient village of S. Cecilia, the fulcrum of local culture, after various analyses I have found a strong identity link, typically Mediterranean, linked to the tradition of fishing that has been lost over the years unfortunately. The fishermen's quarter of the village S. Cecilia in Gallico, could have the potential tourism/tractive potential of territories with similar characteristics such as the city of Taormina or Chianalea, but the state of degradation and abandonment that characterizes it at the moment, does not allow it to be considered a polo/tractor inside the metropolitan air of Reggio Calabria. Through the restoration of the village of S. Cecilia you can rediscover the intrinsic qualities of the place that, overlooking the Strait of Messina, certainly enjoys an important landscape value. We rediscover the sea views; those activities linked to the long forgotten tradition of fishing are reactivated through the creation of a widespread laboratory of arts and crafts in which each "parasite" plays a well-defined role.

2. THE DRAFT THESIS
It proposes an abaco of services for the community on an architectural scale (sea museum; b&b, holiday home reminiscent of the typical fishermen's homes of yesteryear; info point; art lookout point; craft workshops for the production and sale of fishing equipment such as pots, fishing nets; fish restaurants and even a laboratory for the restoration of fishing boats) and urban (refurbishment of the seafront, introduction of urban gardens, enhancement of fishing boats).
Through the vision of the project, I propose new scenarios of everyday life, showing how that very place, today degraded and abandoned, can flourish, helping to maintain the activities and traditions related to it, such as the seaside holiday.

3. SUSTAINABILITY
Urban sustainability is achieved with the introduction of urban gardens in the village of S. Cecilia, through the improvement of visual permeability in the direction of mountain/sea and the creation of public spaces of aggregation/socialisation of quality in which it is possible to live the place.
Architectural sustainability, on the other hand, is based on the use of eco-sustainable building systems, ecological materials and active energy technologies. The Halikòs museum and for the Psàri house are both made of X-Lam load-bearing structure but differ in the external cladding; the first is in 40*40 cm of slate flakes; the second is in corten steel.
The Thea house, like the Xèro house, has a steel supporting structure and they are also covered in corten. all the buildings designed are equipped with radiant underfloor heating system and the calculations of the acs show that only one collector per building can meet the estimated needs.