Call for attendance
1. Presentation
The Restoration International Workshop will take place from the 2nd up to and including the 7th of April 2013. It will concern the preservation of the cultural landscape of the Crapolla site in Amalfi coast (this latter is an UNESCO Heritage list site), near Naples, Capri island and Sorrento, in Italy. The site is particularly complex because of the presence of Roman ruins, of an ancient hydraulic system, of Medieval parts referred to an Benedictine abbey in state of ruin and of a tower – called Saint Peter Tower – that controlled the maritime attacks since the 16th century. The presence of Roman and medieval ruins, together with the signs engraved by man for the use of the territory, defines a delicate cultural palimpsest that requires a very specialized approach both for the knowledge and for the conservation and valorization of such an environmental system. Such a cultural environmental can be considered as an epitome for the whole landscape of the Amalfi coast in the Sorrento peninsula. The anthropization of the territory that surrounds the fiord appears historically connected to the resources and the environmental characteristics of the site: the first ones constituted, above all, from the Iarito river whose waters were controlled in the antiquity through the construction of an impressive hydraulic work visible from the beach, too. Similarly, the morphology of the fiord encouraged a maritime use of it beginning from the Roman age at least, as the archaeological presences on the beach make still evident. On the opposite front of the site vaulted buildings set in the rocky wall – the so-called “monazeni” – can be still recognized while masonries leaning against the slope on the upper part testify of an ancient arrangement of this side of the site. Moving toward East, the Tower of St. Peter is visible; it is a vice-royal architecture that, although directly not insisting on the fiord, strongly constitutes a characterizing element in the landscape of Crapolla, distinguishable with its massive structure from the sea and the opposite West terracing. Finally, the ruins of an abbatial complex devoted to St. Peter appear at around 40 meters on the level of the sea. Constituted by a little church, from the medieval ruins of a Benedictine basilica and from the religious lodges, the architectural complex is hardly comprehensible in its present state both because of its mutilated consistence and for the infesting vegetation.
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2. Aims
The Workshop will involve a mixed group of ongoing MS courses students graduating in Architecture and in Archaeology or just graduated for up to 18 months coming from Italian and foreign Universities (max 25 participants) in order to come, through a repeated in situ investigation, to proposals of intervention whose prior aim is the interlacement among maintenance, conservation and “participated” enhancement of the architectural presences and of the cultural environment of Crapolla site; a program, this last, within which it could possible to identify respectful interventions, compatible with the historical and constructive characteristics of the site in spite of the present conditions of decay.
During the six days, it will be possible to deep in situ:
a) the technical and structural characteristics of architectures (Roman and post-classic artifacts on the beach, medieval St. Peter’s Abbey, viceroyal tower of St. Peter) and of surrounding landscape;
b) possible investigations on invisible parts;
c) dimensional measurements,
d) analysis of the pathologies of degradation of the architectures and decorative parts (frescoes).
The second part of the Workshop should lead to the identification of specific planning methods aimed at the preservation of historical materials and the sustainable use of the complex site.
All the Reports and the proposals, together with the invited lectures’ texts, will be published in a volume in Italian and in English.
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3. Topics
a_Introduction to the Workshop themes;
b_The site and its peculiarities;
c_Crapolla: landscape, archaeology, architecture;
d_Architecture and memory of the antique;
e_The interpretation of the construction processes and the decay phenomena;
f_The role of non-destructive investigations;
g_Conservation, protection and enhancement of the cultural landscape;
h_Planning into and near to ruins;
i_Ethics, partecipation and sustainability in conservation.
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4. Articulation
The articulation of the Workshop consists of a day with introductory lectures and the presentation of the site and in the succession, during the following 5 days, of mornings with study-yard and afternoons or evenings with few, specific and high-level lectures and intense working in class.
The sixth day will include the discussion and presentation to local authorities of Reports resulting from the Workshop. At a later date an exhibition of planned solutions will inaugurated, too.
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5. Deadlines
Phase 1: Submission of applications for attendance before 31st January 2013 (see n.8).
Phase 2: Evaluation by the Scientific Committee of curricular portfolio presented by the participants;
Communication of the results of the selections by email to candidates before 15th February 2013;
Confirmation by the selected participants by payment of the registration fee before 28th February 2013.
Phase 3: Workshop activities from the 2nd up to and including the 7th of April 2013.
The result of the Workshop will be explained in a preliminary plan containing:
• a written Report in A4 format;
• three A1 tables containing surveys, plan solutions, sketches, renderings and anything else that is considered useful for the better understanding of the project idea;
• a Power Point presentation. Preliminarily the organization will make available to selected participants graphic and photographic documentation of the parts object of study, necessary for a better understanding of the study issues.
Phase 4: Publication and exhibition of the results of the Workshop by the end of September 2013.
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6. Terms of participation
The participation to the Workshop is reserved to:
• italian and foreign graduated in Architecture or Humanities (Archaeology) by a period not exceeding 18 months from university degree;
• students, both Italian and foreign, attending Master Courses in Architecture or Humanities (Archaeology) who have already totally acquired more than 180 credits and who have possibly alredy afforded the study of restoration issues.
The application for participation to the selection may be accompanied by a letter of presentation from a university professor.
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7. Registration fee
The registration fee for the Workshop is € 150. It includes the cost of food and accommodation for the period indicated, the cost of travelling that will be made during the activities and insurance costs. The costs for the displacements for reaching and leaving the Workshop seat are excluded.
The registration fee must be paid before 28th February 2013 by bank transfer to:
ARCHEOCLUB D’ITALIA SEDE DI MASSA LUBRENSE (NA)
BANCO DI NAPOLI – FILIALE DI MASSA LUBRENSE (NA)
VIALE FILANGIERI, 15
80061 MASSA LUBRENSE (NA) ITALIA
IBAN: IT95E0101067684510705340898
CAUSAL: Name – Crapolla_Lab – Registration fee
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8. Admission criteria
The admission to the Workshop will be determined through the selection of the participants conducted by the Scientific Committee on the basis of academic career, level of interest and motivation towards the issues and the knowledge of English.
Applicants are required to submit in .pdf format before 31st January 2013 to the email address
crapollalab@gmail.com :
a_curricular portfolio, reported on A3 sheets. It must contain the curriculum, the list of taken exams and a selection of academic experiences/projects.
b_ “Annex A” form, duly filled in, signed and scanned;
c_ a letter of presentation from a university professor (optional).
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9. Faq
Questions must be sent by e-mail to crapollalab@gmail.com .
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10. Exhibition and publication of projects
At the end of the activities, the results of the Workshop will be shown to local authorities and to the public.
By the end of September 2013 there will be an exhibition of the projects developed during the Workshop, accompanied by the publication of a Report volume.
The organizers reserve the right to publish, in whole or in part, the projects produced by the Workshop participants, without owing anything them, except the author citation. The administration of the City of Massa Lubrense reserves the right to use, in conjunction with other organizers, the material arising from the of Workshop that are deemed suitable for further study planning. Such materials will not in any case title for any kind of assignments.
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11. Certification
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance to the Workshop that can be used for the provision of CFU/ECTS.
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12. Official language
The Workshop is expected to have an international attendance, so the official language will be English for most of its duration.
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13. Equipments
Each participant to the Workshop should be provided with laptop computer and a photo camera with own exclusive responsibility. It will be necessary, furthermore, to adopt comfortable clothing in order to perform the inspections to the object of study without problems. This latter will be daily reached in a quarter of an hour by sea by specially crafted boats and, if the weather conditions will not permit this, it will be necessary to proceed by land by a long terraced staircase.
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