Thesis title: Il restauro architettonico nella prospettiva 'green'. Sostenibilità, rispetto e valorizzazione dell'ambiente e dei caratteri storici: il caso del Giardino di Ninfa
This Thesis, financed through the Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) ‘Research and Innovation’ 2014-2020 - Action IV.5 ‘Doctorates on green issues’, with the support of the Roffredo Caetani Foundation, is aimed at defining a sustainable conservation strategy for the Garden of Ninfa.
The research investigates the concept of sustainability in the multiplicity of elements and values that characterises, on a broader scale, the historic garden, as a limited and perishable polymateric ensemble: through the examination of the principles and operational tools for the conservation of the historic garden, the study identifies the criteria and practical methods of mitigation and adaptation to climate change, as well as the increase in biodiversity, while respecting the historical and cultural values of such sites.
Analysed in its ecological, landscape, botanical and architectural complexity, the Garden of Ninfa reveals a management practice that is environmentally and economically sustainable; the management and conservation of the ruins, a major component of Ninfa, at the same time highlights the need for a systematic operational methodology, suitable for a complex and articulate archaeological landscape.
Identifying planned conservation as the strategy for the sustainable maintenance and restoration of the ruins, the thesis describes the procedural and operational criteria of the ‘Guidelines for the Planned Conservation and Restoration of the Ruins of the Garden of Ninfa’: a document, developed in synergy with the Foundation, through which to plan and schedule conservation practices. Starting from the analysis of the site and the ruins, the thesis illustrates the intervention criteria suggested by the Guidelines on the basis of a prior assessment of the state of conservation. Finally, the use of a BIM model of the complex of ruins makes it possible to collect and order the data coming from the analysis phase, directing the intervention choices and the maintenance of the structures.