- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Proudly Public Spaces. Built Heritage and Absorbed Heritage in Contemporary Public Space
- Lorenzo Morelli
- Stefania Gruosso
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.06
This contribution proposes a broader vision of heritage, understood not only as a received legacy to be transmitted, but as an organism capable of defining and renewing itself. Two complementary categories are identified: on one hand, heritage to be built, designed today to sediment new shared values for the future; on the other, heritage to be absorbed, capable of enhancing the stratification and identity of places. Through the analysis of two case studies, the paper investigates urban practices capable of generating collective pride, using heritage as a tool for the creation of Proudly Public Spaces: spaces able to develop a deep emotional bond, the place attachment, that makes people proud of the space they inhabit.
- Keywords:
- Public space,
- Built heritage,
- Absorbed heritage,
- Place attachment,
- Proudly public spaces,
“Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0007-8281-6845
“Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-6779-1052
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Titolo del capitolo
Proudly Public Spaces. Built Heritage and Absorbed Heritage in Contemporary Public Space
Autori
Lorenzo Morelli, Stefania Gruosso
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.06
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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