2016-2023

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The physical topography and mountainous landscape has had a major influence on the development of Belmonte and it is now split into a timeline of regions, the modern Marina, the old town and the small villages known as Frazioni (fractions). Lack of work or opportunities has led the majority of the younger population to leave for larger cities with the remaining elderly population largely still focused on agriculture. Lack of local labour and opportunities for exporting produce has led many of these farms decreasing in size or falling into disrepair. The region is in need of new life and ideas to revitalise and return to the thriving community that lived there previously. The student projects this year sought to address these issues on sites in the Old Town and adjacent agricultural valley dotted with abandoned mills.

 

Project Coordination: Sandra Denicke-Polcher, Jane McAllister, Rita Elvira Adamo

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La Reivoluzione Delle Seppie: https://larivoluzionedelleseppie.org/galleria/