The planning approach and the intervention choices: from the trabocco turchinio to new constructions

The Trabocco Turchinio is part of an artefacts system of the Chieti province coastal area. The rehabilitation and the valorisation process of the trabocco Turchinio took about 13 months, from June 2004 to July 2005. The design action referred to the “integrated conservation” that associates the 2 concepts of the conservation/restoration and the attribution of an appropriate use. The intervention aim was oriented to impede actions that could alter the authenticity of the recent past of the “_shing machine”. The intervention considered the need of giving to the Trabocco Turchinio a compatible function respect to its nature, also with the functional re-proposal of materials, coming from the neighbouring areas. This function should not involve great modi_cations. The consciousness of the evocative and suggestive character of this places, made us think that one could also develop a strong touring interest further than a cultural and scienti_c one, inducing us to consider that their conservation is more than a cultural duty, but also the essential economic requirement for an use compatible with their survival. We present the results regarding the indications, _rst for an “active conservation” or “controlled transformation”, secondly for the rules for the new building of trabocchi. We propose the suggestions to continue the tradition giving a new touring fruition model and the singling out of sustainability indicators for proposing equipments compatible respect to the studied coastal area.