Safeguarding and intervention : research on the reuse of the architectural heritage of the 20th century. Salvaguardia e intervento: ricerche sul riuso del patrimonio architettonico del novecento.

The article intends to focus on the architectural heritage of the late twentieth century that, while including valuable projects, is still undervalued and poorly recognized for purposes of safeguard. This appears therefore particularly vulnerable, requiring specific reflections on the compatibility of the interventions of reuse that, despite having to convert the current needs of modernization, should consider the essential process of preservation. More specifically the intention is to report the carried research in partnership with the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, in Abruzzo and Molise which led to a first selection of architectures, documented by sheets that identify, through standardized methodological criteria, the relevant pieces of works in the two regional realities examined. In summary, the aim of the research is to focus attention on the issue, to launch a process that avoids demolitions and transformations, in many cases already carried out or underway, including the missing information about the value of such works, regarding a common heritage, which is undeclared and particularly fragile. In conclusion we will examine case studies drawn from broader research.