FOR THE URBAN AREA SUBLACENSE: REFLECTIONS AND HOPE Interview architect John Prosperi
incipient cultural awakening of interest centered on the territory Aniense by experts and working here, we want to point a scholar so far appeared as solitary JOHN PROSPER.
In a large room, he is known as an architect, painter, poet and educator in art and beauty. All this at a high level. Waiting for a monograph that makes "popular" and enjoyed by all its varied work, we give emphasis to its research especially in our urbanism territory (from Tivoli to all the High Aniene).
We do this through an interview.
UPSUBIACO
-Can you tell us what are the stages of his research in this field from the '60s to today?
ARCH. PROSPER
"I'm flattered that after nearly fifty years - almost a jubilee-territorial research, planning, town-planning and landscape of the Val d'Aniene (medium and high), the UPSubiaco remember most of my expertise in specific : urbanism. Since the 60 I sent my initial research, a university student in this area. It must be said that these early studies were valid even then, as the Professor with which I was working on was the famous city planner Louis Piccinato. Together with some friends
Subiaco presentations to the Secretary Victor Cervone, who showed some appreciation for my work. In short the study, prepared in colored cards (regional, territorial, local) identified in an original way of tourist (the Institute "Placido Martini" had chosen our area as "highly tourist area") that extended from Tyrrhenian coast - pontine fino ai Monti Simbruini ed Ernici. Una fascia intermedia di produzione industriale era nella piana di Frosinone, ricadente nella “Cassa del Mezzogiorno”, e ciò frustrava ogni velleitario tentativo di invadere il litorale e la montagna con inopportuni insediamenti industriali. Vi si opponevano gli alti costi di percorrenza e incompatibilità tra zona del tempo libero e zona industriale ( vedi gli studi di Le Corbusier su” La ville radieuse”).
Poi il comprensorio specializzato ( mare, collina, fiume, centri storici minori, monti), e infine le aree attrezzate ( fiume, Montagna di Livata).
Il comprensorio aniense, da Villa Adriana fino ai Monti Simbruini, avrebbe dovuto costituire il “Parco attrezzato Val d'Aniene "along the lines of those already existing in the region of Trentino-Alto Adige and then proposed by the Regional Plan for Tourism in the Abruzzo region, which I had reported.
The road structure was refocused on a dual carriageway, tracing, Mandela's former railway route Subiaco, with exits for each minor center, which would have made even the link road between the A-24 and A-', made up in its path Subiaco, the Highlands of Arcinazzo, Fiuggi.
The economic structure of support that tourism should be specialized agriculture consists of widespread planting of fruit trees and vines spread in appropriate areas, while the plain below Arsoli-Anticoli-Roviano would accommodate small and not impacting industrial settlements processing (jams, marmalades, wineries) next to the railway that has access to the Highway (Mandela) and, therefore, with low cost travel.
Tourism, the 'non-specialized farming and subsistence, the "soft" processors, they would have avoided the massive exodus and the deplorable phenomenon of commuting.
Monte Livata should have an expansion building (hotels, "residence" homes) limited area of \u200b\u200bthe ring (with water supply facilities, di rete fognaria, di servizi :luce, gas, telefono, etc),progettata sui modelli del “town design" e, quindi, da uno studio professionale specializzato, lasciando così il territorio montano intatto integralmente.
Le piste da sci erano state previste nel versante Nord di Monte Autore con lunghezza anche di sei chilometri e innevate sicuramente per un lungo periodo dell’anno.
Questa scelta avrebbe previsto un Consorzio tra i Comuni di Subiaco e Camerata Nuova, quest’ultima prossima al Casello autostradale di Carsoli, possibile alternativa - non escludente l’altra- al raggiungimento di seggiovie e cabinovie.
Di tutto ciò si discusse. Ma con un nulla di fatto. E la superstrada e il Parco sono arrivati tardi and evil. This process is further treated with an update studies and commitments, including political and administrative level of local and regional level.
In the early '70s I worked at the National Institute of Territorial Planning, headed by Prof. Mario Cup. Produce, at my invitation, an interesting work of many hands, published by the CNR under the title "The Subiaco district." Among the many topics was an interesting approach to old problem of minor historical centers. It was made available to the City Council, Subiaco.
I just recently returned to the topic, with an essay by magazine sull'INCASTELLAMENTO THE valley of, to put in clear light the work of inculturation - and therefore valuable - the S. Benedict and the Benedictines, to the rise of the first democratic government. Someone more famous than me has used my work in outlining the historical hypothesis as an indicator for the formation and identification of a district. The
Arch. Subiaco Arnaldo De Luca, among others, appreciated my studio.
Recently I was invited by the architect. Fabio Orlandi Subiaco to take an interest again and again in the Subiaco area, using research-NEWS urban NOMISMA Institute of Bologna, put forth the hypothesis that the entry of the private money-more interested in safe results-in planning: the so-called financial planning. More work and other trouble which I submitted. But it is never too late.
UPSUBIACO
-particularly as the news of his proposals for Monte Livata?
ARCH. PROSPER
Monte Loivata today is not competitive, no tracks will appeal to skiers at a certain level. What, then, my proposal? Two sides to beat cross-country skiing (do not forget that on tracks designed by the architect. Lanciotti Louis and myself, was played in the Italian Championship absolute bottom in 1977). There is a growing number of practitioners of this specialty. But above all, a proposal surplus less predictable: the mountain of Livata so without danger, so gently slopes and the slopes can become the joy of winter families with young children. Again, safely and appropriately equipped with colorful and imaginative lifts, ski runs, ice skating, skiing holidays in technicolor. Could become a significant space for the promotion of the centrality of the human family. The "family Livata fest" is still a card can, for an economic development compatible with the current philosophy of the Park and with a catchment area, such as Rome and its hinterland.
UPSUBIACO
-Che cosa consiglierebbe ai giovani architetti – locali e non – che cominciano solo ora la loro carriera professionale nel settore di cui ci stiamo occupando?
ARCH. PROSPERI
Consiglierei ai giovani architetti di studiare, leggere, navigare su Internet, viaggiare con gli occhi aperti (Le Corbousier deprecava gli occhi che non vedono…) e, talora, avere la pazienza di avvicinare chi ha fatto tutto questo per molti anni.
UPSUBIACO
- Nella Sua visione di prospettiva, quale il ruolo dei Monasteri Benedettini di Subiaco ?
ARCH. PROSPERI
Il turismo religioso è un gran volano economico perché invests a large slice of p eople especially the elderly. I'm not confined to those visits to the Benedictine monasteries, but attach it to the approach with minor historical centers - still so full of interesting discoveries, and other spiritual centers in the area (St. Francis of Civitella, Sanctuary of the SS Trinity, S. Biagio, etc ....).
UPSUBIACO
-A wish for the landscape, urban planning, architecture and life of our environment and our communities?
ARCH. PROSPER
recently - due to the interest of the then Head of Culture City of Subiaco and now-Mayor Angelucci Pierluigi I printed a book entitled "The cult of the romantic sublime landscape." Here I tried to look the other way-for-note to return to Subiaco this image untouched that the artists of the pen and the chisel until the first half of the twentieth century, with their works, we have left. Perhaps sensing that the scenario was about to change.
This publication is consulted and, fortunately, quite popular.. "
thank Dr. Joseph Cicolini for having kindly made available the text of this interview, carried out by the Popular di Subiaco
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