{"id":52062,"date":"2020-10-05T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T09:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/douiret-tunisia-1997-2002\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:41:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:41:48","slug":"douiret-tunisia-1997-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/douiret-tunisia-1997-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Douiret, Tunisia, 1997-2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;53242,53215,53256,53254,53240,53252,53246,53248,53250,53238,53244,53209&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.5&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Social-economic valorisation of traditional residential units and the rehabilitation of agricultural techniques<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project has planned and carried out an environmental and infra-structural rehabilitation of a section of the sixteenth-hundred Berber village of <strong>Douire<\/strong>t (Government of Tataouine) in the Tunisian Sahara, between Libya and Algeria, almost totally abandoned. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ancient village became depopulated around the 60s following a modernization politics that made the population move into a new village. The ruins of the Kalaa (fortress) and of the most ancient buildings -among which the surrounding great walls- can still be found in the area. The state of abandon and the lack of ordinary maintenance, together with the severe weather conditions contributed to the urban decay of the old core of Douiret. The Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo has been appointed by the organisation \u201cRicerca e Cooperazione\u201d to plan and carry out conservation and restoration architectonic interventions. The architectural restoring, increase of agricultural production and of local handicraft made the connection between development and existant social and cultural heritage possible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actions, aimed to the architectural renovation of Douiret, were realised by the Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo under the direction of Prof. Walter Barbero of Politecnico di Milano and developed in two steps: in the first phase the aim was getting to know the sites though architectural measurements, historic researches and monitoring of the state of deterioration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interventions relating to the architectural recovery of Douiret, carried out by<strong>Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo<\/strong> under the direction of Prof. <strong>Walter Barbero<\/strong> of Politecnico di Milano and developed in two steps: in the first phase the aim was getting to know the sites though architectural measurements, historic researches and monitoring of the state of deterioration.The second phase was characterised by the renovation of some abandoned buildings, using traditional construction and production material techniques and local workers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was important to define the purposes and destinations of use of the recovered buildings: <br \/>an <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ethnographic museum<\/span> and a <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosting house<\/span> for travellers were opened in the buildings object of the project action.They are run by the locals to make the historical heritage exploited in the form of cultural tourism, in the respects of the integrity and the identity of the place.<\/p>\n<p><b>Promoter: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo &#8211; Ricerca e Cooperazione<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Participating organizations and supporters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Commission DG VIII<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASNAPED Association pour la Sauvegarde de la Nature et de la Protection de l\u2019Environnement de Douiret<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gouvernment de Tataouine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social-economic valorisation of traditional residential units and the rehabilitation of agricultural techniques<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h2>Valorizzazione socio-economica di unit\u00e0 abitative tradizionali e riabilitazioni di tecniche agricole<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il progetto ha previsto il risanamento ambientale e infrastrutturale di una parte del cinquecentesco villaggio berbero di <strong>Douiret<\/strong> (Governatorato di Tataouine) nel Sahara tunisino, tra la Libia e l\u2019Algeria, oggi quasi totalmente abbandonato.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u2019antico villaggio, che si \u00e8 spopolato intorno agli anni \u201960 a seguito di una decisa politica di modernizzazione che ha concentrato la popolazione in un nuovo agglomerato urbano, conserva ancora le rovine della Kalaa (fortezza) e della pi\u00f9 antica area d\u2019abitazioni, con tracce delle mura che la proteggevano. L'abbandono del villaggio, e quindi il venir meno della quotidiana manutenzione, aggiunto al difficile clima, hanno provocato negli ultimi decenni un grave degrado alle costruzioni e agli edifici del nucleo antico di Douiret.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attraverso gli interventi di restauro architettonico, l\u2019incremento della produzione agricola, l\u2019avvio di iniziative di artigianato, il progetto, ha promosso la formazione di un polo di sviluppo che, partendo dal patrimonio esistente, ha trovato un importante fondamento nelle radici storiche e culturali degli abitanti.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gli interventi relativi al recupero architettonico di Douiret, realizzati dall\u2019<strong>Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo<\/strong> con la direzione del prof. <strong>Walter Barbero<\/strong> del Politecnico di Milano, sono stati sviluppati in due fasi: la prima, finalizzata alla conoscenza dei siti, ha previsto rilievi architettonici (realizzati grazie all\u2019intervento degli studenti della scuola Luigi Einaudi di Roma), ricerche storiche e monitoraggi del degrado; la seconda \u00e8 stata caratterizzata dal restauro di alcuni edifici abbandonati, utilizzando tecniche di costruzione e di produzione dei materiali tradizionali e maestranze locali.\u00a0 Importante \u00e8 stato definire le finalit\u00e0 e le destinazioni d\u2019uso degli edifici recuperati:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">un museo etnografico<\/span> ed <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">una casa d\u2019accoglienza per viaggiatori (Relais), gestiti dagli abitanti, con l\u2019obiettivo di rendere il patrimonio storico fruibile da un turismo culturale, non invasivo, che rispetti l\u2019integrit\u00e0 e l\u2019identit\u00e0 del luogo.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Ente promotore: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo - Ricerca e Cooperazione<\/span><\/p><p><b>Enti partecipanti e sostenitor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i:\u00a0 <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Commission DG VIII<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASNAPED Association pour la Sauvegarde de la Nature et de la Protection de l\u2019Environnement de Douiret<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gouvernment de Tataouine<\/span><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developing-countries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52062"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53736,"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52062\/revisions\/53736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.associazionegiovanniseccosuardo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}