The project is divided into thematic strategic actions that start from the recognition of the historical-botanical value of the Park, to restore a new balance within the landscape structure and at the same time, exploiting existing regenerated extraneous elements, functionally redevelop some areas by identifying plausible vocations that ensure its survival over time and careful use by the community. Funded by the European Union _ Ministry of Culture
PNRR M1C3 Int. 2.3–Historic Parks and Gardens
National
Italy
Mogliano Veneto (Treviso, Italy)
Mainly urban
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
No
No
Yes
2022-07-30
As a representative of an organisation
Name of the organisation(s): MADE associati Type of organisation: Landscape architects First name of representative: Michela Last name of representative: De Poli Gender: Female Nationality: Italy Function: Landscape architect Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Via Bolzano 3 Town: Treviso Postal code: 31100 Country: Italy Direct Tel:+39 0422 590198 E-mail:micheladepoli@madeassociati.it Website:http://www.madeassociati.it
The park was declared of cultural interest ,monumental constraint, is one of the important works of the landscape architect and engineer Antonio Caregaro Negrin, carried out between 1855 and 1861. The area underwent an important deformation intervention when a residential villa with an underground garage was built in the years 1940/1950, completely extraneous to the delicate landscape context.
The project envisaged a mending of the garden to the urban fabric of the city and a re-functionalization of the areas, aimed at a reactivation of the area but also of the adjacent green areas, making them part of a wider and more structured system and returning the park to the city urban system.
Strategic actions:
The first and most important action was the demolition of the Villa: a controlled and selective demolition of the above ground portion of the building and all parts of the floors, the reclamation of the tanks and cisterns with related pipes. The underground part is maintained and regenerated keeping its perimeter and making it functional for setting up a cavea for small events. The side basins, the old underground walls, become large containers of vegetation.
The second action is the regeneration of the Gardens area where the biodiversity garden, the children's area, the area for small concerts are found. This space, also with monumental constraints, has come down to us as an abandoned area. The project has recomposed the area by assigning it a high ecosystem and environmental value through the planting of over 2600 plants (perennial, medicinal, aromatic, mellifluous) and the placement of a pavilion/greenhouse that can be equipped for small events.
The third action is the control and redevelopment of the historical plant part. The interventions implemented were the enhancement of the existing vegetation in which the areas defined by Caregaro Negrin are now recognizable: the hills of the historical trees, the management of the evolution of the main trees.
historical regeneration
biodiversity
comunities
cultural point
recycle
Among the various actions, the project envisaged the demolition of the building built in the 1950s. The construction inside the historic park had taken place without any connection with the place, and indeed occupying a delicate ground where there were monumental trees. The project takes advantage of the existing condition through the demolition of the above ground part of the building, but maintains the built underground part by using it as an event area.
This regenerated place carries with it the memory of what happened, controls the energy used for the new use so that the remaining portion can enhance the site by bringing back a sensitive activity that brings people back inside. The control of the economies of the project, and the reinterpretation of the elements that characterize the site give rise to a "new life" of an abandoned area and in a phase of social degradation as well. Regeneration reconsiders its qualities as a cultural pole, historic park, center of new social vitality. At the same time, in the adjacent space, the insertion of a multifunctional playground (events and small concerts) is modeled to create a large flowerbed full of vegetation that increases biodiversity by telling the ecological value of the landscape through information panels, guided tours and open-air classrooms. The process involves an intergenerational social structure that uses the park as an element of continuity in the city's system of green spaces.
The project envisaged the redevelopment of the vegetation and of the various historical ambitions in which cores of trees (yews, beeches, large cedars) excelled. An information system makes it possible to understand its history alongside panels on the characteristics of the newly planted vegetation. Thus a tale of different stories is built in which historical elements of a great landscape architect coexist with the current need to enhance the floristic heritage in terms of biodiversity. Furthermore, within the park, the redevelopment of the lawn and water parts has provided for the placement of "thematic areas": the literary park, the playground, the botanical park and the music park. It is these dedicated spaces that allow a very wide use in terms of time and enlargement of the communities involved.
At the same time the Park, given its central position, is part of the urban transit system of the city centre, acting as an ideal fulcrum area between the primary school complex with the municipal library and the nursery school complex and the multi-purpose centre. The park has already shown that it can be an extraordinary palimpsest in which the modifications, additions and alterations have been absorbed from time to time by the historic park itself, which has shown an extraordinary resilience and an ability to preserve its specific features while remaining a place of value, which as such must be strengthened and rehabilitated in the urban circuit of the lived spaces of the community.
The aim of the project is to give back to the City of Mogliano an important piece of the urban center and its historical memory. The intervention aims to trigger a process of controlled transformation that returns the park to its community, making it a hub of activities capable of guaranteeing the conservation of the salient aspects of the historic park and at the same time hosting the cultural and social life of the city. The potential for use and enjoyment of the Caregaro Negrin park are evident and precious for an urban center which has undergone numerous transformations, concentrated over the last few years.
The centrality of the park and its barycentric position with respect to a green corridor that develops around the Canale della Fossa Storta, are not an essential part of the urban centre. It is therefore essential to rescue it from its fate of abandonment by recognizing its permanence characteristics and carrying out extraordinary maintenance on strategic areas that can re-functionalize the park and generate a common affection for this place.
The basic criteria for the development of the project refer to the Universal Design guidelines which favor the use of space by a wider audience, an inclusive design capable of responding to the needs of all users.
The main points that were the basis for drafting the project:
• Equity - fair use: usable by anyone
• Flexibility - flexible use: adapts to different abilities
• Simplicity - simple and intuitive use: the use is easy to understand
• Perceptibility - the transmission of actual sensory information
• Fault tolerance - minimize risk or unwanted actions
• Containment of physical effort - use with minimum effort
• Sufficient size and space - make the space suitable for access and use
The participation of citizens in the reconfiguration of the historic garden has taken place since the formation of the project. Through meetings and debates, the population followed the development of both the planning and the realization.
In the garden, public cultural, artistic, musical and theatrical activities take place and have taken place. In the recent past, the area has hosted many initiatives, including: jazz concerts, poetry readings, speaking corners, educational workshops.
The site was the headquarters of the International Water Center until 2009 and the subject of in-depth studies by the Benetton Studi Ricerche Foundation both as regards the plant component and the design of the Park, keeping alive the recognition of monumental asset until today .
The animation activities and the organization of events see the involvement of voluntary associations or other proposing subjects, in a dynamic of openness and involvement of citizens. Its management has led to the activation of now unused and unknown parts such as: the caretaker's house but above all the area of the caves and false ruins.
The reactivation with the demolition of the villa and the consequent formation of the cavea for cultural initiatives, ensures attendance in differentiated ways (activities of a soft nature, theatrical, musical with small concerts, botanical activities, open-air classes) and intergenerational considering the reactivation of the former vegetable garden area now a children's garden with a large botanical part.
The redevelopment of the existing visit itineraries improves the conditions of accessibility and use by users by inserting the Park in a systemic circuit of green spaces and ecological corridors to the full advantage of the quality of life of the inhabitants
The area is subject to various levels of restriction: the water space is controlled by the Reclamation Consortium as the derivation that feeds the internal lake acts as hydraulic invariance for the entire urban area, the area has a landscape restriction for the due to its proximity to the canal and required discussions with the municipal administration for authorisations, the park and the area of the former vegetable gardens have the highest value monumental bond. It is protected by the Superintendence of Monumental Heritage and a continuous collaboration has taken place with the offices, primarily for the selective demolition and subsequently for the safeguarding, recovery and enhancement of the natural spaces and for the system of paths.
The project required the collaboration of various professionals: for historical research (the references were the historical writings and reports of Antonio Caregaro Negrin), for hydraulic structures (hydraulic engineering), for the environmental and vegetational system (through the contribution of the forest doctor), for the definition of biodiversity characteristics (landscape architect) for the identification and disposal of hazardous waste (found in the cisterns in the subsoil of the villa. This required the intervention of specialized operators). The collaboration was strategic as the definition of a project connected with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) required control of the implementation times and methods.
The redevelopment of the Park encourages visitor flows aimed at the various activities that are hosted thanks to the intervention. The visitor flows are connected on a territorial scale to the villas along the Terraglio (the Napoleonic road that connects the city of Treviso to Venice), which flow into Caregaro Negrin Park as an example (which he himself indicated in his writings) of a single picturesque landscape architecture that from Treviso reaches Venice. The planned interventions to make the existing vegetation safe, the preparation of spaces that can be equipped and the definition of ad hoc areas to host events related to the cultural activities organized by the City, promote the participation of citizens in the various initiatives, at the same time making the community aware of the value botanical historian of the Park and on its role as an essential resource for the center of the city of Mogliano. Its central location and its proximity to other activities such as schools, the library, the religious sphere make it a place not only for targeted attendance but also as an element of passage between parts of the city.
The environmental parameters, in terms of CO2 reduction and biodiversity, have significantly improved thanks to the recovery project of the park's plant component and the new plantations envisaged, furthermore the operations to put the deviation of the watercourse back into operation which feeds the lake inside the park ensure the relationships between the local avifauna, as well as being an important resource lamination case for the center of the country.
The management plan has as its objective the conservation and use of the Caregaro Negrin Culture park through scheduled maintenance and enhancement initiatives that guarantee the continuity of the results of the intervention, at controlled and planned costs, for a period of no less than ten years.
The Park constitutes one of the most interesting projects of the nineteenth-century landscape panorama, and its central location with respect to the city of Mogliano Veneto and the Venice-Treviso historical landscape axis, makes it a strategic element for its knowledge and attendance.
The monitoring and control of the Park is carried out thanks to the preparation of closed-loop control systems and to the local frequentations which maintain its constant supervision, to prevent situations of danger and degradation which can arise as a result of inappropriate use. In this way the guaranteed use comes in conditions of safety and constant monitoring of the activities that take place there.
The planning intervention envisaged the identification of a priority of interventions which are central and strategic for the redevelopment of the Park. The historical investigation has allowed the reconstruction of the transformations that have taken place over time due to contingent needs that have not always coincided with the original project, but which have not compromised the legibility of its guidelines.
The search for a current vocation, which responded to the needs of a rapidly evolving urban center and which inherited the park's historical value, guided the compositional choices of the intervention. A transformation of the park due to its progressive abandonment is, in fact, already underway and risks irreparably compromising its structure and recognisability, depriving the city of an important place for its memory and of a precious space for its citizens.
Hence the need to intervene pragmatically, based on the priority criterion, with the awareness that an overall and complete project would include restoration works that are not sustainable at the present time. The recovery of the historic park, in particular for the area of the belvedere and the caves, would require significant economic resources that are not currently available. An intervention aimed at recovering the "attractive function" was therefore opted for, which restores an overall balance through generalized and punctual actions with the felling of damaged or dead plants or weeds, with the pruning and enhancement of existing valuable plants, with the recovery , as far as possible, of the quality of the spaces, preserving the Park system from further degradation.
From an operational point of view, various vocations have been identified which have made it possible to select the interventions to be implemented, focusing attention on those that are strategic and achievable with the resources put in place by the Administration.
In the context of urban regeneration, for a city that does not abandon buildings and areas of municipal property to decay but promotes their recovery through redevelopment and transformation projects and imagining their possible reuse together with the recovery, among the various areas to be defined, important and central, that of an apparently forgotten historic park but still strong in its founding characteristics.
The redevelopment makes it possible to enhance not only the park area but also the adjacent green areas, making them part of a broader and more structured system and returning the park to the city's urban system, maintaining the original project of the historic park unchanged and enhancing it.
Strategic for the implementation of the project was the planning of the degree of achievement of the objectives with the minimum possible consumption of resources and in compliance with the average costs for similar interventions, as well as the elements that may suggest continuity of the results understood as services and solutions permanent and sustainable.
The intervention was aimed at achieving 100% of the objectives set by minimizing the human, instrumental and financial resources involved. In particular, as regards financial resources, in implementation of Community principles and national regulatory constraints, competitive procedures (open, negotiated, comparative) will be carried out in order to maximize the benefit/cost ratio. The aforementioned competitive procedures in compliance with sector legislation will provide for contracts whose economic value (to be placed at the auction base) is determined on the basis of the current and reference price lists on which the economic operators were then called to present their offer; it follows that the real costs that have been incurred coincide with the least sustainable expenditure for the intervention in question.
As regards the continuity of the results, they were guaranteed both in terms of time and in terms of sustainability. The municipal administration has well understood the need to enhance the park, after the conclusion of the intervention, by organizing events involving local associations, partners and companies specialized in the sector; these activities, in addition to having a considerable social impact, motivate the financial investment made but at the same time guarantee its residual usefulness by extending the amortization times and therefore the useful life of the project.
