News, Italy, Foggia, 09 July 2011
From July 9th to the 13th, 2011, vessel partnered with the Bari organization, XScape, to provide insight into their project BIR (Borghi in Rete). In the Foggia region, they visited Borgo Segezia, Borgo Cervaro, Borgo Incoronata, Borgo Mezzanone, Giardinetto, Borgo Tavernola, Duanera La Rocca and Borgo San Giusto.
The project centers on the fascist period construction of urban areas during the early 1900s in Italy. The land was divided into segments in order to allow for a drainage system to address the detriment of flooding on agriculture. Thus, “borgate” were created; territory was equally portioned to include a school, church, market and public offices, in order to avoid daily commute to main cities. For a short period of time this system was successful, but it soon failed after the collapse of fascism in Italy. The indigenous Apuglian people did not like the isolation that the borgate fostered and missed the village interaction, which resulted in the abandonment of the “podere”. Currently, these structures are in the process of decay; ruins are interspersed throughout the countryside.
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The project centers on the fascist period construction of urban areas during the early 1900s in Italy. The land was divided into segments in order to allow for a drainage system to address the detriment of flooding on agriculture. Thus, “borgate” were created; territory was equally portioned to include a school, church, market and public offices, in order to avoid daily commute to main cities. For a short period of time this system was successful, but it soon failed after the collapse of fascism in Italy. The indigenous Apuglian people did not like the isolation that the borgate fostered and missed the village interaction, which resulted in the abandonment of the “podere”. Currently, these structures are in the process of decay; ruins are interspersed throughout the countryside.
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