Re-cycle Mola di Bari:re use of coastal abandoned productive landscape

The master thesis refers to the main question of how to re-purpose abandoned coastal productive landscape to trigger regenerative processes in poorly served and peripheral neighborhoods in Mola di Bari, one of the most important maritime apulian cities in Italy. The site has a strong landscape identity and a specific “language” all along the 5km of the coast: low rocks, vegetation densities, nearly flat surface and microenvironments, together with hydrological elements. In line with the 11th and 13th goals of the Agenda 2030, in accordance with the guidelines of the European Landscape Convention, the research explores the consequences of the landscape recycling process for a sustainable growth of the urban system. The outcome is the re-cropping of all the abandoned green tiny plots, integrating the large mosaic of coastal cultivations between the Country and the sea that emphasises the transition between the two. In the new scenario the recycling of little stone warehouses becomes the centre of a system including and creating new infrastructures and facilities, that serve a new green economy and let locals and visitors enjoy the beauties of the coastal and rural landscape.