Census of Abandoned Built Heritage Assets: The Importance of Defining Shared Methodologies and Ontologies

Abstract

Abstract. The paper shows the studies carried out within the framework of two research agreements for the census of abandoned enlisted assets owned by public bodies in the Provinces of Piacenza, Parma and Reggio Emilia, stipulated with the respective Heritage Departments. The purpose of this research is to increase the cognitive framework of cultural assets in a state of abandonment, and then to transfer the results to the dedicated WebGIS platform, with the aim of identifying the ones which are most in need of a conservation and reuse intervention, in order to return them back to their community. Afterwards, as a result of the cataloguing carried out, it was possible to make some critical considerations and statistical reworkings of the collected data. The data analysis, performed through the design of a GIS database, finds out a higher frequency of abandonment for some specific building types and with recurring locations. The research also highlights, once again, the importance of defining common ontologies, which are essential for statistical data processing and interoperability between different existing databases.

A Knowledge and Evaluation Model to Support the Conservation of Abandoned Historical Centres in Inner Areas

“…Further developments of the knowledge model can integrate further domains, such as the Decision Support System, in which new classes and properties could integrate preferential structures of different stakeholders, including the community living in these historical centres [158][159][160][161][162][163][164][165][166][167][168][169][170]. In this perspective, it will be necessary to develop new and more articulated systems of relationships encompassing all domain classes to identify scenarios and support the choice of interventions.…”

An Interpretive Ruination Model of the Built Heritage in Inner Areas: The Case Study of the Neighbourhood Granfonte in Leonforte

“…In this research, we propose an interpretative model of the phenomenon of ruination of the built heritage in the historical centres of inner areas that is aimed at supporting the decisionmaking process for the selection of protection and conservation actions. The characteristics of the built heritage and the level of impairment make it possible to delineate the order of priority of interventions aimed at protection and conservation [54,55]. In this regard, we will develop the model on the case study of the Granfonte neighbourhood in Leonforte.…”