The summer program in Civita di Bagnoregio, a hilltown in the Lazio region of Italy, involved daily sketches, conditions documentation of existing conditions, and technical drawings that describe typical building methods and materials.
The collaborative final project took the form of a manual which brings to light the many layers through which one can read the story of Civita, amplifying how current residents both perceive and value the spaces of the city. Unfolded, the manual reveals a map focused on Piazza San Donato and nearby elements of interest that illuminate the historical and contemporary significance of each detail of the piazza’s built structures. Privileging interpretation over intervention, the project is an attempt to represent and reframe Civita’s heritage in an era of increasingly rampant tourism, which has threatened the infrastructural and geotechnical stability of the hill town.