VERY-M Valuing challEnges on aRchitectural tYpologies – Modernity

VERY-M aims to address the recognition and communication of architectural heritage by exploring the ways in which modernity has been translated/adapted in the architectural context, and how to digitally communicate it. Insights and comparisons will be developed between international Mediterranean examples (Italy, Malta, Portugal, North Africa, Turkey, and Palestine), searching for common design patterns and conservation lines. Also, it will provide a comprehensive understanding of local architectural heritage and how it has evolved in response to social, cultural and economic changes in traditional values and memories.

The BIP adopts a joint approach of didactic research, digital communication, international collaboration, and protection design on cataloguing and analysis of Mediterranean modern heritage, outstanding architectural rights and values. References to international state-of-the-art (as DOCOMOMO) will be presented in a perspective of empowerment, fitting strategies of communication/dissemination of architectural narratives through Web 4.0 digital tools (3D models, VR environments, immersive archives), to enhance interdisciplinary social values related to the storytelling of modern heritage. The school will introduce a VERY Digital Dashboard to exchange survey results and critical analysis on architectures, to foster interest/responsibility towards their technological application, conservation and promotion. International partners will strengthen the debate on the adoption/adaptation of architectural features across the West and East Mediterranean.

Key objectives are:

– To create/address knowledge about Mediterranean modern architecture examining how it has responded to challenges and opportunities, developing a deeper understanding of variations related to regions’ values;

– To develop skills in digital practices for architectural study and communication, as methods to map, document and analyse Built Heritage and communicate it through Web 4.0 advances for “virtual heritage”; – To create an information network on modern architecture, digital practices and values assessment. – To promote the research and didactic contribution of survey, conservation and protection of architectural heritage, advertising its significance.