This book frames the many-sided fragilities of Hunan Provinces Heritage. It originates from a ten-year-long international cooperation between Politecnico di Milano (Italy), dealing from the Seventies with architectural preservation and adaptive reuses teaching and research activities, and the School of Architecture of the Hunan University of Changsha (China). From the Preservation of Landscape Heritage to Historical cities and settlements preservation and ancient and modern architecture preservation, the tangible and intangible cultural heritage protection and valorization, from the social repercussions to the environmental issues, the contributions introduce different aspects of Hunan territorys cultural richness and fragility. The common aim of the rich mosaic of case studies presented at different scales is mapping, understanding, and considering the weaknesses of sites to be addressed sustainably. This is done while seeking cultural resilience-driven preservation solutions regarding operational guidelines and policies, risk assessment, social awareness, and teaching innovation. There is also a focus on virtuous multi-scale management of advanced digital technologies used to describe the current conditions and to drive the compatible design methodology on cultural heritage.
A long journey in the fragile Cultural and Natural Heritage of Hunan
Research and teaching collaborations and experiences 2009-2023 between
Politecnico di Milano and Hunan University.- The Tea Road and the Tea Culture
Heritage of Hunan Province.- The fragile Zhuting historical city Proposals
for preservation and valorisation: from the territorial to the urban scale.-
The Commoditization of Cultural Heritage in the Multiactor Governance of
China: A Case Study of the Hongjiang Trading Town.- Hunans Dong Minority
Drum Tower: From Knowledge to Preservation.
Francesco Augelli is an architect who specializes in the Restoration of Monuments and has a Ph.D. in Architectural Preservation. Enabled as a full professor, he works at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DASTU) as an associate professor of the Architectural Preservation Studio at Master Courses of Politecnico di Milano. Since 2005, he has taught diagnostic of woodwork and preservation techniques at the Specialization School of Architectural and Landscape Heritage of Politecnico di Milano. He is also an honorary doctor at the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia and an honorary professor at Hunan University (Changsha, China), where he has collaborated since 2009.
He has skills and does research in architectural engineering, higher education, and international education.
