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PROJECT
Renovation of a watermill located on the Stolla stream in Braies Valley (Bolzano)
The recovery of the building implies its new role as :
Electricity production installation
Centre of educational documentation in the reemployment of a part of the building.
The project will be carried out on these bases :
A study of the landscape in order to fit the building in its natural environment
Graphic and photographic survey
Suggestions will be given as regards the conversion and the possibility to transform it into an electric installation.
OBJECTIVES
Build-up of a methodological way to study the landscape
Systematic research for the resources
Approach to the notions of restoration
Technical research on the electric mills
Contacts with a sector company
Reflections on the durable development : the reemployment of a watermill.
DEVELOPMENT
Study of the landscape
Historical, natural and cultural values of the landscape
Aesthetic value of the landscape
Identity value of the landscape in the area where it stands
Recovery project
Steps :
Functional recovery : reemployment of the watermills for the production of electricity
Architectural recovery : hypothesis of conversion
Materials : re-utilisation of existing materials and integration of the new ones
Hypothesis of installing an electric utility :
Research for the materials and technical indications
Visit to a sector industry
New function
Realization of a small centre of Environmental Documentation about the surrounding landscape (an example : the educational itinerary already present in the area of the Maite springs).
METHODOLOGY
Choice of the subject and schedule of the work
Meeting to debate about the project
Critical analysis of the materials produced by the students
Analysis of the documents’ origin
Selection of the documents
Development process of the recovery and reemployment
Composition of the presentation CD on all the project steps
Set up of a slideshow with the highlights of the project
Presentation of the project
Products
Presentation CD and slides
Photos and video
Cartography
Mapping and graphic study
Study material on the landscape
EVALUATION
The evaluation regards three main steps
First step
Monitoring and evaluation of the work step by step in order to check its development
Evaluation of the progress in relation to the objectives
Second step
Evaluation of the final results as related to the objectives
Evaluation of the learning level achieved by the students as related to the themes proposed
Evaluation of the knowledge and competences acquired
Third step
Evaluation of each student’s and the workgroups’ operational process
Evaluation of the ability to present one’s own and the group’s work
Evaluation of the awareness achieved at the end of the experience.
Istituto Polo Valboite – Cortina d’Ampezzo, IT