LE GHIACCIAIE DI BOLOGNA E PROVINCIA. ARCHITETTURE DA RI-TROVARE

Federica Benatti, Angela Cazzoli, Michela Biancardi, Marina Giuffré, Ramona

Loffredo, Nike Maragucci

ABSTRACT

Icehouses are structures devoted to the stocking of ice and snow collected during the winter, and to be used

in the summer for food storage. The advent of domestic refrigerators and their mass distribution has caused

these buildings to become obsolete. Icehouses are now in a terrible state of neglect, and if no action is taken,

their memory will be lost forever. Therefore, it has become necessary to identify and acknowledge the

existingheritagebylistingthem,conductingdirectinvestigationonthefieldandcreatingadatabase.Bearing

the particular characteristics of these structures in mind, the possibilities of repurposing icehouses have been

explored. The analysis and study of different options for repurposing and requalification both in Italy and

abroad have revealed an interesting potential for targeted contemporary use. The spread of the icehouses on

the territory of Bologna would allow the creation of a network of management and tourism promotion in the

area. The repurposing of icehouses would be included in local fundings, perpetual maintenance would be

facilitated and the citizenship would be able to access them effortlessly. For example, a hypothesis has been

formulated for the repurposing of the icehouse from Villa Lambertini Mattei in Bologna. The project is to

repurposethehallasafunctionroomfortheneighborhood.

Key-words: Icehouse,reuse,database,network,management.