The Intangible Resources of Vernacular Architecture for the Development of a Green and Circular Economy

The key action for the renovation of the small realities in the inner villages of Mediterranean areas, as a consequence the revitalisation of small village buildings countries, has to be found in the solutions given by the vernacular architecture, which is the real way to find sustainable and responsible answers to the abandonment and death of these places. Together with the implementation of local activities and the encouragement of a new way for the revitalisation of small realities, there is the necessity of individuate and develop new scenarios of innovation to support communities in inner settlements and to promote the competitiveness of small and medium companies; the vocation on territorial innovation raises through material and immaterial interconnectivity, linking together socio-economic development implications and local attractiveness. There is also the necessity of aim to the accessibility and safety, using environmental and ecological aspects as leverage, to reach a complete integration between places and infrastructures, in a developing model in which the man (communities) can be less “costumer” and more “user”. This model has to be the more interactive and integrated as possible, in order to individuate new viewpoints of operability in a well-rounded perspective.