Project proposal for the urban redevelopment of Oia, the sunset town

ABSTRACT: Santorini is one of the study sites proposed by the European project Crhima—CINP, (Cultural Rupestrian Heritage in the circum-Mediterranean area. Common Identity, New Perspective) financed by Culture Programme 2007–2013. Its purpose is to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans, the development of cooperation between the creators, actors and cultural institutions of the countries participating. Unique landscape for wild territory, anthropic action and geographical location; the persistence of troglodytes systems and of vernacular settlement have made it attractive and appealing. Research focused on the small village of Oia. It has a delicate balance; remarkable the anthropic pressure in recent years of tourism, in particular at sunset time. Guests come from the entire island and pour on the sidelines of the streets that climb the caldera. The project contrasts the individualistic logic of land use, preserves social and communitarian use of historic architecture, and proposes the integration of urban places.