The reconversion of the Fort of Bard (Valle d'Aosta)

The transformation may mark an important moment in the life of the resident population and the territory in which the construction is located and at the same time, to "tell" – in its own way - the story that already emerges naturally quite clearly. This design, in line to take shape, it must be realized through a close relationship between the time of the restoration of architecture and the museological design, and the convergence of forces that must provide factual support, the necessary determination and continuity to the program. The project, with its exhibition program and its organization, is to understand how architecture and things do not "are" but "become". The continuous change is the condition of our existence as of the things that surround us, the many transformations, which are added on each building, which testifies to produce stratification and measurement of its continuous evolution, which manifests its vitality, even in spite of a more or less prolonged neglect. Working on an architecture of the past means to operate on a concrete expression of the time. In our case, it has come to develop a project that it pointed to the preservation of the existing, aimed at highlighting the most of the wealth of the signs that characterize it, adding all the measures needed to ensure the material survival and full usability.