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On 28 March 1923, the Italian air force was founded as an independent service with the name of 'Arma Azzurra' (Blue Army). Fascism always held it in the maximum importance, as an Italian excellence among the national armies. In 1934, an important exhibition on Italian Aviation was held in Milan to celebrate the exceptional innovation reached in this field. In the same exhibition, some models of the modern airport were showed. The first Italian airport built according to Milan's models was the seaplane base of Cagliari, quickly transformed into a modern aviation base, completed in 1935. The historical buildings, still preserved, show a clear futurist character together with rationalistic elements, avantgarde for the contemporary European context. The military area has very recently been decommissioned, turned into civilian use and outsourced to the company responsible for civil airport management (So.G.Aer. SpA). The University of Cagliari, together with the local offices of the National Ministry for Cultural Heritage, is carrying out a scientific research on the ex-military area, with the specific aim of inserting the entire site in the list of protected monuments, since it represents an important witness of the Italian military history of the 20th century. The research follows the rigorous protocol of investigation generally used for historical monuments and includes the indirect analysis, through the recognition of bibliographic, archival and graphic sources, and the direct survey of the structures, carried out through photographic, architectural and material surveys, with non-destructive diagnostic techniques. Based on the in-depth knowledge, the research drafts a first proposal for a sustainable reuse.

This study shows the first results of a wider interdisciplinary research, carried out by the school of Architecture of Cagliari, concerning the extensive phenomenon of abandoned villages and processes of depopulation. Starting from a taxonomic approach, the heterogeneity and complexity of the aspects involved in the activation, increase and interruption of these ongoing processes has been highlighted. Then, the study proposes a classification of the built settlements according to their typology and state of conservation, and to the causes and level of abandonment. Among the investigated case studies, some of them ‒ the ruins of Gairo Vecchia, the lost village of Palmas Suergiu, the industrial village of Ingurtosu and the burgh of Monteleone Rocca Doria ‒ can be considered significant and representative of the Sardinian processes. Constants and variables rise from the comparison among cases. In particular, considering the most interesting factors, the relationship between old and new centres, built to host homeless communities, can be underlined, and the role of the protection policies in the conservation processes of architectural structures, which are the remains of the lost villages. Dinamiche di spopolamento in Sardegna. Problematiche e potenzialità di casi studio a confrontoIl contributo proposto è parte del filone di ricerca, avviato recentemente dalla cattedra di Restauro dell'Università di Cagliari, incentrato sullo studio del vasto e multiforme fenomeno dell'abbandono dei piccoli insediamenti urbani della Sardegna e dei relativi processi di spopolamento. Lo studio, partendo da un primo approccio tassonomico, ha messo in luce l'eterogeneità e la complessità di questi eventi in corso localmente, definendo una classificazione del patrimonio insediativo, in riferimento alla loro origine e al livello di abbandono. Tra i molti casi studio indagati, alcuni di essi – le rovine di Gairo vecchia, il villaggio scomparso di Palmas Suergiu, il villaggio industriale di Ingurtosu e il borgo di Monteleone Rocca Doria – ...