No. 28 (2024): Public works, common value
Essays and Viewpoint

Confiscated property from illegality to common good: requirements for a necessary resignification

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  • Maria Luisa Germanà,
  • Cosimo Antonica
Maria Luisa Germanà
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Palermo
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Cosimo Antonica
ANBSC (Agenzia Nazionale per l’amministrazione e la destinazione dei Beni Sequestrati e Confiscati alla criminalità organizzata, sede secondaria di Palermo)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-15934

Published 2024-10-29

Keywords

  • Confiscation,
  • Commoning,
  • Confiscated property,
  • Unfinished buildings,
  • Baukultur

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Germanà, M. L., & Antonica, C. (2024). Confiscated property from illegality to common good: requirements for a necessary resignification. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (28), 139–151. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-15934

Copyright (c) 2024 Maria Luisa Germanà, Cosimo Antinica

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Abstract

The property confiscated from organised crime is the outcome of a particular communing process. Italian law provides for a primary compensatory function, implemented in the final destination of their use for collective, institutional, or social purposes. Despite the critical management issues, which prolong the allocation process, the strong symbolic value is enriched by the significance of compensation for the mafia oppression that certain territories suffer. In addition, confiscated properties constitute a potential resource for the territory from an economic point of view, capable of supporting job opportunities and enhancing useful services and activities for the community involved. The resignification of confiscated property requires specific focus on the various phases of the interventions. It is not just a question of a mere change of legal status or intended use but of a profound reorganisation of the architectural, material, technological, environmental, and managerial characteristics. This is consequent and consistent with the interweaving of legal, social, cultural and environmental aspects triggered by confiscation.

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