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I Rifugi Architecture Moderne Alpine: Les Refuges Fondazione Courmayeur MONT BLANC Fondazione Centro Internazionale su Diritto, Società e Economia Architettura moderna alpina: i rifugi Architecture moderne alpine: les refuges Quaderni della Fondazione - 17 Cahiers de la Fondation - 17 Enti fondatori Censis Centro nazionale di prevenzione e difesa sociale Comune di Courmayeur Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta Tersilla Gatto Chanu: da “Leggende e racconti della Valle d’Aosta” C. Cavadini: Sonata in dialogo Per violino e pianoforte M. Colombo: Guardando lassù Melelogo per recitante e pianoforte su testo di Bruno Taut Vitruvio: da “De Architettura” C. Cavadini: E giunge l’alba Per violino e pianoforte Armando Melis de Villa: da “Caratteri degli edifici” C. Ravasenga: Estasi (versione per violino e pianoforte R. Bassa) Francesco Petrarca: “Dalla lettera del Ventoso” C. Cavadini: Poiché dopo Per violino e pianoforte Clemente Rebora: “Dentro il meriggio” C. Cavadini: Edelweiss Per pianoforte Silvia Poletti: recitante Sibylla Leuenberger: violino Roberto Bassa: pianoforte PUBBLICAZIONI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR PUBLICATIONS DE LA FONDATION COURMAYEUR ANNALI 1. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1992 2. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1993 3. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1994 4. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1995 5. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1996 6. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1997 7. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1998 8. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 1999 9. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 2000 10. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 2001 11. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 2002 12. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 2003 13. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 2004 14. ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE COURMAYEUR ANNO 2005 V COLLANA “MONTAGNA RISCHIO E RESPONSABILITÀ” 1. UNA RICOGNIZIONE GENERALE DEI PROBLEMI 2. LE INDICAZIONI DELLA LEGISLAZIONE, DELLA GIURISPRUDENZA E DELLA DOTTRINA 3. I LIMITI DELLA RESPONSABILITÀ DEL MAESTRO DI SCI E DELLA GUIDA 4. LA RESPONSABILITÀ DELL’ENTE PUBBLICO 5. LA RESPONSABILITÀ DELL’ALPINISTA, DELLO SCIATORE E DEL SOCCORSO ALPINO 6. LA VIA ASSICURATIVA 7. CODICE DELLA MONTAGNA – LE INDICAZIONI DELLA LEGISLAZIONE, DELLA GIURI- SPRUDENZA E DELLA DOTTRINA 8. CODE DE LA MONTAGNE – LE INDICAZIONI DELLA LEGISLAZIONE, DELLA GIURI- SPRUDENZA E DELLA DOTTRINA FRANCESE 9. CÓDIGO DE LOS PIRINEOS – LE INDICAZIONI DELLA LEGISLAZIONE, DELLA GIURI- SPRUDENZA E DELLA DOTTRINA SPAGNOLA 10. CODICE DELLA MONTAGNA – 1994-2004 IL PUNTO SULLA LEGISLAZIONE, LA GIURI- SPRUDENZA, LA DOTTRINA 11. IL PUNTO SULLA LEGISLAZIONE, LA GIURISPRUDENZA E LA DOTTRINA 1994-2004 (Atti del Convegno) 12. GIORNATE DELLA PREVENZIONE E DEL SOCCORSO IN MONTAGNA VI QUADERNI 1. MINORANZE, CULTURALISMO CULTURA DELLA MONDIALITÀ 2. IL TARGET FAMIGLIA 3. LES ALPAGES: HIER, AUJOURD’HUI, DEMAIN – L’ENTRETIEN DU PAYSAGE MONTA- GNARD: UNE APPROCHE TRANSFRONTALIÈRE 4. MEMORIE E IDENTITÀ: PROSPETTIVE NEI PERCORSI DEL MUTAMENTO 5. L’INAFFERRABILE ÉLITE 6. SISTEMA SCOLASTICO: PLURALISMO CULTURALE E PROCESSI DI GLOBALIZZAZIONE ECONOMICA E TECNOLOGICA 7. LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE DELL’INFORMAZIONE 8. ARCHITETTURA NEL PAESAGGIO RISORSA PER IL TURISMO - 1 9. ARCHITETTURA NEL PAESAGGIO RISORSA PER IL TURISMO? - 2 10. LOCALE E GLOBALE. DIFFERENZE CULTURALI E CONTESTI EDUCATIVI NELLA COM- PLESSITÀ DEI MONDI CONTEMPORANEI 11. DROIT INTERNATIONAL ET PROTECTION DES REGIONS DE MONTAGNE/INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PROTECTION OF MOUNTAIN AREAS - 1 12. I GHIACCIAI QUALI EVIDENZIATORI DELLE VARIAZIONI CLIMATICHE 13. DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE DES REGIONS DE MONTAGNE – LES PERSPECTIVES JURI- DIQUES À PARTIR DE RIO ET JOHANNESBURG/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUN- TAIN AREAS – LEGAL PERSPECTIVES BEYOND RIO AND JOHANNESBURG – 2 14. CULTURE E CONFLITTO 15. COSTRUIRE A CERVINIA… E ALTROVE/CONSTRUIRE À CERVINIA…. ET AILLEURS 16. LA RESIDENZA E LE POLITICHE URBANISTICHE IN AREA ALPINA 17. ARCHITETTURA MODERNA ALPINA: I RIFUGI/ARCHITECTURE MODERNE ALPINE : LES REFUGES VII ORGANI DELLA FONDAZIONE LES ORGANES DE LA FONDATION CONSIGLIO DI AMMINISTRAZIONE Lodovico PASSERIN d’ENTRÈVES, presidente; Enrico FILIPPI, vice presidente, Camilla BERIA di ARGENTINE, Pierluigi DELLA VALLE, Giuseppe DE RITA, Alessia DI ADDARIO, Eligio MILANO, Lukas PLATTNER, Giuseppe ROMA, Ro- berto RUFFIER, Lorenzo SOMMO COMITATO SCIENTIFICO Franzo GRANDE STEVENS, presidente; Alberto ALESSANDRI, Stefania BA- RIATTI, Guido BRIGNONE, Dario CECCARELLI, Ludovico COLOMBATI, Ma- rio DEAGLIO, Stefano DISTILLI, Gianandrea FARINET, Waldemaro FLICK, Ste- fania LAMOTTE, Jean-Claude MOCHET, Paolo MONTALENTI, Giuseppe NEB- BIA, Livia POMODORO, Ezio ROPPOLO, Igor RUBBO, Giuseppe SENA COMITATO di REVISIONE René BENZO, Alessandro FRAMARIN, Giuseppe PIAGGIO, Domenico VEGLIO Benedetto MASCARDI, segretario generale VIII Fondazione Courmayeur MONT BLANC Fondazione Centro Internazionale su Diritto, Società e Economia Osservatorio sul Sistema Montagna «Laurent Ferretti» Architettura moderna alpina: i rifugi Architecture moderne alpine: les refuges Atti del Convegno Aosta / Pollein, Grand Place 22 ottobre 2005 Cura redazionale di Camilla Beria di Argentine Si ringrazia per la collaborazione Barbara Scarpari INDICE Presentazione . pag. 5 Apertura dei lavori. pag. 7 LODOVICO PASSERIN D’ENTRÈVES . pag. 8 ALBERTO CERISE . pag. 9 Prima Sessione IL SENSO DEL RIFUGIO Relazione introduttiva GIUSEPPE NEBBIA . pag. 15 Il rifugio alpino tra materia e parola LUCA MORETTO . pag. 25 Il rifugio di montagna nel racconto alpinistico e nell’immaginario letterario ENRICO CAMANNI . pag. 35 Il rifugio dello spirito I: il caso del convento Quart AIMARO OREGLIA D’ISOLA . pag. 39 Sulle pendici del Monviso: il rifugio Vallanta e il monastero di Pra’d Mill, il “rifugio dello spirito” MAURIZIO MOMO . pag. 45 Seconda Sessione IL RIFUGIO E LE ARTI Achitettura alpina: rifugi simbolici di pittura e di pittori – Il caso della Valle Vigezzo MONICA MATTEI . pag. 61 Il rifugio alpino e la musica ROBERTO BASSA . pag. 67 Terza Sessione L’ARCHITETTURA DEI RIFUGI ALPINI CONTEMPORANEI La construction des refuges, architecture de l’extrême? BRUNO LUGAZ . pag. 73 JEAN-FRANÇOIS LYON-CAEN . pag. 77 3 La montagna come rifugio LUCA ORTELLI . pag. 83 Il rifugio dell’architetto LUCIANO BOLZONI . pag. 89 Il sistema dei rifugi e il paesaggio alpino PAOLO CASTELNOVI . pag. 97 L’Osservatorio dei rifugi per la gestione e le tecnologie eco-efficienti RICCARDO BELTRAMO . pag. 103 Ospitalità in condizioni limite: qualità spaziali degli interni di bivacchi e rifugi d’alta quota CECILIA AVOGADRO . pag. 109 Quarta Sessione ESPERIENZE IN LOCO, TESTIMONIANZE Due rifugi in Valle d’Aosta: il Rifugio Teodulo e il Rifugio Dalmazzi ENRICO GIACOPELLI e MAURO FALLETTI . pag. 117 Il Bivacco Alessandra Barelli ai laghi delle Forciollin e sulla Sud del Monviso GIORGIO ROSSI . pag. 123 Il rifugio Rotary in Val Clavalité VASCO MARZINI . pag. 127 Rifugio del Velan MICHEL TROILLET . pag. 129 I rifugi del Club Alpino Italiano LORENZO REVOJERA . pag. 133 Conclusioni ENNIO PASTORET . pag. 142 4 PRESENTAZIONE La Fondazione Courmayeur, attraverso l’Osservatorio sul sistema montagna “Laurent Ferretti”, dopo il 1° Convegno su “La residenza e le politiche urbani- stiche in area alpina”, prosegue nella volontà di istituire, con cadenza annuale, un incontro sull’architettura alpina e quest’anno ha rivolto la sua attenzione al tema “I rifugi”. I rifugi alpini evidenziano al massimo livello gli aspetti che più contraddistin- guono l’architettura in montagna, che deve confrontarsi con rigori estremi, con i problemi dell’inserimento nell’ambiente e nel paesaggio, con la sperimentazione e l’utilizzo di tecnologie avanzate, con la capacità di socializzazione dei frequenta- tori, con l’essere punti di presenza umana sul territorio. Il rifugio, è inoltre, una costante dell’insediamento alpino, a partire dalle grotte naturali od artificiali, dai ripari naturali (i tetti rocciosi), dai bassi alpeggi usati per la monticazione, ai primi rifugi per naturalisti ed alpinisti. La costruzione di un rifugio è, molto spesso, il risultato di uno sforzo collettivo (di associazioni o di enti aventi scopo sociale), tale da affratellare con un comune obiettivo un ampio numero di persone. 5 APERTURA DEI LAVORI LODOVICO PASSERIN D’ENTRÈVES presidente della Fondazione Courmayeur Autorità, Signore e Signori, sono lieto di dare il benvenuto, a nome del Consiglio di Amministrazione e del Comitato Scientifico della Fondazione Courmayeur, ai partecipanti al Convegno sull’architettura moderna alpina, sul tema dei rifugi. L’Osservatorio, che organizza quest’incontro, è nato nel 1994 e dal 2004 è stato dedicato a un grande amico della montagna Laurent Ferretti. L’Osservatorio è il braccio attivo della Fondazione per favorire, in piena coerenza con lo Statuto, il confronto di idee sui problemi della montagna, con il contributo dei migliori spe- cialisti e con il coinvolgimento delle collettività locali. L’interazione tra esperti di diritto, società ed economia e responsabili presenti sul territorio, consente di meglio cogliere le opportunità di sviluppo e di contenere gli effetti negativi delle fasi recessive, proprie della congiuntura economica e della progressiva contrazione dei fondi pubblici. Dal punto di vista operativo, abbiamo cercato di sviluppare un programma mul- tidisciplinare con un’ottica transfrontaliera. Se è strategico rapportarsi con le comunità, è fondamentale promuovere un approccio più ampio ai problemi locali. Nel corso di questi anni il Comitato Scientifico ci ha confortato sull’opportunità di continuare
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