Reverse Valley. Centri storici e produzione tra la valle del Tronto e la val Vibrata

In recent years, studies aimed at investigating the transformational processes in territorial areas have often used a conventional perspective, primarily giving meaning to the most important elements in terms of size and structure. Attempting to read the territory with a different approach, both in disciplinary competence and investigative methods, capable of overturning the weighting system used in systemic approaches, looking ‘in reverse’ at the territories, choosing to highlight the evidence of minor networks capable of influencing territorial management policies, leads to outlining unusual project perspectives. It is through this inversion of perspective that the contribution offers a fresh examination of the stretch of the Adriatic coast spanning the Marche and Abruzzo regions, traditionally studied by observing the dynamics of economic and settlement development along the Tronto river system. Instead, starting from the transformations of the 'places of work' and the productive world, the contribution investigates a potential synergy in the transversality of the two valleys separated by the river, initiating a design exploration of the 'high' territories along the ridge line. These elevated areas, observing from above, appear motionless as they dominate the frenetic transformations of the valleys, sparking a new perspective on development.