Enhancement strategies for cultural heritage management: Sicilian manor farms' reuse

This study intended to define a method for the reuse and preservation of the Sicilian manor farms, able to prime a process of enhancement for the rural architectures and a process of sus-tainable development for the local community. The research identifies a methodology to con-trol the decision-making process, in order to verify that the interventions required by the new management model are consistent with the purposes of building preservation. In Sicily, many farms fell into disuse in consequence of economic and social evolutions. The proposed meth-odology has been tested on the farm “Casa Li Melilli di Sopra”. The topic peculiarity required a detailed analysis of compatibility, in order to choose new activities - in relation to the development dynamics of the area - able to allow conservation, reuse and management of the architectural complex. The reuse strategy is able to give new values related to the use and to stop the degradation evolution.