Co-productive Energy Landscape Project: Borgo Monteruga

Assuming that an agricultural landscape is an energetic solar landscape, the article describes the premises and the strategy for the regeneration of Borgo Monteruga in Salento, a region known in ancient times for producing lamp oil. After becoming an agricultural site dedicated exclusively to oil production for food purposes, it is now wholly unproductive due to the spread of Xylella Fastidiosa. The absence of unequivocal legislation on agrivoltaics and the need to identify a productive layout that could reactivate and renew the site led the owner to appoint a third-party research institution to determine the most appropriate strategy for the economic regeneration of this non-productive landscape. The method proposed for pursuing the design of a new multifunctional landscape is grounded in the historical reading of the landscape. The visual essay consists of a timeline divided into four sections corresponding to four landscapes. Each section describes how the changing demand for energy, local and supralocal, has modified the actions imprinted on this solar landscape. The last section presents the project scenario reconciling two energy landscapes perceived as inconsistent into a co-productive energy landscape, assuming the historical analysis as design support.