"Dragodid.org" project - Preserving Dry-stone Masonry Techniques of Eastern Adriatic
Dragodid is the name of a hamlet on Croatian island of Vis, the starting point of this project. Left to abandonment and ruin, it's rudimentary stone architecture was a monument to the old way of life on Adriatic that depended entirely on local materials and subsistence. Since ...
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Project details
| Title: | "Dragodid.org" project - Preserving Dry-stone Masonry Techniques of Eastern Adriatic |
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| Entr. year: | 2011 |
| Result: | Award |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Category type: | training |
| Building type/ Project type: | |
| Architect / Proj.leader: | Education, Training and Awareness-Raising |
| The Jury's citation: | "Dry-stone traditional constructions are a precious feature of the landscape in the Croatian coastal area. The Dragodid group of sensitive and daring citizens, developed initiatives and invested their time and energy to learn from the local people the traditional skills to preserve the modest, collapsing dry-stone buildings. In so doing, they returned the confidence to the local communities and offered them assistance in their efforts to preserve their seemingly modest and deprived heritage. The jury appreciated this grassroots action and hopes it will encourage similar small scale initiatives and contribute to active citizen participation in the preservation of cultural heritage." |
| Web, Links: | www.dragodid.org/ |
Description:
Dragodid is the name of a hamlet on Croatian island of Vis, the starting point of this project. Left to abandonment and ruin, it's rudimentary stone architecture was a monument to the old way of life on Adriatic that depended entirely on local materials and subsistence. Since 2002 we used the site to organise a series of rebuilding workshops, with the aim of learning the traditional building techniques from the old local masters and transferring them to the new generation of practitioners, both heritage professionals and enthusiasts. 2010' saw an addition of a new site, Petrebišæa hamlet on the Uèka mountain of Istrian peninsula which has become a new focus of our operations. The knowledge collected trough this practical work as well as related scientific papers and expert studies are disseminated to the wider audience trough series of printed publications and www.dragodid.org - "A Dry-stone Portal". Traditional dry-stone masonry techniques present an intangible heritage which is essential to the preservation of Mediterranean cultural landscape and an example of practical and sustainable building with local materials. Our mission is to preserve and popularise this endangered knowledge for the benefit of the experts, enthusiasts and the cultural landscape itself.
