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It's Time to Terraform a World Garden
Our response to Collison and Cowen's Call for New Aesthetics
Who Should Get Credit?
The New Atlantis, Authorship and Academic Incentives
What Can We Learn from Lorenzetti?
Good government, protocols, and the territory as a unit of work
How Do You Teach Territorial State Craft?
Applied research, transdisciplinarity, and culture-building
What Comes After the Toolkit?
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
Protocols as the output of applied territorial research
What Was Architecture?
A conversation on cargo cults and the lineage of the discipline
Designing Territories From Within
Conceptualizing the territory five years in
Applied Research Organizations: Conceptualizing Responses to Territorial Fragility
Proposes the applied research organization as an institutional form holding diagnosis, territorial experimentation, and implementation in one body, cycling between them rather than handing findings on.
Studium Senese
The University of Siena [Applied Research Organizations]: Knowledge as sovereign infrastructure of an Italian Medieval city-state
To Transform Territories We Need New Institutions
The imperative for applied research organizations in fragile territories
Otium, Negotium
Frascati [Territories]: Two millennia of intellectual retreat
Forum LEADER Giovani 2025
- Status
- Past
- People
- Nicolás Delgado AlcegaGabriele Pizzi
- Partners
- Rete Nazionale PAC – Rete LEADERGAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini
- Location
- Buseto PalizzoloMisiliscemiValdericeVitaMarsalaAltavilla Milicia
Applied training and territorial service with 38 participants under 35, hosted by four comunes in the GAL Elimos area of Sicily.
Grounding Territorial Data: Forum LEADER Giovani 2025
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17703228
- Location
- Buseto PalizzoloMisiliscemiValdericeVita
Training activity report of the 2025 Forum LEADER Giovani: 281 mapped points of interest, 41 interviews and four communication strategies in four Sicilian comunes.
Encouraging Reuse
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17642157
Action-research report on surveying more than 700 buildings in Fontainemore and Perloz and testing a Local Reuse Facilitator.
Forum Leader Giovani 2025 — Online Training Lecture
Recorded online lecture presenting the theoretical framework behind Liminal's work on territorial state craft.
Shape Rural Futures: Reclaiming Institutional Capacity
Our lecture for the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Forum Leader Giovani 2025
Rete Rurale Nazionale announces the fourth Forum LEADER Giovani, run with the collaboration of Liminal.
Encouraging Reuse
- Identifier
- ERVDL2024
- Dates
- 2024–2025
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyComune di FontainemoreComune di PerlozFondazione Compagnia di San PaoloGAL Valle d’Aosta
- Location
- FontainemorePerloz
Reactivating built heritage in rural historic centers
Reviving Trails: Participatory trail mapping for the promotion of proximity tourism
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17094467
Report of the 2024 Challenge that documented 41.5 km of paths and 81 points of interest in Monti Prenestini.
Shaping the Ground: Mapping the fruit tree biodiversity of transitioning landscapes
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17093951
Report of the 2024 Challenge that mapped 542 trees across 9.3 hectares in Monti Prenestini.
Transitioning a Landscape: The potential of Living Labs and Land-Based Labs in the arid prairies of Monti Prenestini
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17094305
Report of the 2024 Challenge that prototyped a territorial lab model for abandoned agricultural land and dry grasslands.
Weaving Urban Data: How participatory mapping can lay the foundations for Smart Villages
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17101800
Report of the 2024 Challenge that verified 1,145 addresses and mapped 11.28 km of streets in Monti Prenestini historic centers.
Shaping the Ground
- Identifier
- STGMP2024
- Dates
- 2024
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Comune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMinistero della CulturaGAL Castelli Romani e Monti PrenestiniLandscape First
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaRocca di Cave
Mapping the fruit tree biodiversity of transitioning landscapes
Town and Country: Liminal Assembly in Monti Prenestini
An in-depth reflection on the inaugural Liminal Assembly in Monti Prenestini, gathering actors to discuss the revival of rural Italian communities.
Liminal Embassy: Nuove metodologie per riattivare il potenziale dei giovani nelle aree rurali
Presentation of the Liminal Embassy laboratory at Forum LEADER 2024 on open innovation methodologies to activate the potential of youth in rural areas.
Finding Consensus
- Identifier
- FCMP2024
- Dates
- 2024
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaRocca di CaveGuadagnoloPalestrinaCaveZagarolo
A participatory survey to understand community perceptions about changing climate dynamics and future-forward policymaking
Laboratorio Liminal Embassy
Participatory field laboratory cycle coordinated with GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini to prototype youth engagement in inland territories.
Shape Rural Futures (Sant’Anna Institute)
Academic lecture on territorial state craft, place-based research, and adaptive reuse strategies for Italian rural towns.
Reviving Trails
- Identifier
- RTMP2024
- Dates
- 2024
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Comune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMinistero della CulturaClub Alpino Italiano (CAI) Sezione PalestrinaGAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaRocca di Cave
Participatory trail mapping for the promotion of proximity tourism
Shape Rural Futures (Università degli Studi di Ferrara)
Public lecture at the Department of Architecture on building new institutional and spatial capacities for fragile territories.
Weaving Urban Data
- Identifier
- WUDMP2024
- Dates
- 2024
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Comune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMinistero della CulturaGAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaGuadagnoloRocca di Cave
How participatory mapping can lay the foundations for Smart Villages
Dal Lazio alla Valle d’Aosta novità, progetti e laboratori guidati da architetti molto speciali
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
Huffington Post covers Liminal's trajectory from Monti Prenestini to Valle d'Aosta, highlighting a new generation of architects working on the ground.
Transitioning a Landscape
- Identifier
- TALMP2024
- Dates
- 2024
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Comune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMinistero della Cultura
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaRocca di Cave
The potential of Living Labs and Land-Based Labs in the arid prairies of Monti Prenestini
Il riuso dei borghi: Rivitalizzare i piccoli centri all'imbocco della Valle del Lys
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
National and regional TV broadcast covering Liminal's international research team fighting rural depopulation in Fontainemore and Perloz.
Associazione Liminal e GAL insieme in un progetto per recuperare immobili in disuso nei piccoli Comuni
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
- Location
- Valle d’Aosta
Regional report on the collaboration between Liminal and GAL Valle d'Aosta to survey and repurpose vacant buildings in alpine municipalities.
Ha preso il via il progetto “Encouraging reuse – Incoraggiare il riutilizzo”
- Location
- Valle d’Aosta
Aosta Sera chronicles the launch of the Encouraging Reuse fieldwork workshop with international students and researchers.
Al via le attività del progetto "Encouraging reuse" | Dal Lazio alla Valle d'Aosta turismo rurale e funzionale
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
- Location
- Monti PrenestiniValle d’Aosta
The National Rural Network highlights Liminal's methodology connecting territorial analysis, sustainable tourism, and public asset reuse.
Shaping the Ground
Landscape architecture review of Liminal's field challenge in Monti Prenestini on dry-stone terrace restoration and landscape management.
Encouraging Reuse in Rural Italy: A case study implementing new frameworks to collect local data and understand feasible reprogramming strategies in Guadagnolo
- Identifier
- doi:10.5281/zenodo.17101994
- Location
- Monti Prenestini
MIT thesis testing a two-phase survey of occupancy, typology and condition in Guadagnolo, then ranking buildings for reuse.
Akropolis Challenge
- Location
- Monti Prenestini
Architectural commentary on archaeological regeneration and territorial design challenges in Mediterranean heritage landscapes.
On Cities Podcast: Episodio 56
Podcast conversation on territorial governance, city-country relationships, and Liminal's operational models for fragile inland communities.
Country Life: Liminal opportunities to build rural innovation
Feature interview on building systemic innovation and sustainable institutional models in rural Italy.
Liminal, “Mappare l’ignoto per colmare i divari digitali”
- Events
- Digital Paths
- Location
- Monti Prenestini
Cultural feature on how spatial analytics, open data, and territorial mapping can close the digital and social divide in rural settlements.
ARQ UC y la fundación Liminal realizaron exitoso workshop en Italia
- Events
- Liminal Lab Valbrevenna
- Location
- Valbrevenna
Official release by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile on their international architectural workshop in Italy in collaboration with Liminal.
Liminal come esempio di innovazione nel turismo rurale
Keynote presentation at Fundraising to Say on regenerative rural tourism models and community-based spatial practice.
From Thesis to Practice
MIT Department of Architecture lecture tracing the trajectory from the master's thesis 'Rebuilding the Edge' to founding Liminal.
Liminal Lab Valbrevenna
- Identifier
- LLVAL2023
- Status
- Past
- People
- Stefano RossiJuan Walker
- Partners
- Regione LiguriaFondazione Compagnia di San PaoloComune di ValbrevennaParco Regionale Naturale dell’AntolaPontificia Universidad Católica de ChilePolitecnico di Milano
A three-week residential workshop in 2023: students lived in Carsi, mapped nine villages and tied their proposals to the Antola Regional Park.
Liminal Lab Valbrevenna: Rigenerazione urbana della Valbrevenna
Italian report of the 2023 Valbrevenna workshop — 137 people involved, 15.72 km of streets mapped across nine villages, and three strategic proposals.
Discover Monti Prenestini
- Identifier
- DMPMP2023
- Dates
- 2023
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Comune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMinistero della CulturaMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Miami
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaGuadagnoloRocca di Cave
A stakeholder engagement and market research project to envision a novel identity for a territory characterized by severely depopulated communities
Liminal nei Monti Prenestini 2022–2023: dalla raccolta dei dati a una nuova identità territoriale
- Events
- Liminal Lab Monti Prenestini
Italian report on Liminal's first two years in Monti Prenestini — the 2022 University of Miami Lab, Digital Paths and Discover Monti Prenestini.
Liminal e il nuovo concetto di turismo in Liguria
- Events
- Liminal Lab Valbrevenna
Editorial analysis of Liminal's functional tourism and community regeneration fieldwork in Valbrevenna, Liguria.
Digital Paths
- Identifier
- DPMP2023
- Dates
- 2023
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Comune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMinistero della CulturaMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Miami
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaGuadagnoloRocca di Cave
A participatory mapping initiative that uses 360° cameras to make dense historic centers navigable with digital way-finding platforms
Exhibit: Rebuilding the Edge
MIT coverage on the opening of the 'Rebuilding the Edge' exhibition documenting the 2022 fieldwork in Abruzzo along the Ferrovia dei Parchi.
Rebuilding the Edge: Exhibition at MIT Architecture
Exhibition at the MIT Department of Architecture HQ Gallery documenting the 2022 fieldwork in Abruzzo along the Ferrovia dei Parchi.
Liminal Lab Monti Prenestini
- Identifier
- LLMP2022
- Status
- Past
- People
- Nicolás Delgado Alcega
- Partners
- Ministero della CulturaComune di Castel San Pietro RomanoComune di Capranica PrenestinaComune di Rocca di CaveMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- Location
- Castel San Pietro RomanoCapranica PrenestinaGuadagnoloRocca di CaveZagarolo
The first Liminal Lab in Monti Prenestini: a Fall 2022 course in which 18 University of Miami architecture students surveyed 486 buildings in four historic centers.
Intervento del presidente di Liminal in televisione nazionale
National TV broadcast interview on Italian Channel 5 (TG5) with Liminal's president discussing inland town regeneration and youth retention.
How MIT students are helping revitalize a tiny Italian village
- Events
- Rebuilding the Edge
Fast Company report on Liminal and MIT Architecture students working on the ground in Pettorano sul Gizio to rethink village vitality.
Il progetto di MIT, Liminal e Fondazione Ferrovie dello Stato per ripensare i villaggi italiani
- Events
- Rebuilding the Edge
Editorial feature on the tri-party collaboration between MIT, Liminal, and Fondazione FS using historic rail infrastructure to revitalize rural hubs.
Rebuilding the Edge
- Identifier
- RTEAB2022
- Dates
- 2022
- Status
- Complete
- Partners
- Fondazione FS ItalianeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- Location
- Pettorano sul GizioSulmonaCansanoCampo di GioveRivisondoliPescocostanzoRoccarasoAlfedenaCastel di SangroPalenaSan Pietro AvellanaVastogirardiRoccasicuraPescolancianoSessano del MoliseCarpinoneCarovilliBugnaraIntrodacquaCastel del Giudice
The Ferrovia dei Parchi
Rebuilding the Edge: The Ferrovia dei Parchi
- Location
- Pettorano sul GizioCastel di SangroCastel del Giudice
Pilot report of the first Liminal Lab (2022), along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, with six studies by MIT student teams, in English and Italian.
Dal MIT di Boston a Pettorano sul Gizio, studenti americani al lavoro per rivoluzionare i piccoli Comuni
Abruzzo regional chronicle on American and international researchers arriving in Pettorano sul Gizio for the Rebuilding the Edge challenge.
Rebuilding the Edge
KoozArch dialogue on how architects can act as systemic researchers and regional conveners in depopulating mountain territories.
Rebuilding the Edge
Global recognition for Liminal as an Architizer A+Awards Finalist for the research and design project along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway.
Palazzolo Acreide: nuovi modi di vivere la campagna siciliana
University lecture at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture on rural dwelling patterns and landscape in Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily.
Urbanistica, infrastruttura e architettura al centro dello sviluppo socioeconomico
Presentation on physical and digital infrastructure planning as drivers of territorial cohesion across the inland valleys of Abruzzo.
Rural Italy Had a Pandemic Renaissance. Can It Last?
Bloomberg CityLab investigation on remote workers moving to Italian villages during lockdowns, examining whether the rural renaissance can endure.
How an ancient building technique could help solve the climate crisis
Fast Company profiles the revival of dry-stone terracing and cyclopean masonry by Liminal founders as ecological solutions to construction waste.
Could Remote Working Revive Italy's Dying Villages?
Forbes feature exploring whether smart working and digital infrastructure can reverse depopulation and restore vitality in aging Italian towns.
Liminal: New Models of Practice for Fragile Territories
International research paper presented at the Circular Territories symposium on innovative methodologies for fragile and deindustrialized landscapes.
La sharing economy ricettiva nelle aree interne: opportunità e rischi di una rivitalizzazione a marchio Airbnb
Critical book chapter analyzing the opportunities and risks of hospitality sharing platforms like Airbnb in fragile inland territories.
The Pandemic Helped Reverse Italy’s Brain Drain. But Can It Last?
The New York Times investigates the return of young expatriate Italian researchers and professionals during the pandemic and the systemic barriers to retaining them.
Qual è il futuro dei borghi?
Italia Nostra conference address on placing inland areas at the center of territorial policies, proposing tangible regeneration alternatives.
Small Towns… from problem to resource
Academic paper presented at STC 2019 on sustainable strategies for the valorization of architectural and landscape heritage in inland areas.
A Future for Ruined Lands: The Case of Vallecorsa in Central Italy
Symposium presentation at UC Berkeley exploring the recovery of ancient dry-stone terraces in Vallecorsa as a blueprint for post-global rural Europe.
L’arte rurale dei terrazzamenti sbarca alla Berkeley University
Ciociaria Oggi reports on Liminal's research on the historic agricultural terraces of Vallecorsa being presented at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Dying Towns of Italy: Spatial analytics for place-based policies to address housing vacancies
AESOP congress paper presenting spatial analytics and digital methodologies to detect housing vacancies and guide place-based municipal policies.
Agenzia Regionale per lo Sviluppo e l’Innovazione dell’Agricoltura del Lazio (ARSIAL)
Lazio’s regional agency for agricultural development and innovation, engaged in Shaping the Ground (2024).
Agri Bio Peppone
Family farm growing autochthonous grains in the Valle Peligna, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Agriturismo Autra
Farm stay, engaged in Liminal Lab Valbrevenna (2023).
Agriturismo Biologico L’Oca Bianca
Organic sheep farm and farm stay in Cave visited by Transitioning a Landscape, engaged in the Challenge (2024).
Agriturismo Colle Roscio
Farm stay, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023) and Shaping the Ground (2024).
Agriturismo Fontana a Valle
Farm stay, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023) and Shaping the Ground (2024).
Agriturismo La Mandera
Farm stay, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023), Transitioning a Landscape (2024) and Shaping the Ground (2024).
Agromnia Agricola
Agricultural company, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023) and Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
Albergo Stella
Hotel, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Alfedena
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Altavilla Milicia
- Events
- Forum LEADER Giovani 2025
The comune in the province of Palermo where the Forum LEADER 2025 closed the workshop with the public presentation of its results.
Aosta News 24
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Aosta Sera
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Architizer
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Associazione A.L.API
Association, engaged in Transitioning a Landscape (2024) and Shaping the Ground (2024).
Associazione Molino Vecchio
Association, engaged in Liminal Lab Valbrevenna (2023).
Azienda Agricola e Agriturismo Cascina Clavarezza
Farm and farm stay, engaged in Liminal Lab Valbrevenna (2023).
Azienda Agricola Valle della Fortuna
Farm, engaged in Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
B&B Il Nocciolo
Bed and breakfast, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Bar Il Glicine
Bar, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Biscottificio “C’era una volta”
Biscuit bakery, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Bloomberg CityLab
Press outlet cited in the archive.
BNB Quattro Sentieri
Bed and breakfast, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Bugnara
A comune of the Valle Peligna on the Sentiero Juan Carrito, the trail loop proposed by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Building Reuse Survey Toolkit
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
- Location
- FontainemorePerloz
A participatory digital method for cataloguing building qualities, use, accessibility and conservation in small historic centers.
Buseto Palizzolo
A comune in the province of Trapani, one of the four territories of Forum LEADER Giovani 2025.
Campo di Giove
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Cansano
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Capranica Prenestina
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniFinding ConsensusReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
- Location
- Guadagnolo
A comune of the Monti Prenestini (Lazio), one of the three municipalities of Liminal’s Monti Prenestini Challenges.
Carovilli
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Carpinone
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Castel del Giudice
A comune of Molise whose migrant reception programme was studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Castel di Sangro
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Castel San Pietro Romano
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniFinding ConsensusReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
A comune of the Monti Prenestini (Lazio), one of the three municipalities of Liminal’s Monti Prenestini Challenges.
Cave
A comune of the Monti Prenestini area where Finding Consensus surveyed residents (2024).
Ciociaria Oggi
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) Sezione di Sulmona
Section of the Italian Alpine Club, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) Sezione Palestrina
- Events
- Discover Monti Prenestini
Palestrina section of the Italian Alpine Club, operative partner of Reviving Trails (2024).
Comune di Buseto Palizzolo
Municipality in the province of Trapani where Forum LEADER Giovani 2025 carried out its fieldwork.
Comune di Capranica Prenestina
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
Municipality of Monti Prenestini, partner of the 2022 Lab and of the Bando Borghi project that followed.
Comune di Castel del Giudice
Municipality whose SAI reception and integration programme was engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022) and studied as one of its cases.
Comune di Castel di Sangro
Municipality, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Comune di Castel San Pietro Romano
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
Municipality of Monti Prenestini, partner of the 2022 Lab and of the Bando Borghi project that followed.
Comune di Fontainemore
Municipality in the Lys Valley (Valle d’Aosta), financing partner of Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Comune di Fontecchio
Municipality whose councillor for culture guided the Rebuilding the Edge group through MAXXI L’Aquila, engaged in the Challenge (2022).
Comune di Misiliscemi
Municipality in the province of Trapani where Forum LEADER Giovani 2025 carried out its fieldwork.
Comune di Perloz
Municipality in the Lys Valley (Valle d’Aosta), financing partner of Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Comune di Pettorano sul Gizio
Municipality where the Rebuilding the Edge team lived, engaged in the Challenge (2022).
Comune di Rocca di Cave
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
Municipality of Monti Prenestini, partner of the 2022 Lab and of the Bando Borghi project that followed.
Comune di Sulmona
Municipality, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Comune di Valbrevenna
Municipality that hosted the 2023 Liminal Lab Valbrevenna.
Comune di Valderice
Municipality in the province of Trapani where Forum LEADER Giovani 2025 carried out its fieldwork.
Comune di Vita
Municipality in the province of Trapani where Forum LEADER Giovani 2025 carried out its fieldwork.
Comunità Slow Food della Castagna Mosciarella di Capranica Prenestina
Slow Food community, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Consiglio Pastorale di Perloz
Parish pastoral council, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Consorzio Aglio Rosso
Consortium, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Consorzio Rurale di Clavarezza
Consortium, engaged in Liminal Lab Valbrevenna (2023).
Cooperativa Valleluna
Cooperative, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
CREA – Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
Italy's agricultural research council, which runs the CAP Network programme and sat on the scientific committee of Forum LEADER Giovani 2025.
Dario e Giuseppina Trattoria
Restaurant, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
European Network for Rural Development (ENRD)
European rural development network whose Smart Villages team met the Rebuilding the Edge group, engaged in the Challenge (2022).
Fabbrica Birra Busalla
Brewery in Busalla that hosted a visit and dinner for Liminal Lab Valbrevenna, engaged in the Lab (2023).
Fast Company
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Fine Dining Lovers
Food and gastronomy magazine whose contributor advised Transitioning a Landscape as an external expert, engaged in the Challenge (2024).
Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
- Events
- Encouraging Reuse
Foundation that supported the 2023 Liminal Lab Valbrevenna.
Fondazione FS Italiane
Foundation of the Italian state railways, financing partner of Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Fontainemore
- Location
- Valle d’Aosta
A comune of about 430 people in the Vallée du Lys, and one of the two field territories of Encouraging Reuse.
Forbes
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Forno Fiasco
Bakery, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Fruit-tree mapping toolkit
- Events
- Shaping the Ground
A participatory mapping method for recording fruit trees on working plots, tested with three farmers in Monti Prenestini.
GAL Abruzzo Italico Alto Sangro
Local Action Group, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniFinding ConsensusReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataForum LEADER Giovani 2025Liminal Lab Monti Prenestini
Local Action Group for the Castelli Romani and Monti Prenestini, operative partner of Liminal’s 2024 Monti Prenestini Challenges.
GAL Elimos
Local Action Group of western Sicily that hosted and funded Forum LEADER Giovani 2025 in four of its municipalities.
GAL Metropoli Est
- Events
- Forum LEADER Giovani 2025
Local Action Group that organised the 2025 edition of the Forum LEADER, where the workshop's results were presented.
GAL Valle d’Aosta
Local Action Group that hosted Encouraging Reuse with the comunes of Fontainemore and Perloz.
Gelateria Al Cafe’ Caffetteria Tabaccheria
Café, ice-cream shop and tobacconist, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Guadagnolo
- Events
- Discover Monti PrenestiniFinding ConsensusLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
A hamlet of Capranica Prenestina, one of the four historic centers mapped by Digital Paths (2023) and Weaving Urban Data (2024).
Harvard University
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, whose Graduate School of Design and Innovation Labs awarded grants of 2019–2020 listed among Liminal’s grants.
Huffington Post
Press outlet cited in the archive.
I Borghi più belli d’Italia
Association of Italy’s most beautiful villages, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Il Capoluogo d'Abruzzo
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Il Difforme
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Il Primo Passo
Small business in Castel San Pietro Romano interviewed for the stakeholder analysis of Discover Monti Prenestini, engaged in the Challenge (2023).
Il Torchio
Restaurant in Pettorano sul Gizio that hosted the Rebuilding the Edge team, engaged in the Challenge (2022).
Introdacqua
A comune of the Valle Peligna on the Sentiero Juan Carrito, the trail loop proposed by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Istituto di Architettura Montana
Research institute on mountain architecture, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
KoozArch
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Kore Terra Madre Biodynamic Farm
Biodynamic farm, engaged in Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
La Carboncella Società Cooperativa Agricola
Agricultural cooperative, listed among Liminal’s ongoing collaborations.
Landscape First
Publishing and cultural platform for contemporary landscape architecture, operative partner of Shaping the Ground (2024).
Liguria
The north-western Italian region that contains the Valbrevenna field territory.
Liminal
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniEncouraging ReuseFinding ConsensusRebuilding the EdgeReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataForum LEADER Giovani 2025Liminal Lab Monti PrenestiniLiminal Lab Valbrevenna
- Location
- Monti PrenestiniFontainemorePerlozValbrevenna
An Italian APS that develops territorial state craft through Challenges, training, protocols and public discourse.
Marsala
The city in the province of Trapani where the in-person course of Forum LEADER Giovani 2025 took place.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniEncouraging ReuseRebuilding the EdgeLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Liminal Lab was conceived.
MAXXI L’Aquila
Museum, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste
- Events
- Forum LEADER Giovani 2025
The Italian agriculture ministry, managing authority of the CAP Strategic Plan under which the CAP Network programme runs.
Ministero della Cultura
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
Italian Ministry of Culture, financing partner of Liminal’s 2023–2024 Monti Prenestini Challenges through the PNRR Attrattività dei Borghi programme.
Misiliscemi
A comune in the province of Trapani, one of the four territories of Forum LEADER Giovani 2025.
MIT Club of Italy
Association of MIT alumni in Italy, external specialist in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Monti Prenestini
- Events
- Liminal Lab Monti Prenestini
- Location
- Capranica PrenestinaCastel San Pietro RomanoRocca di Cave
A depopulated Apennine territory east of Rome that has been a recurring Liminal field site since 2022.
MOU Contadini Birrai
Farm brewery, engaged in Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina
State archaeological museum in Palestrina toured by the Discover Monti Prenestini team, engaged in the Challenge (2023).
Museo Civico Naturalistico dei Monti Prenestini
Museum, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023) and Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
Museo della Resistenza della Brigata del Lys
Museum, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Museo Diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano
Museum, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023) and Reviving Trails (2024).
On Cities Podcast
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Osteria Mansion
Restaurant, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
Palena
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Palestrina
A comune of the Monti Prenestini area where Finding Consensus surveyed residents (2024).
Parco Nazionale della Maiella
National park, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Parco Regionale Naturale dell’Antola
Regional nature park around which the 2023 Liminal Lab Valbrevenna framed its strategic vision.
Parrocchia di San Giacomo Apostolo, Guadagnolo
Parish of Guadagnolo whose administrator was interviewed for Transitioning a Landscape, engaged in the Challenge (2024).
Perloz
- Location
- Valle d’Aosta
A dispersed comune of hamlets above the Lys valley, and one of the two field territories of Encouraging Reuse.
Pescocostanzo
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Pescolanciano
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Pettorano sul Gizio
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Planetario di Rocca di Cave
Planetarium, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Politecnico di Milano
Italian university partner of the 2023 Liminal Lab Valbrevenna.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chilean university whose professors taught the 2023 Liminal Lab Valbrevenna.
Praesidium
Family-run vineyard of the Valle Peligna, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Pratt Institute
School of art, design and architecture in New York whose landscape architecture faculty advised Transitioning a Landscape, engaged in the Challenge (2024).
Presidio Slow Food Tivoli e Valle dell’Aniene
Slow Food presidium, engaged in Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
Pro Loco Capranica Prenestina
Local tourism association, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Pro Loco di Carsi
Local tourism association, engaged in Liminal Lab Valbrevenna (2023).
RaiNews / TGR Valle d'Aosta
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Regione Abruzzo
Regional government, engaged in Rebuilding the Edge (2022) through the Office of its President.
Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta
Regional government, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024) through its Department of Structural Policies and European Affairs and its Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Regione Liguria
Regional government of Liguria, financing partner of the 2023 Liminal Lab Valbrevenna, in which its Directorate-General for Economic Development was also engaged.
Rete Nazionale PAC – Rete LEADER
The Italian CAP Network programme 2023–2027 and its LEADER network, which organised and funded Forum LEADER Giovani 2025.
Rete Rurale Nazionale
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Ristorante Da Peppe
Restaurant, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023) and Transitioning a Landscape (2024).
Ristorante da Romano
Restaurant, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Ristorante Gasbarri
Restaurant, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Ristorante Nino
Restaurant, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Rivisondoli
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Rocca di Cave
- Events
- Digital PathsDiscover Monti PrenestiniFinding ConsensusReviving TrailsShaping the GroundTransitioning a LandscapeWeaving Urban DataLiminal Lab Monti Prenestini
A comune of the Monti Prenestini (Lazio), one of the three municipalities of Liminal’s Monti Prenestini Challenges.
Roccaraso
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Roccasicura
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Salone del Mobile.Milano
Press outlet cited in the archive.
San Pietro Avellana
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Sessano del Molise
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Società Linty
Company, engaged in Encouraging Reuse (2024).
South Working – Lavorare dal Sud
- Events
- Rebuilding the Edge
Non-profit association for working from Southern Italy and the inner areas, listed among Liminal’s ongoing collaborations.
Sulmona
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
TG5 (Mediaset)
Press outlet cited in the archive.
The New York Times
Press outlet cited in the archive.
Trail documentation and publishing method
- Events
- Reviving Trails
- Location
- Monti Prenestini
A field method for mapping hiking loops, documenting their points of interest and publishing curated profiles on the hiking platforms less experienced walkers use.
Trattoria del Giardino Panoramico
Restaurant in Castel San Pietro Romano that hosted the Transitioning a Landscape team, engaged in the Challenge (2024).
Università degli Studi di Genova
University of Genoa, whose faculty met the teams of Liminal Lab Valbrevenna (2023) and Encouraging Reuse (2024), engaged in both.
Università degli Studi di Torino
University of Turin, whose researcher of mountain communities met the Encouraging Reuse team, engaged in the Challenge (2024).
University of Miami
- Events
- Liminal Lab Monti Prenestini
University whose Rome Program ran the 2022 City/Country Conceptions course with Liminal, and an operative partner of Digital Paths and Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
University of Washington Department of Architecture
Architecture department of the University of Washington College of Built Environments, listed as partner of the 2021 Liminal Lab in Palazzolo Acreide.
Valbrevenna
- Events
- Liminal Lab Valbrevenna
A Ligurian valley where a 2023 Liminal Lab made a first territorial approximation through immersion and stakeholder work.
Valderice
A comune in the province of Trapani, one of the four territories of Forum LEADER Giovani 2025.
Valle d’Aosta
- Location
- FontainemorePerloz
The bilingual alpine autonomous region of north-western Italy, and the wider territory of the Encouraging Reuse Challenge.
Vastogirardi
A comune along the Sulmona–Carpinone railway, in the territory studied by Rebuilding the Edge (2022).
Villager Hotel
Hotel, engaged in Discover Monti Prenestini (2023).
Vita
A comune in the province of Trapani whose votive shrines became the winning itinerary of Forum LEADER Giovani 2025.
Viviamo Rocca di Cave APS
Social promotion association, engaged in Shaping the Ground (2024).
Zagarolo
- Events
- Finding Consensus
A comune just outside the Monti Prenestini, with the railway station nearest to them; a design site of Liminal Lab Monti Prenestini (2022).