Pentru o regenerare post-militara

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At present we notice that trend of constructing something new, seems unstoppable in the local picture. It’s hard to change mentalities, when society and its needs are in perpetual change and it’s always searching something new. Depending on the circumstances, building from scratch is not necessarily more sustainable and advisable than reusing a space. The concern of a re-use of the disused military fields is not new. Since the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the USSR1, a lot of military fields have been disused around the world. The solutions concentrated on the revitalization of the urban area and the local economy or for preserving the local identity through tourism.The discussion about the recycling of the urban spaces started even way before the dissolution of the USSR. But the present local landscape doesn’t reflect such concerns or respect for the inherited space. We have to understand that we have a faulted way of thinking as a result of the communist ideology and the evolution of the urban space through the entire XXth century.Even if the socialist military bases appeared in Romania in a time of transition from the democratic to the communist world, after half of century many were abandoned, in a time of transition from the communist to the capitalist society. The military events helped shape history and develop technologies or even local economy. Their forced appearance may have led to the birth of dissonant feelings, but regardless the imprint on the public consciousness cannot be erased.The military presence helped to shape a local community, to add at the local identity, whether we talk about tangible or intangible heritage. A society that forgets its history, no longer appreciates its cultural and individual values which leads to a vulnerable environment that generates health problems.The authorities made a commitment with NATO to integrate and convert the disused military bases, but such attempts are lacking2. Many of them are still unused or the conversion programs failed preferring demolition and new constructions in favor of re-use. Considering the advantages that an ex-military base can bring to a local community it is imperative to re-use with responsibility and vision the existing so a much more healthier and harmonious community to develop in an existing environment.In conclusion, knowing and understanding the military bases of the twentieth century can bring value and a better understanding of our history as a whole and as individuals, so that we can preserve and pass it on to future generations. Because a society that preserves all the historical layers it has gone through is a society much more responsible and aware of its local resources: material, cultural, historical, economic, etc.