1st Edition

The Venice Arsenal Between History, Heritage, and Re-use

Edited By Luca Zan Copyright 2023
152 Pages 42 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 42 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 42 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

This book reviews four decades of debate about restoring an industrial heritage site of inestimable value – the Venice Arsenal. Focusing on the challenges of economic, financial and institutional feasibility, it reveals how failing to address these aspects has undermined potential solutions from both technicians and heritage professionals. With a deep connection to the city over centuries, the... Read more

Part I – A reminder: on the importance of the Arsenal in the history of administration 

1. History of management and stratigraphy of organizing

Luca Zan 

2. From manufacturing to industry: the turn in the late 19th century

Pasquale Ventrice

Part II – The state of the art: protection, preservation and re-use 

3. The recovery of the Arsenal: the process from 1980 until today

Claudio Menichelli 

4. The role of the Agenzia del Demanio (State Property Agency) in enhancing the Arsenal

Ettore Cammarata 

5. The Società Arsenale di Venezia (SAV): from state control to municipal control

Roberto D’Agostino 

6. Some comments from a management studies perspective

Luca Zan

Part III – A controversial issue: museum and open access 

7. Towards a museum of the Arsenal: home of Venetian civilization, history and shipbuilding

Camillo Tonini 

8. The Arsenal Museum: issues of spaces availability and accessibility

Franco Mancuso 

9. The National Museum of Naval History: a reconstruction of the project

Claudio Menichelli 

10. Scenarios for the Arsenal Museum: back to management

Luca Zan

Part IV – A research agenda: international perspectives on the Arsenal as tangible and intangible heritage 

11. The Arsenal as intangible heritage: between historical meanings and re-uses

Luca Zan 

12. The Venice Arsenal, singular but not unique: towards a survey of Historic Naval Shipyards in Europe

Valentina Gambelli 

13. The heritization of Historic Naval Shipyards in Europe

Paolo Ferri, Pegram Harrison, Luca Zan

Conclusions: a policy agenda to not forget

Luca Zan

Biography

Luca Zan is Professor of Arts Management at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; he has been adjunct faculty at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University for several years.