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The damaged roofs of an important Venetian Villa is an opportunity to experience the opportunity to intervene intelligently and soberly with a shy and humble attitude with the rediscovery of lost valuable practices such as the "conciatetti" and the guarantee of being able to carry out periodic maintenance easily and with low costs.

The architectural and energetical redevelopment of industrial buildings, gives new identities to the complexes, improving the quality of life inside them. The new external connotations will enhance the relationship to the environment around them and with which you can create a dialogue by day and night, producing a dynamic plot of relationships among the new interior design, the existing building and the exterior appearance easly recognizable on urban landscape.

In Italy there are 182 completely abandoned small villages. When they have been abandoned? Are there different causes from region to region? In what conditions are these villages? Which Italian regions have more abandoned villages? My research has tried to answer these questions, because I think that the knowledge of this cultural heritage can help to protect and discover their value.

The situation of the isolated rural communities living in south-east Fujian tulou deeply changed with the nomination of the property as World Heritage Site, together with the exponential growth of the number of visitors.

During the past decades the government invested in the restoration of sites and the preservation of landscape. The road network has been strongly improved and many facilities for tourists have been created. The increase of tourism positively affected the local economy through the creation of new job opportunities. Still, people are moving to urban areas of the coast, and (those who stay) from ancient buildings to more comfortable and modern houses. This is why the conservation plan includes measures to encourage the inhabitants to stay by improving living conditions (providing facilities in a way the ancient construction is preserved) and offering services at affordable rates.

The situation of the buildings is very different in terms of conservation, maintenance, and management. In fact a large number of Fujian tulou is not listed and these buildings suffer uncontrolled interventions, often the addition of new concrete or fired brick structures to the existing one.

At the same time some projects of adaptive reuse have been implemented, creating museums and accommodations for tourists, in a way the old structure is barely affected by new functions. The favorable Fujian climate and the features of the traditional massive construction allow to minimize the impact of systems.

The case of Fujian is an example of the challenges related to the conservation of a diffused heritage, which need to be addressed through the formulation of common conservation criteria and intervention guidelines, within a regulatory framework having different level of restrictions. Conservation of tulou is linked to landscape and intangible heritage protection: terraces of rice, tea and tobacco cannot survive without farmers, and the residential use should be preserved, so that the vitality of the local communities is ensured.