Former Eridania of Forlì. A path of knowledge for the purposes of recovery

The former Eridania complex in Forlì is part of a series of disused sugar factories of the same company, comparable from a typological point of view, which characterize the Po Valley. The recovery of this complex, which like its peers maintains a certain architectural value, has received great interest over the years from private investors, local cultural associations, the Municipality, owner of the buildings since 2023, and from the Universities. There are many ideas proposed to date, but all are limited to hypothesizing the uses of the industrial area, without ever investigating the consistency and real state of conservation of the site. An accurate and in-depth study of them is of fundamental importance for the implementation of a good recovery project, or at least for the purposes of maintaining an acceptable state of maintenance. A step to take is that of the architectural survey and the critical study of the history and consequently of the construction phases, in order to fully understand the characteristics of the object of study. Only by following this process will it be possible to conceive adequate maintenance interventions with a view to recovery, avoiding unwanted demolitions. The first phases of this study involved the systematization of archive documents and a first geometrical survey and building evaluation. The preliminary analysis of the metal roofing includes a proposal for making the conditions safe.