Medieval wooden architecture is an incredible source of archetypes for sustainable and resilient architecture, and a timeless lesson in terms of relationship with Nature and Divine.

Thomas Allocca

Medieval Wooden Architecture

V I S I O N   &   M I S S I O N

MWA is the acronym for Medieval Wooden Architecture. It is a private project, created in March 2024, for historical and archaeological research on medieval wooden architecture, and the establishment of museums with full-scale reconstructions. The project was born with the aim of supporting medieval villages of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Monti Alburni National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998) affected by depopulation, using their medieval history, art, architecture, and cultural heritage as a resource for new integrated and systemic projects of urban regeneration. Within the same year, the project has been extended over the National Park, and to date, it counts 25 towns joined as research sites.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L   R E F E R E N C E S

The MWA project is committed to be aligned with the principles and aims of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), the United Nations Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (UNIPCC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

P R O J E C T S

KRUNATUN    research/museum project    April 2024 - still open

The project is aimed at creating a medieval museum in the town of Corleto Monforte, in southern Italy, in the heart of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Monti Alburni National Park. The first research was carried out between April and November 2024, with historical and non-invasive inspections, searching for traces of the early medieval town that was seat of a powerful Longobard County of the Ducky of Benevento. Funded by White Oak Arkitecture, international private donors, and a contribute by the Corleto Monforte town, the results have been publihed in December 2024 into the book Krunatun. Corleto Monforte in the Longobard Early Middle Ages.

MIKILFARA    research/museum project    March 2025 - still open

The project is aimed at creating a medieval museum in the town of Sant'Angelo a Fasanella, in southern Italy, in the heart of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Monti Alburni National Park. The first research was carried out between March and October 2025, with historical and non-invasive inspections to the Grotta di San Michele Arcangelo, searching for traces of the early medieval structures of the most powerful Benedictine abbey of the Longobard County whose seat was at the actual Corleto Monforte town (see Krunatun project). Funded by White Oak Arkitecture, the research has already found structural evidences supporting our theory that the abbey was built by the Longobards around year 650 d.C. and not by Normans at the end of the 11th century.

F O R   P R E S S

Open the pdf file to read the list of the articles promoting the MWA project, and ask for the articles of interest. They will be sent for free  >  info@whiteoak.it

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