Schenna

The current-state analysis begins with landscape as the framework, resource, and identity of Schenna. Its ecological network is treated as infrastructure to be strengthened and woven further into the urban fabric, supporting quality of life, climate resilience, and sustainable development.

Development prioritises internal growth over outward expansion: vacant properties are activated, existing structures are reused, and densification is tied to resource-efficient construction. New areas are considered only when they demonstrate a clear community need and added value.

Natural hazards remain active planning criteria. Building responds to the dynamics of slopes, water, and soil, while squares, paths, neighbourhood meeting points, and nearby landscapes form a connected network of short distances and everyday encounters.

Until the nineteenth century, Schenna developed as a dispersed agricultural settlement, with farmsteads spread along the slopes. The acquisition of Schenna Castle by Archduke Johann of Austria in 1845 brought new cultural, administrative, and infrastructural impulses.

After the Second World War, agricultural mechanisation and the rise of tourism transformed the village into one of the region’s major holiday destinations while retaining its historically evolved settlement structure.

Schenna today combines a compact historic core around the church and castle with large residential and tourist structures. Hotels, guesthouses, and holiday apartments occupy the hillside in terraces with wide views over the valley.

Hamlets and scattered farmsteads such as Verdins and Prenn are connected by a network of access roads. The source notes that available orthophotos do not support analysis at regular time intervals.