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Women-Centered Design. New trajectories for Medical Design = Design con e per le donne. Nuove traiettorie per il design medicale
No full textThe lack of attention to the specific needs of women in the design processes of health and wellness products has led to the proliferation of ineffective solutions and stereotypes that overlook the physiological, biological, behavioural, and socio-cultural characteristics of the female population. Through a critical review of international literature, this paper presents a selection of methodological approaches that place women ‘at the centre of design’. The selected case studies identify three possible design trajectories guided by: 1) biological and
physiological matrices, 2) anatomical matrices, and 3) socio-cultural matrices. From this analysis, design principles emerge that guide strategies for developing appropriate and accessible technologies that can contribute to raising designers’ awareness and dismantling bias and stereotypes when integrated into the educational system
Exploring Life-Centered Design through a bottom-up analysis of case studies
Get PDFThis paper explores Life-Centred Design (LCD), an emerging concept aiming to overcome anthropocentric approaches by addressingall forms of life in the design process. Through a bottom-up analysis of case studies, it identifies the distinctive traits of LCD compared to other post-human approaches. The findings highlight the strong integration of foundational LCD principles, such as sustainability and systemic thinking, while revealing challenges in implementing co-design practices, non-human agency, and prioritising non-human interests. Addressing these complexities is essential for advancing LCD into a practical framework capable of tackling Anthropocene challenges
Ocean Literacy as a Strategic Asset for Regional Marine Policy: Insights From an Implementation Case Study
Get PDFOcean literacy (OL) has increasingly been recognised as a key enabler of participatory marine governance, with potential synergies with maritime spatial planning (MSP). These links are particularly evident in stakeholder engagement processes, which are mandated by the European MSP Directive and supported by international institutional guidelines. OL can facilitate these processes by fostering informed participation, enhancing public awareness, and supporting educational and cultural goals aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 14 “life below water.” Within the framework of the EU‐funded Regions to Boost National Maritime Spatial Planning‐MSP project, a methodology was developed to support the design of a Regional Ocean Literacy Strategy aimed at strengthening MSP implementation at the sub‐national (NUTS‐2) level. This article outlines the development of a structured toolbox to support regional OL strategies and presents the results of its empirical testing in the Sardinia region. The findings indicate that regional actors acknowledge the relevance of OL for marine management and that existing assets—such as environmental education networks and cultural initiatives—can be effectively mobilised through a strategic framework. The study demonstrates the feasibility and replicability of the approach, offering a model that can be adapted and transferred to other regional contexts across Europe
Sustainable Heritage Management Design : Notions, Methods and Techniques
No full textThis book is coordinated by the UNESCO Chair on Modern Urban heritage CREhAR (Creative Research and Education on heritage Assessment and Regeneration), at the School of Architecture, Universidad de Sevilla (USE), institutions and their research groups which constitute a benchmark for research on cultural heritage and sustainability. Developed in the context of a European network of five universities, University of Belgrade, Serbia; University of Seville, Spain; IUAV University of Venice, Italy; University of Cyprus, Cyprus; and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece- this consortium on heritage and sustainability have been collaborating closely, both as authors and editors.
This book contributes to opening the way to managing heritage from a sustainable perspective, characterizing it from a holistic approach that includes environmental conservation and bioclimatic design. The central innovation of this contribution rests on combining the processes and methods of the heritage studies with those of the project within the field of Architecture and Urban Planning.
The volume is structured into five sections: from the concepts, methods and tools, without forgetting the training in proper documental search and systematization, characterization and values identification, key to define criteria to design strategies and actions. Addressed in three transversal perspectives: education, practice, and research, it gives an integral and complete answer to students, practitioners, and researchers.
Regarding its contribution to the literature in the field, this volume offers an international publication in the combined fields of heritage and sustainability, providing both conceptual and specific didactic contents and materials, for what is needed to deal with the complex process involved in heritage management. It looks for quality proceedings to project integrated actions on heritage assets, from a transdisciplinary perspective. This book promotes decision making on expert knowledge and cultural values; the proper use of methods, strategies and tools, and reaches agreements through participation of the different agents involve
Ignazio Gardella. Building within the built: dialectics of history, character of architecture
No full textThe jury considered Claudia Cavallo’s thesis highly stimulating and of great interest. It is part of a series of theses on Italian urban design architects of the twentieth century. The thesis focuses on the understanding of reconstruction after the war and the rewriting of the existing city as the unveiling of essential features of a living space. However, it is also a reflection on the meaning of Gardella’s architecture.The research takes the theme of ‘building on the built’ as an intellectual attitude and a paradigmatic condition of the project. This is illustrated through the study of Ignazio Gardella’s works. Reconstruction implies attention to existing buildings and the ancient part of the city as active elements of the composition. For the author, a reconstruction project enables operational reflections on architecture questions.This study’s methodology seamlessly integrates two distinct approaches. The first is based on archival research through different sources and state-of-the-art knowledge. The second critically redraws Gardella’s works, to break down the system that he used and compare design hypotheses[...
Promenade della città lagunare = Lagoon City Promenade
No full textThe island city of Venice in its different parts declines many conditions and characters of open space, in relation to pedestrian mobility, collective activities and landscape values.
Where the urban quality of the historic city is broken and infrastructure systems for the exclusive use of transport are imposed, the anomaly of walking is also emphasized.
The workshop aims to transform the edges of a road infrastructure into a series of multifunctional spaces that accommodate and qualify a walkway. In particular, the program identifies the case-study between the water city and the mainland at the southwestern edge of the bridge across the lagoon. The Ponte della Libertà – an essential infrastructure for Venice – ensures the necessary separation of the different modes of transport: rail, road, tram line, while the bicycle and pedestrian routes present various criticalities and limitations.
Conceived as an ‘infrastructural canal’, the Ponte della Libertà is hardly practicable for pedestrians, also because of the lack of resting places and the difficult environmental conditions. However, the approximately four kilometres of the bridge could be rethought as a linear park contributing to the resilience of the lagoon city. From this perspective, the design study defines redevelopment scenarios to promote pedestrian walkability along the south bank of the bridge. The promenade, with its rest areas, green spaces and supporting services, is designed to make a pleasure walking in a new infrastructure of urban well-being, reducing the polluting factors of traffic, but also enhancing the Lagoon City landscape
