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Valledolmo Paradise 2030: Living the Tansition in Small Towns in Sicily, Italy
No full textCAMPUS_Asia::SUAE_Asia Program is an international education programme in architecture, supported by the UNESCO-Korea Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) National Commission, which promotes the opportunity to explore alternatives responsive to the existing urban and architectural environment through cooperation between Professors and students from the international universities of Pusan National University (South Korea), Tongji University (China), Kyushu University (Japan), Oita University (Japan), Syracuse University (USA), Vienna University of Technology (Austria), University of Palermo (Italy).
CAMPUS_Asia::SUAE_Asia 2023 has as its primary objective the promotion of resilient design practice in the natural and built environment by expanding university education opportunities through international multidisciplinary events published by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
The Summer School Workshop 2023 CAMPUS_Asia::SUAE_Asia Program entitled "Valledolmo Paradise 2030: Living the Transition in the Small Towns in Sicily. Programme for a Social Housing Community project in Valledolmo" aims to develop a concrete experience on the possible ways of living, from a framework of national and international references and in order to define a specific methodology to experiment on the strategies for temporary housing in Small Towns in Sicily. This Theme has returned to the forefront of the disciplinary debate after the Covid health emergency; in this context, the research-action proposed by the multidisciplinary research group LabCity Architecture (DARCH-UNIPA), directed by Prof. Arch. Renzo Lecardane (DARCH-UNIPA), addresses shared, versatile and adaptable forms of urbanisation towards a rational use of land and resources, where the component of the inhabitant is central. Collective housing thus contributes to redefining the built environment, relating to the layered urban fabric and its territory.
The definition of Social Housing Community refers to those innovative urban projects aimed at improving and enhancing the existing material and cultural heritage that, together with the public space, contribute to the definition of new ways of living toward the ecological and energy transition. Social Housing Community includes the design of open space for commercial and recreational activities, with the scope of establishing real communities of residents and transient inhabitants. The Social Housing Community could constitute an opportunity to revive and increase the presence, albeit temporary, of new inhabitants attracted by the desire to live healthy and well in a convivial and respectful atmosphere, experiencing minimum reception spaces suitable, for short and long periods. Temporary housing in fact offers the opportunity to attract qualified young people returning back, the elderly, travellers passing through, students, artists, startuppers, activists, and researchers who, although not deep-rooted in the territory, can play a propulsive role in building policies to attract talent and include them in the economic and social fabric of the Small Towns. Temporary housing can also be functional in hosting migrant families, within a social, urban and architectural framework for the creation of a diffuse social hotel, under the public direction of the Municipal Administration
PALERMO 2019: GREEN LINE
No full textL'organizzazione di un Laboratorio internazionale di Progettazione Architettonica ha rivelato l'importanza di accostare figure provenienti dal mondo accademico e istituzionale ancor prima che Palermo presentasse la sua proposta di candidatura a Capitale Europea della Cultura 2019.
Questa esperienza, che si è rivelata utile per definire alcuni spazi incerti della città, è risultata assai stimolante per la comunità scientifica e per le istituzioni coinvolte. La consapevolezza del ruolo di servizio e di indirizzo che la comunità scientifica deve assumersi nei confronti del proprio territorio, i rimando ai temi che riguardano l'architettura e il territorio della città mediterranea, l'attenzione al dibattito internazionale sulla Green line, ha generato fertili ibridazioni nel campo specifico del progetto di architettura nella città.
In questo contesto, il Laboratorio ha preso a pretesto l'interesse della città a partecipare all'evento per evidenziare la necessità di occuparsi di un ampio ambito urbano di Palermo che, parallelamente alla linea di costa, ricongiunge il margine settentrionale del Centro storico con la Valle del fiume Oreto.The International Laboratory of Architectural Design is in general agreement with the present lines of thought regarding the sustainable city, and is proposing interventions geared towards re-instituting relations between the dislocated parts of the urban fabric and enhancement of the urban and natural heritage of the established city. The project-design was carried out in Palermo in three areas of intervention, selected from a number of urban spaces stretching from the Palazzo Reale to the valley of the Oreto river, crossed by a linear park defined as the Green line; the aim was to offer themes and design-activity in support of the much broader project of proposing Palermo as a candidate for European Capital of Culture 2019. Innovation and sustainability, together with the place itself, green infrastructure and living, are the key words around which the architectural
Lisbona città evento. Intervista di Renzo Lecardane a Manuel Salgado / Lisbonne ville événementielle. Entretien de Renzo Lecardane avec Manuel Salgado
No full textFUTURE IS BACK
No full text«Trent'anni fa, un piano per il futuro di New York sarebbe apparso futile» Michael R. Bloomberg, sindaco di New York, che ha introdotto nel 2007 la relazione sul futuro della città per il 2030, PlaNYC, oppose la città degli anni 1970, «interamente concentrata sulla risoluzione di crisi immediate», alla città di quegli anni, «più forte che mai»: consapevole di aver ritrovato il desiderio del futuro. La data dell'11 settembre non è percepita come un presagio della fine della supremazia americana, è un evento superato - Future is back !
Questo ritorno nel futuro è immaginato da tutte le metropoli preoccupate di inserirsi nel mercato dell'attrattività3. Trent'anni dopo la fine del progresso,
l'accelerazione dei trasporti e la dematerializzazione degli scambi hanno imposto la competizione alle città per inventarsi e raccontarsi come città dell'avvenire, attrarre e mantenere la loro posizione. Il futuro, assente in Occidente durante quasi tre decenni di riflessione urbana, è tornato con un'efficacia ritrovata all'interno della società globale, portatore di altri messaggi in forme diverse da quelle della metà degli anni 1970.With the English expression «Future is back», a sort of slogan for the future, the connotation is that of the imaginary universe of mid-20th-century science fiction, mostly North American, when the future, from the cinema to urban design, was inscribed in every project. Today, this return to the future is imagined by all large cities interested in breaking into the market of lure and appeal. Following the termination in progress, the acceleration of transport and the means of communication then imposed competitiveness on cities, so that they could reinvent themselves as cities of the future, capable of both captivating and maintaining their position. Each metropolis, region or city has been forced to rethink its own future as a project, in terms of both image and process, whilst working on long-term scenarios
TEMI E PROGETTI DI ARCHITETTURA NELLA CITTA’ AL TEMPO DELLA CRISI
No full textLa città comeluogo complesso e multiforme di relazioni, identità, conoscenze, consumi, conflitti e integrazioni, ma anche economie e forme di produzione di beni materiali e immateriali, continua ad essere illuogo privilegiato del nostro immaginario e dei nostri progetti.
È proprio sulla città e i suoi abitanti chela crisi si manifesta più duramente conla conseguente perdita di competitività e di attrattività. In questo ambito, è possibile affrontare il tema della crisi dell'architettura, sottraendolo a una interpretazione esclusivamente economica, solo se si è in grado
di conoscerela complessità attuale, richiamandol'attenzione, in Italia come altrove, verso modelli innovativi ispirati a principi di adattamento.
La debolezza delle politiche attuali, i tagli alla spesa pubblica su scala nazionale elocale,la privatizzazione dei beni comuni, il crescente consumo dei suoli, il sempre più diffuso degrado sociale,l'emergenza ambientale sono tutti fenomeni che, per quanto evidenti, invitano a riorientare i dispositivi di sviluppo della società, dell'architettura e dei prodotti verso nuovi modelli di sostenibilità segnati dall'esiguità delle risorse.
Il tema della crisi ha acquisito una straordinaria centralità nel progetto di architettura, gli esempi selezionati fra i progetti elaborati dagli studenti del Laborarorio V di progettazione architettonica e di Laurea L@bCity presentano alcune riflessioni sulla città al tempo della crisi e sull'architettura intesa come disciplina del sapere e dell'agire nella società.The theme of crisis has taken on a dominating central role in architectural projects. The examples chosen from the projects developedby the students of Architectural Design Studio V and Degree Laboratory L@bCity, present certain lines of thought regarding both the city at a time of crisis and architecture understood as a discipline of knowing and taking action in society. From this standpoint the results offer food for thought regarding the future of the European city, representing a critical reflection on the board panorama of open-ended questions relative to the state of the
contemporary project. The issues of re-use and re-cycling of waste-areas are tackled, with suggestions for new programs and activities with regard to infrastructure, energy supplies, and a solution to the conflict between apparently incompatible objects and subjects (aligning itself to the phenomenon of hybridization); this process is fully in agreement with research into the transformation of the contemporary architecture of the city at a time of crisis
Nuove intensità urbane. Esperienze e progetti di architettura nella città storica
No full textThe depiction of urban complexity, as a preliminary action to the project, makes it possible to bring together several research on the vitality of public space, with reference to the observations and projects in the existing city of Jane Jacobs (1961) and Jan Gehl (1971). The notion of urban intensity, investigated in its social and experiential dimensions through a comprehensive theoretical framework, emerges as a key element to reconnect a fragmented urban fabric. A common interest in the idea of experience as a compositional key connects research on phenomenological perception of Mirko Zardini (2005), Juhani Pallasmaa (2005), and in the works of Steven Holl. This contribution summarizes the work carried out during the Architectural Design Workshop held in Madrid and Palermo. The theme of the intervention in the historic center of the Spanish town Alcalá de Henares revolves around two main questions: what should we mean by urban quality when considering the future of the European city? Can the renewal of the historic city be structured in fragments, concentrating new urban intensities in specific areas? The new approach to the project marks a change of vision regarding the role of the experiences generated in an urban or architectural environment, according to Peter Zumthor (2007), shifts the focus from the architectural object to the process, behaviors and people’s actions and produces spaces with different programs, activities and temporalities
Dimenticare Palermo?
No full textL’articolo sottolinea come il libro curato da Francesco De Simone, Renzo Lecardane e Adriana Sarro sia l’ennesima conferma di quanto la relazione tra gli studi di architettura e la città sia indistruttibile. Di fatto, Palermo è una grande aula a cielo aperto in cui ogni docente ritrova
i materiali e le tradizioni di cui ha bisogno per procedere nella sua attività didattica e di ricerca. Nei tessuti della città ogni docente architetto dà vita ad una esplorazione originale perché infiniti sono i significati di una condizione urbana densa e complessa come quella palermitana. Inoltre, “Modificazione urbana negli spazi della città di Palermo” utilizza la comparazione fra argomenti per spostare e confrontare le molte situazioni della città della Conca d’Oro, con altre realtà urbane italiane ed internazionali. Attraverso i progetti degli allievi, e anche grazie al contributo di altri autori, si innestano, nel corpo del libro, alcune questioni che trasformano e dilatano i confini di Palermo. Prende forma un’area ancora più vasta, dove i temi affrontati costruiscono un grande territorio di relazioni fra diverse città e fra molte architetture. In questo mare vasto riemerge Palermo, da luogo di partenza del viaggio a porto di arrivo, mostrandosi come un giacimento inesauribile da indagare attraverso il progetto di architettura. Tale strumento è al centro dell’approfondimento di De Simone, Lecardane e Sarro, riuscendo sempre a fare sintesi tra didattica e ricerca
Reversed limes: Palermo Ringroad. Cataloguing the urban potential of neglected liminary spaces
No full textSince the second half of the 20th century, the theme of liminal or in-between spaces has attracted the recurring interest of many researchers in architecture. In contemporary European cities, liminal spaces have mainly emerged through the design of major infrastructures of the last century. They are usually linear in shape and are connected to or located along the urban edges of major highways.
The hypothesis we propose is that recycling heavy urban infrastructures can serve as a tool for the regeneration of contemporary cities, identifying their spaces as liminal urban places.
This catalogue refers to the Ringroad that surrounds the city of Palermo and recognises the potential of the empty liminal areas along the infrastructure as new public spaces. These areas — Perpignano, Giotto, and Lazio — are large, entirely public, and municipally owned. They suggest the layout of a true linear city, where the limen (door, entrance, passage) can be found through the limes (border, barrier).
The proposed design solutions include the removal of asphalt — replaced by piezoelectric paving — the addition of new trees and urban furniture to create shaded areas and mitigate perceived temperatures, and the construction of small, low-density pavilions to provide the surrounding neighbourhoods with multifunctional and multi-temporal facilities
Valledolmo 2030: Instant crush. Social Housing community and Movida pavilion in the Roccafanara district
No full textThe energy, ecological, and digital transition is gaining significant momentum in the European cultural and social landscape, influencing local practices and policies, and redefining certain themes in architectural design. In this context, the present study focuses on the theme of transition through the continuity of the research-action conducted by LabCity Architecture (DARCH-UNIPA) in synergy with the Municipality of Valledolmo, integrating into a broader program of transformation of the Minor Centres within the territories included in the Trasversale Sicula.
Addressing the issue of housing transition in the Minor Centres of Sicily allows for an in-depth exploration of the specific challenges of temporary housing, developing modalities, methodologies, and design approaches through the experimentation of Social Housing Community. This new way of conceiving dwelling fits into the idea of a social and changing community. Such an innovative urban project aims to improve and enhance the existing material and cultural heritage, along with public space. By contributing to the definition of new ways of living that can support ecological and energy transition, the developed projects combine open space layouts with residences for a renewed community, accommodating migrant families, self-sufficient elderly individuals, and young returning graduates to live temporarily in Valledolmo.
The "Valledolmo Paradise 2030" project fits into this framework, aiming to promote the repopulation capacity of Minor Centres through housing policies and the design of common spaces. The Roccafanara district, consisting of five blocks in a state of semi-abandonment and urban and architectural degradation, was selected as the study area for the experiment, involving six international universities in an architecture training program supported by the UNESCO National Commission-Korea Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
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