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Softly smart: experiencing place identity
Full text linkA recent approach to place development is to construct integrated systems for managing cultural and identity resources so that they can be enjoyed through ‘experiential itineraries’. These itineraries are designed on the basis of a survey of existing heritage, with a view to support creative industries or to help develop new ones. Visitor experience of a place can be further enhanced and virtualised using smart technologies. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the studies on experiential itineraries. The studies are rooted in the disciplines of psychology and economy, and, more recently, in disciplines that study places. The author proposes an analysis and design software tool for identification and enhancement of cultural and identity resources. The tool is a dynamic and interactive platform for complex and sensitive management of qualitative data of a place. It is conceived as a single platform with different entry points, both private and public, for local authorities, professionals and citizens. The paper concludes with a brief presentation of case studies carried out in the historical centres of Palestrina and Gaeta in Italy, both characterised by low-impact tourism. The main objective of these studies was to achieve smart experiential knowledge of a place allowing sustainable enjoyment of its resources
Planning and Place in the City. Mapping Place Identity
No full textUnder the influence of globalization, the centres of many cities in the industrialised world are losing their place identity, the set of cultural markers that define a city’s uniqueness and make it instantly recognisable. A key task for planners and residents, working together, is to preserve that unique sense of place without making the city a parody of itself.
In Planning and Place in the City,the author explores the preservation, reconstruction and enhancement of cultural heritage and place identity. She outlines the history of the concept of placemaking, and sets out the range of different methods of analysis and assessment that are used to help pin down the nature of place identity. This book also uses the author's own survey-based method called PlaceMaker to detect elements that do not feature in traditional mapping and identifies appropriate planning interventions.
Case studies investigate cities in Europe, North America and Asia, which demonstrate how surveys and interviews can be used to draw up an analytical map of place identity. This investigative work is a crucial step in identifying cultural elements which will influence what planning decisions should be taken the future. The maps aim to establish a dialogue with local residents and support planners and administrators in making sustainable changes. The case studies are amply illustrated with survey data sheets, photos, and coloured maps.
Innovative and broad-based, Planning and Place in the City lays out an approach to the identification and preservation of place and cultural heritage suitable for students, academics and professionals alike
Quality and safety in public spaces: a new challenge in the post Covid-19 period
No full textPublic spaces represent places where people spent their free time. This is true in particular if the public space is agreeable, welcoming, easy to access and with many activities to do. In Italy it does not exist a specific law for urban design project; for this reason, the creation of a public space is devoted to different kind of urban planning tools. In the same way, also funds that can be devoted to their creation are different according with the used urban planning tool and can be public or public and private; furthermore, the design can be realized by the administration office technician or by a private expert. But in any case, to comprehend the receipt for the success of a public space is not easy and many factors can concur to it.
This year a new condition has characterized Italian and worldwide public space. The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has interested the whole word and, although in different manner and measure, changing habits and use of people of places and cities (Carmona, Heath, Oc, Tiesdell, 2010; Gehl, 2010, 2016, 2020; Mehaffy, Elmlund, Farrell, 2019). In many countries public spaces became completely empty for months and new urban landscapes have substituted the previous one, transforming the private in public (Friedmann, 2010; Francis, Giles-Corti, Wood, Knuiman, 2012; Zelinka, Brennan, 2001). Houses and balconies were – and still are – used as the work and study scene, allowing people to go inside the private life (Carmona, 2019; Madanipour, Knierbein, Degros, 2014). Children and young have interrupted until the new academic year the education in presence to start the distance one; adults started the smart working; elderly begun to meet their son on the video of the computer (Karsten, 2003; Zhai, Li, Liu, 2018). In Italy and in the other countries, the reopening of public spaces happened, although with different restrictions.
Starting from these premises aim of this paper is to present the results of a research carried in the framework of: the Urban Maestro. New Governance Strategies for Urban Design Horizon 2020 research project, the ISMed-CNR post-Covid researches and the INU Community Public Space, the latter coordinated by the author. The author, as a member of the Advisory and Support Group, shared the Italian good practices in the public space field. The Community Public Space has the objective to collect best practices of public space in Italy, starting from the Charter of Public Space which was adopted during the second Biennial of Public Space held in Rome in 2013. The Charter is composed by 50 principles that are a sort of guidelines for liveable and sustainable public spaces. In order to comprehend the relationship between theory and practice and verify the validity of the Charter after 10 years of its creation and in particular in this sanitary emergency, about 30 case studies were collected (UN Habitat, 2013; Garau, Lancerin, Sepe, 2015). The ISMed-CNR research titled Analysis and design of contemporary territory: identity, health and liveability for resilient and sustainable places with the author’s responsibility is aimed at identifying the factors and elements which make healthy and liveable a place – in the aforementioned 30 Italian case studies, and more in general in the world, - through ad hoc methodologies of urban analysis and design
Covid-19 pandemic and public spaces: improving quality and flexibility for healthier places
Full text linkThe current Covid-19 pandemic has interested the whole word, changing habits and use of places and cities. In the lockdown period, cities and public spaces became completely empty and new urban landscapes substituted the previous ones, transforming the private in public. Children, young and elder people were those who mainly had problems: to them, real life was negated at the time of their life in which this is more important. In Italy, the second country after China which was interested by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, the reopening of all the public spaces happened after 2 months of closure. This allowed again “in presence” social interactions, although in respect of the physical distance, confirming the importance of these places for all people. Starting from these premises, the aim of this paper is to present the results of a study carried in the framework of the Horizon 2020 research project Urban Maestro, New Governance Strategies for Urban Design, of the ISMed-National Research Council post Covid research, and of the INU Community Public Space, the last two initiatives coordinated by the author. The objective is to identify the relationships between theory and practice of the Charter of Public Space after 10 years of its creation, and verify its validity, in particular, in this Covid-19 emergency period. The Charter of Public Space was adopted during the second Biennial of Public Space held in Rome in 2013 and presented at the Quito Habitat 3 Conference in 2016. In those events many principles were used for the New Urban Agenda discussion concerning quality of public spaces. To achieve the goal of the research, an original method of analysis was created and about thirty case studies were collected, nine of which will be illustrated in this paper. The cases were selected because they follow many principles of the Charter and are then characterized by quality of design and flexibility of use. Accordingly, the update of some principles of the Charter was necessary to meet the new Covid-19 pandemic needs
URBAN TOOLS AND GOOD PRACTICES: REALIZING SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC SPACES
Full text linkThe research – titled Public Spaces. From Principles to Practice – illustrated in this paper was carried out by the author in the framework of the Urban Maestro New Governance Strategies for Urban Design Horizon 2020 research project and the INU Community Public Space, the latter coordinated by the author. The Urban Maestro Project – coordinated by the UCL and in partnership with UN-Habitat – “looks at the ways European cities are being designed and financed, focusing on innovative ways of generating and implementing urban spatial quality”. Among the objective, the project compares experiences in Europe to international practices. Accordingly, the author, as a member of the Advisory and Support Group, shared the good Italian practices in the public space field. The Community Public Space has the objective to collect best practices of public space in Italy, starting from the Charter of Public Space, which was adopted during the second Biennial of Public Space held in Rome in 2015 and updated during the 2019 Biennial. The Charter is composed by 50 principles that are a sort of guidelines for liveable and sustainable public spaces. In order to comprehend the relationship between theory and practice and verify the validity of the Charter after 10 years of its creation, about 30 case studies were collected. The cases are all Italian and quite recent, except two – Piazza del Campo in Siena and Piazza Chanoux in Aosta – which, although hold, are always contemporary in their uses. The general framework which emerges shows different design, planning, cultural, geographical, social and financial factors that can determine the quality of a public space. Starting from these premises, the methodology and main results of this research will be illustrated.
Emblematic case studies with particular attention to sustainability will complete the paper
Preserving, reconstructing and enhancing the place identity: identifying principles of urban sustainability with PlaceMaker method
No full textShaping the future: perspectives in research on, and the teaching of, urban design
No full textThe paper deals with the new topics in the teachment and profession related to urban desig
Un Parco per riqualificare le periferie, il Denaro – inserto Territorio e sviluppo - n° 8 del 11-01-2002
No full textIdentity, health and urban liveability: creating spaces for people
No full textThe paper deals with case studies concerning livable and healthy public spaces chosen from a preselected of 30 best practices in Italy with the aim to comprehend their sustainability meant in its tree-fold meaning
Software di supporto al metodo Place‐Maker per l'individuazione delle potenzialità/criticità del territorio della necropoli in rapporto con la città di Sovana ai fini di una valorizzazione integrata
No full textIl contributo illustra il software PlaceMaker di supporto all'omonimo metodo realizzato con l'obiettivo di ottenere una modalità di lettura del territorio dinamica ed interattiva, consentendo, da una parte l'utilizzo di itinerari turistico-culturali creati nell'ambito del progetto TECON@BC, e, dall'altra, la creazione di itinerari personalizzati. Il metodo PlaceMaker individua le risorse culturali ed identitarie di un territorio ed interventi di progetto utili ad una sua valorizzazione sostenibile. Nel caso studio di Sovana, gli interventi di progetto, visualizzati grazie a mappe multimediali, sono tesi ad una valorizzazione integrata delle risorse individuate non focalizzata nei soli periodi di maggiore affluenza di visitatori ma in tutto l'arco dell'anno e da prevedersi per un utilizzo non solo da parte dei turisti, ma anche dei locali
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