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Biourbanism, 2019
Full program of the International Society of Biourbanism Summer School to be held in Artena, Ita... more Full program of the International Society of Biourbanism Summer School to be held in Artena, Italy, July 13-20, 2019.
General Coordination: Emeritus Prof. Besim Hasim Research Aim Mediterranean Urban Codes’ goal is... more General Coordination: Emeritus Prof. Besim Hasim
Research Aim
Mediterranean Urban Codes’ goal is to articulate how those codes shaped the traditional built environment, so as to provide lessons and models for contemporary and future architects, urban designers, city administrators and officials, and lawyers, who are involved in formulating or revising codes.
Sponsor(s): International Society of Biourbanism
Papers by Stefano Serafini
Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future, 2010
The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the Ame... more The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the American Institute of Architects as a CPD; it was scheduled on June 1st, 2013. Eleni Tracada and Stefano Serafini delivered this CPD/workshop during Edra44 Providence, Annual Conference of Environmental Design Research Association (May 29-June 1, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA)Title of the Conference: 'Healthy + Healing Places'.
The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the Ame... more The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the American Institute of Architects as a CPD; it was scheduled on June 1st, 2013. Eleni Tracada and Stefano Serafini delivered this CPD/workshop during Edra44 Providence, Annual Conference of Environmental Design Research Association (May 29-June 1, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA)Title of the Conference: 'Healthy + Healing Places'.For Eleni Tracada participation: ADT fund
Il progetto LEO nasce da un’azione sinergica tra la Societa Internazionale di Biourbanistica e il... more Il progetto LEO nasce da un’azione sinergica tra la Societa Internazionale di Biourbanistica e il Comune di Carpineto Romano (RM). Obiettivo generale e quello di agevolare la rinascita socio-economica della comunita locale, favorendo quelle competenze tecniche e capacita creative necessarie per rafforzare sia l’ambito socio-economico che quello culturale. Il progetto si articola su azioni volte ad avviare un mini-incubatore di sviluppo cittadino e territoriale, capace di trasmettere conoscenze tecnologiche, professionali e manageriali e un processo di valorizzazione e promozione di Carpineto Romano come territorio turistico. Ogni azione e strutturata in modo sistemico, secondo il modello peer-to-peer e tale da coniugare tradizione ed innovazione, locale e globale. Parole chiave: biourbanistica, peer-to-peer , innovazione
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements, 2016
This chapter investigates the metropolitan area of Bologna, Italy, aiming at understanding how th... more This chapter investigates the metropolitan area of Bologna, Italy, aiming at understanding how the enforcement of a smart economy affects smart cities, and brings to social and cultural development. We especially focus on such as smart economy key factors, inter-linkages between smart economy and social development, cultural preservation, heritage conservation, and ecological management. Data analysis shows that smart initiatives do not guarantee any economic growth, especially in a context of economic and financial crisis. A good digital infrastructure can facilitate the circulation of information and offer new opportunities to economy and society, but it is not enough. We have observed that the traditional, local social structure, funded on cooperation, may rather represent a very interesting starting point toward a new peer-to-peer organization of economy and society. Notwithstanding, traditional social structures badly need an infrastructural update in order to effectively enforce new socioeconomic strategies.
Two weeks before the publication of the relevant post on Nature (Schiermeier, 2018) that we are g... more Two weeks before the publication of the relevant post on Nature (Schiermeier, 2018) that we are going to discuss below, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, presented to the public a program of major macroeconomic and social reforms aimed at wealth distribution. President Putin made it clear that such a change is in line with the previous, decades-long process of recovery from the disastrous post-Soviet era and grounded on Russia’s sovereignty. He consequently introduced his speech showing an impressive series of warfare technology leaps that seem to mark the country’s worldwide superiority in strategic ballistic nuclear weapons (Tanas & Biryukov, 2018). The United States Department of Defense acknowledged such achievements publicly one month before the Russian announcement (Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2018, pp. 8-10). A month after Nature’s publication, another event occurred that was connected to the speech by Vladimir V. Putin. Vladislav Y. Surk...
Presentation of the latter book by Antonio Lima-de-Faria, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogen... more Presentation of the latter book by Antonio Lima-de-Faria, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogenetics at Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Biourbanism, 2019
Full program of the International Society of Biourbanism Summer School to be held in Artena, Ita... more Full program of the International Society of Biourbanism Summer School to be held in Artena, Italy, July 13-20, 2019.
General Coordination: Emeritus Prof. Besim Hasim Research Aim Mediterranean Urban Codes’ goal is... more General Coordination: Emeritus Prof. Besim Hasim
Research Aim
Mediterranean Urban Codes’ goal is to articulate how those codes shaped the traditional built environment, so as to provide lessons and models for contemporary and future architects, urban designers, city administrators and officials, and lawyers, who are involved in formulating or revising codes.
Sponsor(s): International Society of Biourbanism
Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future, 2010
The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the Ame... more The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the American Institute of Architects as a CPD; it was scheduled on June 1st, 2013. Eleni Tracada and Stefano Serafini delivered this CPD/workshop during Edra44 Providence, Annual Conference of Environmental Design Research Association (May 29-June 1, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA)Title of the Conference: 'Healthy + Healing Places'.
The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the Ame... more The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the American Institute of Architects as a CPD; it was scheduled on June 1st, 2013. Eleni Tracada and Stefano Serafini delivered this CPD/workshop during Edra44 Providence, Annual Conference of Environmental Design Research Association (May 29-June 1, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA)Title of the Conference: 'Healthy + Healing Places'.For Eleni Tracada participation: ADT fund
Il progetto LEO nasce da un’azione sinergica tra la Societa Internazionale di Biourbanistica e il... more Il progetto LEO nasce da un’azione sinergica tra la Societa Internazionale di Biourbanistica e il Comune di Carpineto Romano (RM). Obiettivo generale e quello di agevolare la rinascita socio-economica della comunita locale, favorendo quelle competenze tecniche e capacita creative necessarie per rafforzare sia l’ambito socio-economico che quello culturale. Il progetto si articola su azioni volte ad avviare un mini-incubatore di sviluppo cittadino e territoriale, capace di trasmettere conoscenze tecnologiche, professionali e manageriali e un processo di valorizzazione e promozione di Carpineto Romano come territorio turistico. Ogni azione e strutturata in modo sistemico, secondo il modello peer-to-peer e tale da coniugare tradizione ed innovazione, locale e globale. Parole chiave: biourbanistica, peer-to-peer , innovazione
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements, 2016
This chapter investigates the metropolitan area of Bologna, Italy, aiming at understanding how th... more This chapter investigates the metropolitan area of Bologna, Italy, aiming at understanding how the enforcement of a smart economy affects smart cities, and brings to social and cultural development. We especially focus on such as smart economy key factors, inter-linkages between smart economy and social development, cultural preservation, heritage conservation, and ecological management. Data analysis shows that smart initiatives do not guarantee any economic growth, especially in a context of economic and financial crisis. A good digital infrastructure can facilitate the circulation of information and offer new opportunities to economy and society, but it is not enough. We have observed that the traditional, local social structure, funded on cooperation, may rather represent a very interesting starting point toward a new peer-to-peer organization of economy and society. Notwithstanding, traditional social structures badly need an infrastructural update in order to effectively enforce new socioeconomic strategies.
Two weeks before the publication of the relevant post on Nature (Schiermeier, 2018) that we are g... more Two weeks before the publication of the relevant post on Nature (Schiermeier, 2018) that we are going to discuss below, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, presented to the public a program of major macroeconomic and social reforms aimed at wealth distribution. President Putin made it clear that such a change is in line with the previous, decades-long process of recovery from the disastrous post-Soviet era and grounded on Russia’s sovereignty. He consequently introduced his speech showing an impressive series of warfare technology leaps that seem to mark the country’s worldwide superiority in strategic ballistic nuclear weapons (Tanas & Biryukov, 2018). The United States Department of Defense acknowledged such achievements publicly one month before the Russian announcement (Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2018, pp. 8-10). A month after Nature’s publication, another event occurred that was connected to the speech by Vladimir V. Putin. Vladislav Y. Surk...
Presentation of the latter book by Antonio Lima-de-Faria, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogen... more Presentation of the latter book by Antonio Lima-de-Faria, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogenetics at Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the Ame... more The slides were used for a two and a half hours intensive workshop, which was accepted by the American Institute of Architects as a CPD; it was scheduled on June 1st, 2013. Eleni Tracada and Stefano Serafini delivered this CPD/workshop during Edra44 Providence, Annual Conference of Environmental Design Research Association (May 29-June 1, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA)Title of the Conference: 'Healthy + Healing Places'.
The present book highlights studies that show how smart cities promote urban economic development... more The present book highlights studies that show how smart cities promote urban economic development. The book surveys the state of the art of Smart City Economic Development through a literature survey. The book uses 13 in depth city research case studies in 10 countries such as the North America, Europe, Africa and Asia to explain how a smart economy changes the urban spatial system and vice versa. This book focuses
on exploratory city studies in different countries, which investigate how urban spatial systems adapt to the specific needs of smart urban economy. The theory of smart city economic development is not yet entirely understood and applied in metropolitan regional plans. Smart urban economies are largely the result of the influence of ICT
applications on all aspects of urban economy, which in turn changes the land-use system.
It points out that the dynamics of smart city GDP creation takes ‘different paths,’ which need further empirical study, hypothesis testing and mathematical modelling. Although there are hypotheses on how smart cities generate wealth and social benefits for nations, there are no significant empirical studies available on how they generate urban economic development through urban spatial adaptation. This book with 13 cities research studies is one attempt to fill in the gap in knowledge base.
A chapter "Biourbanism as new epistemological perspective between Science, Design and Nature", in... more A chapter "Biourbanism as new epistemological perspective between Science, Design and Nature", in Handbook of research on Architecture & Sustainability: Critical Perspectives. “Generating sustainability concepts from an architectural perspective”, a book edited by Ahmed Zaib Khan Mahsud, Publisher: ACCO Uitgeverij). ISBN: 9789462920880.
Il centro storico di Artena (RM) ha subito una pesante distruzione bellica durante l'ultima guerr... more Il centro storico di Artena (RM) ha subito una pesante distruzione bellica durante l'ultima guerra. Da allora la situazione è rimasta immutata ed oggi ancora resistono degli ampi spazi aperti con le rovine dei muri in pietra a testimonianza degli edifici di un tempo. Artena rientrata nel nuovo Piano Città prevede la ricostruzione di tutte le abitazioni demolite per destinarne buona parte ad housing sociale. La ricostruzione ha obiettivi di ripopolamento e allentamento della tensione abitativa, quando è evidente lo scontro con la tendenza ad abbandonare il borgo: il problema non è la disponibilità di case ma di vitalità del centro. Attualmente Artena ha iniziato una fase di rinascita grazie all'avvio del " ProgettoArtena " , madre della seguente proposta di ricostruzione alternativa che propone non più la ricostruzione delle antiche abitazioni ma la trasformazione di quelle aree in spazi pubblici strutturati, accoglienti, in grado di garantire funzione e memoria, versatili nella loro gestione, integrati e sostenibili per l'antico tessuto cittadino. Lo spazio privato che diventa pubblico.
Design strategico e service design applicato al territorio e alla sua vita, ridefinizione degli a... more Design strategico e service design applicato al territorio e alla sua vita, ridefinizione degli assetti urbanistici infra- e strutturali, fino ai dettagli architettonici (biofilia), e start up innovativo, il Progetto Artena è la prima applicazione dei principi della biourbanistica (neuroergonomia, biofilia, sostenibilità strutturale, leggi della forma, delle scale, e costruttale) al design per il cambiamento sociale, sotto forma di un servizio di analisi, strategia e azione per la rinascita del borgo di Artena (Roma). Esso è al contempo ricerca sperimentale, e procedura di prototipazione di un modello di sviluppo funzionale per l’Italia.
L’intero progetto procede per partecipazione maieutica, e si auto sostiene economicamente, attraverso i sottoprogetti che realizzano la visione generale
Il Progetto è teso a disegnare lo spazio fisico, virtuale e socioeconomico, sottintendendo che ogni spazio ha una valenza biopolitica. Averne cura vuol dire perciò avere cura degli abitanti che con esso scambiano energie, in una gerarchia che dalla piccola unità abitativa si espande a interi continenti. La dematerializzazione delle città, legata al processo globale di “segnificazione” economica, va bilanciata con la realizzazione di veri luoghi fisici che permettono interazione reale, e dunque la vita di noi tutti (placemaking). Curare un luogo “minore” come Artena serve a comprendere che il cuore del mondo, come la soluzione di un problema, può essere ovunque.