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Papers by Dorotea Ottaviani

Research paper thumbnail of Achieving the SDGs through cultural tourism: evidence from practice in the TExTOUR project

European journal of cultural management and policy, Jan 31, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Il valore della memoria nei processi di riqualificazione dei grandi complessi di edilizia residenziale pubblica

9° Congresso Città e Territorio Virtuale, Roma, 2, 3 e 4 ottobre 2013, Sep 1, 2014

Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando "il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elemen... more Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando "il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elementi primari" 170 non è più alla base della configurazione per tessuti della città e la casa diventa monumentale memoria e gesto rappresentativo dello Stato? Concentrando lo sguardo sul periodo tra gli anni 60' e 70' si rende evidente un intento congiunto delle amministrazioni e degli architetti, attraverso la progettazione di complessi a scala macroscopica 171 , spesso isolati dal contesto classico della città, di creare una visione chiara ed iconica del ruolo assistenzialista dello Stato. Questa stagione, sottolineata da scelte compositive in contrapposizione con la visione "ordinaria" della città e della sua crescita per tessuti, raggiunge la sua massima espressione nel "grande segno" che fa coincidere tipologia architettonica con morfologia urbana e racconta di un'amministrazione che vuole essere il referente diretto per la risoluzione di problematiche sociali e risponde in maniera reattiva e molto rapida alle questioni e alle esigenze poste dalle sue classi più bisognose. Il primo valore da riconoscere ai progetti di questo periodo è di essere stati rappresentativi di vocazioni collettive e di averle riassunte con un gesto progettuale dall'alto valore iconografico. La seconda caratteristica di questa stagione architettonica, continuando a restringere la valutazione ad una constatazione dei fatti scevra di componenti di giudizio, è la sua ampia vocazione ad essere terreno sperimentale sia in ambiti architettonici che urbanistici. La domanda che ci poniamo è se sia possibile ripartire da queste due valori per re-interpretare i progetti dei grandi complessi residenziali pubblici e renderli "abitabili" mantenendone le loro particolari vocazioni.

Research paper thumbnail of Activism, Participation and Art during the Pandemic: the Project Back to the Future of Public Space

The Journal of Public Space

2020 has challenged our ways of living and making sense of the world, driving us to rethinking ou... more 2020 has challenged our ways of living and making sense of the world, driving us to rethinking our daily life in both the private and public spheres. Public space has especially been questioned; our understanding of it and the way we use it have been completely revolutionised, opening up new interpretations and evaluations.At the end of 2020 Rhizoma Design and Research Lab launched a Call for Postcards, inviting architects, designers, artists, and activists to reflect upon the paradigm shift happening in our cities, observing and documenting the changing everyday praxis of inhabiting public space as well as envisioning its future, capturing those reflections and ideas in a Postcard.In a time when access to public space was restricted and art in public was paused, the call explored the role of a virtual space for the active creation, sharing, and fruition of public artworks. The call led to a virtual and physical exhibition titled Back to the Future of Public Space: Postcards from 2...

Research paper thumbnail of Adapting Methods and Tools for Participatory Heritage-Based Tourism Planning to Embrace the Four Pillars of Sustainability

Sustainability, Mar 7, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Storytelling as a multidimensional pedagogical tool in practice-based doctoral training for design disciplines

ArchNet-IJAR, Nov 21, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Aldo Rossi’s a scientific autobiography: insights into doctoral training in design disciplines?

Conference proceedings : Aldo Rossi, perspectives from the world : theory, teaching, design & legacy, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Listening to Unheard Voices in Urban Public Space. The Cases of Ruskin Square and Plaça d'en Baró

ZARCH

The paper explores the concept of ‘listening to unheard voices’ in the urban environment as a des... more The paper explores the concept of ‘listening to unheard voices’ in the urban environment as a design intention and strategy that contributes to an inclusive and alternative approach to urban public space, considering and promoting the imperatives of caring that such space should deliver to the city and its inhabitants. The ideas discussed in the paper find their background in the research on the concept of care in feminist urbanism and feminist studies in general, and specifically in relation to the model of the Caring City, promoting a city that places care at its centre, and aims to include a wider selection of citizens in the construction of the public good. Through the analysis of two case studies of public spaces designed by solo-women architecture practices, this paper identifies an alternative relational paradigm which gives space to unheard voices in the urban environment through processes of inclusion and participation. The two cases, Plaça d'en Baró in Santa Coloma de ...

Research paper thumbnail of New Urban Choreographies Cohabiting Public Space in the Time of a Pandemic

Research paper thumbnail of A Scientific Autobiography New Insights Into Doctoral Training for Design Disciplines

Il Poligrafo Casa Editrice srl, 2020

The essay explores elements of the analogy between Rossi’s "A Scientific Autobiography&a... more The essay explores elements of the analogy between Rossi’s "A Scientific Autobiography" and PhD training models in design disciplines, through the trajectories of a number of creative practitioners that have undertaken a practice-based doctoral programme. Those practitioners have been selected as case studies according to previous research in the field of Creative Practice Research conducted by the authors. Three thematic fields surfacing from the authors’ new reading of Rossi’s Autobiography (spatial experiences, time, and reiterations) have guided the exploration. These recurrences have been adopted to identify connections, comparisons, and differences among the work and trajectories of the creative practitioners, highlighting relevant epistemological and methodological insights shared between them and Rossi’s thought.

Research paper thumbnail of CARE 2 Conference for Artistic and Architectural (Doctoral) Research CARE 2 CONFERENCE FOR ARTI STIC AND ARCHI TECTURAL (DOCTORAL) RESEARCH Scientific Committee Organizing Committee ProceeDings Web Editor Layout Designer Introduction to presentations Lunch Panel Members Index of Authors C A R E 2

Research paper thumbnail of “Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of “Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of Practice-based PhD as an explorative journey through tacit knowledge

Research paper thumbnail of Il valore della memoria nei processi di riqualificazione dei grandi complessi di edilizia residenziale pubblica

Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elemen... more Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elementi primari” non e piu alla base della configurazione per tessuti della citta e la casa diventa monumentale memoria e gesto rappresentativo dello Stato? Concentrando lo sguardo sul periodo tra gli anni 60' e 70' si rende evidente un intento congiunto delle amministrazioni e degli architetti, attraverso la progettazione di complessi a scala macroscopica, spesso isolati dal contesto classico della citta, di creare una visione chiara ed iconica del ruolo assistenzialista dello Stato. Questa stagione, sottolineata da scelte compositive in contrapposizione con la visione “ordinaria” della citta e della sua crescita per tessuti, raggiunge la sua massima espressione nel “grande segno” che fa coincidere tipologia architettonica con morfologia urbana e racconta di un’amministrazione che vuole essere il referente diretto per la risoluzione di problematiche sociali e risponde in maniera reat...

Research paper thumbnail of “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of IL VALORE DELLA MEMORIA NEI PROCESSI DI RIQUALIFICAZIONE (Dorotea Ottaviani)

Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elemen... more Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elementi primari” non e piu alla base della configurazione per tessuti della citta e la casa diventa monumentale memoria e gesto rappresentativo dello Stato? Concentrando lo sguardo sul periodo tra gli anni 60' e 70' si rende evidente un intento congiunto delle amministrazioni e degli architetti, attraverso la progettazione di complessi a scala macroscopica, spesso isolati dal contesto classico della citta, di creare una visione chiara ed iconica del ruolo assistenzialista dello Stato. Questa stagione, sottolineata da scelte compositive in contrapposizione con la visione “ordinaria” della citta e della sua crescita per tessuti, raggiunge la sua massima espressione nel “grande segno” che fa coincidere tipologia architettonica con morfologia urbana e racconta di un’amministrazione che vuole essere il referente diretto per la risoluzione di problematiche sociali e risponde in maniera reattiva e molto rapida alle questioni e alle esigenze poste dalle sue classi piu bisognose. Il primo valore da riconoscere ai progetti di questo periodo e di essere stati rappresentativi di vocazioni collettive e di averle riassunte con un gesto progettuale dall'alto valore iconografico. La seconda caratteristica di questa stagione architettonica, continuando a restringere la valutazione ad una constatazione dei fatti scevra di componenti di giudizio, e la sua ampia vocazione ad essere terreno sperimentale sia in ambiti architettonici che urbanistici. La domanda che ci poniamo e se sia possibile ripartire da queste due valori per re-interpretare i progetti dei grandi complessi residenziali pubblici e renderli “abitabili” mantenendone le loro particolari vocazioni.

Research paper thumbnail of La Riconnessione Delle Infrastrutture Urbane

Research paper thumbnail of The Architectural Teaching Paradox: The Practice-Based PhD as a Compass in Navigating through the Incommunicable

Practice of Teaching | Teaching of Practice: The Teacher’s Hunch

The reflections developed in this paper took place from a sentence that architect Botta pronounce... more The reflections developed in this paper took place from a sentence that architect Botta pronounced during the conference ‘The Practice of Teaching’ held at the Biennale Architettura 2018 – 16th International Architecture Exhibition. In that context Botta stated “It is not possible to teach architecture, but it is possible to learn arc hitecture”1. This statement unveils the paradox inherent in architectural education on two different levels of reflection: first , reveals a truth about the different facets of architectural education that can be taught such as history, theory, technology etc., whereas the practice of architecture itself cannot be actually taught. The second stage of the reflection reveals an even more interesting feature of architectural education: design and the design practice are in fact taught but we do not have a clear understanding of how the process happens. Such anomaly suggests the existence of a nebulous space between teaching and learning in architecture an...

Research paper thumbnail of ChipIn

La situazione di stallo di cui soffre la città dall’inizio della crisi del 2008 dimostra la neces... more La situazione di stallo di cui soffre la città dall’inizio della crisi del 2008 dimostra la necessità di ripensare i principi e gli strumenti sulla quale essa si è finora basata. Trovare un modo per utilizzare gli spazi inattivi della città diventa dunque la sfida dell’architettura contemporanea. Attraverso una rilettura complessiva della città basata sul fattore tempo, ChipIn propone la realizzazione di un gioco urbano e di una piattaforma condivisa virtuale con l’obiettivo di costruire relazioni tra soggetti e interessi solitamente distanti. Se il mondo industriale ha già capito da tempo che per assimizzare i suoi guadagni è necessario utilizzare ogni momento disponibile della sua catena produttiva, perché non estendere dunque lo stesso ragionamento alla città? Sincronizzando spazio, tempo e cittadinanza questo progetto intende creare le condizioni per la condivisione delle risorse locali sottoutilizzate. Da questo ‘aggiustamento’, spazi pubblici e privati si trasformano in beni comuni aprendo la strada a una nuova esperienza collettiva. Frammenti umani, spaziali e temporali sono quindi combinati in un nuovo disegno, traccia minuta ma solida, di un’utopia realizzabile.

Research paper thumbnail of Achieving the SDGs through cultural tourism: evidence from practice in the TExTOUR project

European journal of cultural management and policy, Jan 31, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Il valore della memoria nei processi di riqualificazione dei grandi complessi di edilizia residenziale pubblica

9° Congresso Città e Territorio Virtuale, Roma, 2, 3 e 4 ottobre 2013, Sep 1, 2014

Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando "il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elemen... more Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando "il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elementi primari" 170 non è più alla base della configurazione per tessuti della città e la casa diventa monumentale memoria e gesto rappresentativo dello Stato? Concentrando lo sguardo sul periodo tra gli anni 60' e 70' si rende evidente un intento congiunto delle amministrazioni e degli architetti, attraverso la progettazione di complessi a scala macroscopica 171 , spesso isolati dal contesto classico della città, di creare una visione chiara ed iconica del ruolo assistenzialista dello Stato. Questa stagione, sottolineata da scelte compositive in contrapposizione con la visione "ordinaria" della città e della sua crescita per tessuti, raggiunge la sua massima espressione nel "grande segno" che fa coincidere tipologia architettonica con morfologia urbana e racconta di un'amministrazione che vuole essere il referente diretto per la risoluzione di problematiche sociali e risponde in maniera reattiva e molto rapida alle questioni e alle esigenze poste dalle sue classi più bisognose. Il primo valore da riconoscere ai progetti di questo periodo è di essere stati rappresentativi di vocazioni collettive e di averle riassunte con un gesto progettuale dall'alto valore iconografico. La seconda caratteristica di questa stagione architettonica, continuando a restringere la valutazione ad una constatazione dei fatti scevra di componenti di giudizio, è la sua ampia vocazione ad essere terreno sperimentale sia in ambiti architettonici che urbanistici. La domanda che ci poniamo è se sia possibile ripartire da queste due valori per re-interpretare i progetti dei grandi complessi residenziali pubblici e renderli "abitabili" mantenendone le loro particolari vocazioni.

Research paper thumbnail of Activism, Participation and Art during the Pandemic: the Project Back to the Future of Public Space

The Journal of Public Space

2020 has challenged our ways of living and making sense of the world, driving us to rethinking ou... more 2020 has challenged our ways of living and making sense of the world, driving us to rethinking our daily life in both the private and public spheres. Public space has especially been questioned; our understanding of it and the way we use it have been completely revolutionised, opening up new interpretations and evaluations.At the end of 2020 Rhizoma Design and Research Lab launched a Call for Postcards, inviting architects, designers, artists, and activists to reflect upon the paradigm shift happening in our cities, observing and documenting the changing everyday praxis of inhabiting public space as well as envisioning its future, capturing those reflections and ideas in a Postcard.In a time when access to public space was restricted and art in public was paused, the call explored the role of a virtual space for the active creation, sharing, and fruition of public artworks. The call led to a virtual and physical exhibition titled Back to the Future of Public Space: Postcards from 2...

Research paper thumbnail of Adapting Methods and Tools for Participatory Heritage-Based Tourism Planning to Embrace the Four Pillars of Sustainability

Sustainability, Mar 7, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Storytelling as a multidimensional pedagogical tool in practice-based doctoral training for design disciplines

ArchNet-IJAR, Nov 21, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Aldo Rossi’s a scientific autobiography: insights into doctoral training in design disciplines?

Conference proceedings : Aldo Rossi, perspectives from the world : theory, teaching, design & legacy, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Listening to Unheard Voices in Urban Public Space. The Cases of Ruskin Square and Plaça d'en Baró

ZARCH

The paper explores the concept of ‘listening to unheard voices’ in the urban environment as a des... more The paper explores the concept of ‘listening to unheard voices’ in the urban environment as a design intention and strategy that contributes to an inclusive and alternative approach to urban public space, considering and promoting the imperatives of caring that such space should deliver to the city and its inhabitants. The ideas discussed in the paper find their background in the research on the concept of care in feminist urbanism and feminist studies in general, and specifically in relation to the model of the Caring City, promoting a city that places care at its centre, and aims to include a wider selection of citizens in the construction of the public good. Through the analysis of two case studies of public spaces designed by solo-women architecture practices, this paper identifies an alternative relational paradigm which gives space to unheard voices in the urban environment through processes of inclusion and participation. The two cases, Plaça d'en Baró in Santa Coloma de ...

Research paper thumbnail of New Urban Choreographies Cohabiting Public Space in the Time of a Pandemic

Research paper thumbnail of A Scientific Autobiography New Insights Into Doctoral Training for Design Disciplines

Il Poligrafo Casa Editrice srl, 2020

The essay explores elements of the analogy between Rossi’s "A Scientific Autobiography&a... more The essay explores elements of the analogy between Rossi’s "A Scientific Autobiography" and PhD training models in design disciplines, through the trajectories of a number of creative practitioners that have undertaken a practice-based doctoral programme. Those practitioners have been selected as case studies according to previous research in the field of Creative Practice Research conducted by the authors. Three thematic fields surfacing from the authors’ new reading of Rossi’s Autobiography (spatial experiences, time, and reiterations) have guided the exploration. These recurrences have been adopted to identify connections, comparisons, and differences among the work and trajectories of the creative practitioners, highlighting relevant epistemological and methodological insights shared between them and Rossi’s thought.

Research paper thumbnail of CARE 2 Conference for Artistic and Architectural (Doctoral) Research CARE 2 CONFERENCE FOR ARTI STIC AND ARCHI TECTURAL (DOCTORAL) RESEARCH Scientific Committee Organizing Committee ProceeDings Web Editor Layout Designer Introduction to presentations Lunch Panel Members Index of Authors C A R E 2

Research paper thumbnail of “Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of “Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of Practice-based PhD as an explorative journey through tacit knowledge

Research paper thumbnail of Il valore della memoria nei processi di riqualificazione dei grandi complessi di edilizia residenziale pubblica

Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elemen... more Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elementi primari” non e piu alla base della configurazione per tessuti della citta e la casa diventa monumentale memoria e gesto rappresentativo dello Stato? Concentrando lo sguardo sul periodo tra gli anni 60' e 70' si rende evidente un intento congiunto delle amministrazioni e degli architetti, attraverso la progettazione di complessi a scala macroscopica, spesso isolati dal contesto classico della citta, di creare una visione chiara ed iconica del ruolo assistenzialista dello Stato. Questa stagione, sottolineata da scelte compositive in contrapposizione con la visione “ordinaria” della citta e della sua crescita per tessuti, raggiunge la sua massima espressione nel “grande segno” che fa coincidere tipologia architettonica con morfologia urbana e racconta di un’amministrazione che vuole essere il referente diretto per la risoluzione di problematiche sociali e risponde in maniera reat...

Research paper thumbnail of “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation

The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Delivera... more The following research, divided into four deliverables (“Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 9 – Collection of Data/ “Explication of Tacit Knowledge” Deliverable 10 – Interpretation / ”Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11 – Collection of Data /” Refinement and Explication of Methods” Deliverable 11b – Interpretation), is the result of a year of studying the role of Tacit Knowledge and the relevance of methods in practice-based research. The study drew on the reflections and research undertaken by a group of practice-based PhD candidates from different creative disciplines, such as architecture, landscape architecture, design and visual art, coming from Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates and authors of the research were part of a network of practitioners created by the ADAPT-r ITN Project (www.adapt-r.eu). Seven European institutions participated for three years in this project: Glasgow School of Art, RMIT Europe, Estonian Academy of Arts, Aarhus S...

Research paper thumbnail of IL VALORE DELLA MEMORIA NEI PROCESSI DI RIQUALIFICAZIONE (Dorotea Ottaviani)

Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elemen... more Come affrontare i processi di riqualificazione quando “il rapporto tra le aree-residenza e elementi primari” non e piu alla base della configurazione per tessuti della citta e la casa diventa monumentale memoria e gesto rappresentativo dello Stato? Concentrando lo sguardo sul periodo tra gli anni 60' e 70' si rende evidente un intento congiunto delle amministrazioni e degli architetti, attraverso la progettazione di complessi a scala macroscopica, spesso isolati dal contesto classico della citta, di creare una visione chiara ed iconica del ruolo assistenzialista dello Stato. Questa stagione, sottolineata da scelte compositive in contrapposizione con la visione “ordinaria” della citta e della sua crescita per tessuti, raggiunge la sua massima espressione nel “grande segno” che fa coincidere tipologia architettonica con morfologia urbana e racconta di un’amministrazione che vuole essere il referente diretto per la risoluzione di problematiche sociali e risponde in maniera reattiva e molto rapida alle questioni e alle esigenze poste dalle sue classi piu bisognose. Il primo valore da riconoscere ai progetti di questo periodo e di essere stati rappresentativi di vocazioni collettive e di averle riassunte con un gesto progettuale dall'alto valore iconografico. La seconda caratteristica di questa stagione architettonica, continuando a restringere la valutazione ad una constatazione dei fatti scevra di componenti di giudizio, e la sua ampia vocazione ad essere terreno sperimentale sia in ambiti architettonici che urbanistici. La domanda che ci poniamo e se sia possibile ripartire da queste due valori per re-interpretare i progetti dei grandi complessi residenziali pubblici e renderli “abitabili” mantenendone le loro particolari vocazioni.

Research paper thumbnail of La Riconnessione Delle Infrastrutture Urbane

Research paper thumbnail of The Architectural Teaching Paradox: The Practice-Based PhD as a Compass in Navigating through the Incommunicable

Practice of Teaching | Teaching of Practice: The Teacher’s Hunch

The reflections developed in this paper took place from a sentence that architect Botta pronounce... more The reflections developed in this paper took place from a sentence that architect Botta pronounced during the conference ‘The Practice of Teaching’ held at the Biennale Architettura 2018 – 16th International Architecture Exhibition. In that context Botta stated “It is not possible to teach architecture, but it is possible to learn arc hitecture”1. This statement unveils the paradox inherent in architectural education on two different levels of reflection: first , reveals a truth about the different facets of architectural education that can be taught such as history, theory, technology etc., whereas the practice of architecture itself cannot be actually taught. The second stage of the reflection reveals an even more interesting feature of architectural education: design and the design practice are in fact taught but we do not have a clear understanding of how the process happens. Such anomaly suggests the existence of a nebulous space between teaching and learning in architecture an...

Research paper thumbnail of ChipIn

La situazione di stallo di cui soffre la città dall’inizio della crisi del 2008 dimostra la neces... more La situazione di stallo di cui soffre la città dall’inizio della crisi del 2008 dimostra la necessità di ripensare i principi e gli strumenti sulla quale essa si è finora basata. Trovare un modo per utilizzare gli spazi inattivi della città diventa dunque la sfida dell’architettura contemporanea. Attraverso una rilettura complessiva della città basata sul fattore tempo, ChipIn propone la realizzazione di un gioco urbano e di una piattaforma condivisa virtuale con l’obiettivo di costruire relazioni tra soggetti e interessi solitamente distanti. Se il mondo industriale ha già capito da tempo che per assimizzare i suoi guadagni è necessario utilizzare ogni momento disponibile della sua catena produttiva, perché non estendere dunque lo stesso ragionamento alla città? Sincronizzando spazio, tempo e cittadinanza questo progetto intende creare le condizioni per la condivisione delle risorse locali sottoutilizzate. Da questo ‘aggiustamento’, spazi pubblici e privati si trasformano in beni comuni aprendo la strada a una nuova esperienza collettiva. Frammenti umani, spaziali e temporali sono quindi combinati in un nuovo disegno, traccia minuta ma solida, di un’utopia realizzabile.

Research paper thumbnail of Tallinn ADAPT-r DAY / CREATIVE PRACTICE = RESEARCH METHODS. THE ADAPT-r PHD MODEL

The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture is developing a doctoral programme in Archit... more The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture is developing a doctoral programme in Architecture and Urban Planning in cooperation with a network of international architecture schools, as partner of ADAPT-r project.
The core feature of the methodological model offered by ADAPT-r and the Estonian Academy of Arts practice-led PhD program is that new knowledge is developed by reflection on, through and for creative practice.
The upcoming ADAPT-r Day aims to give an insight into practitioners' diverse methodologies in conducting their PhDs, related challenges and discoveries.
"Creative Practice = Research Methods" urges the presenters to reveal how the practice methods are the same as (not differ from) research methods. What are the key elements of creative practice research methods? Speakers will contribute to the discussion by presenting their own observations and heuristic.
Contributions by both ADAPT-r fellows and the Faculty's doctoral candidates aim to trigger debate with local practitioners, students and candidates from other fields (arts, design, technology, engineering, social sciences and humanities in general, etc).
ADAPT-r (acronym for Architecture, Design and Art Practice Training-Research) is an ITN Initial Training Network funded within the FP7 Marie Curie Program. ADAPT-r is a network of seven academic institutions, but it engages also with design studios. The project includes 40 fellowships, seven training conferences, a major research conference, a final exhibition, five key books, and a website providing public access to research and events. The PhD supported by the ADAPT-r project is structured through three years of research, and is organised in six Practice Research Symposia (two per year, held in Ghent and in Barcelona), namely the PRS, in which the practitioners are invited to present their research and submit it to public consideration.

12.00
Greetings by Toomas Tammis and Veronika Valk
Estonian Academy of Arts + ADAPT-r

12.30
Introduction to the ADAPT-r Day
"ADAPT-r Creative Practice Research Methods:
the PhD Journey"
Alice Buoli / Estonian Academy of Arts
Cecilia De Marinis / RMIT Barcelona
Dorotea Ottaviani / Glasgow School of Art

13.00
"The act or process of negotiating: a dialogue to craft outcomes"
Michael Corr
(Place Belfast / ADAPT-r @ Estonian Academy of Arts)

13.30
"A Public Architect"
Toomas Paaver
(PAIK Arhitektid / Estonian Academy of Arts)

14.00 - 14.30
Light lunch

14.30
"The Practice of Theory-for-Practice: Towards the Toolbox of Dynamic Contextualism"
Eik Hermann
(Estonian Academy of Arts)

15.00
"With or without tiger – the practice and (or) research"
Jaan Tiidemann
(Ninja Studio / Estonian Academy of Arts)

15.30
"b(I/O)logic. On the relevance of bio-computation in Architecture and Urban Design"
Claudia Pasquero
(ecoLogicStudio / ADAPT-r @ Estonian Academy of Arts)

16.00
Roundtable / panel discussion

http://www.artun.ee/en/creative-practice-research-methods-tallinn-adapt-r-day-7-04

Research paper thumbnail of ADAPT-r SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Why is it important that creative practitioners reflect on and unveil their modes of practice&res... more Why is it important that creative practitioners reflect on and unveil their modes of practice&research?
The call for Postcards aims to challenge creative practitioners to explore their practice by means of the Scientific Autobiography.

Selected contributions will be exhibit from the 22nd of November to the 18th of December 2016 during the “ADAPT-r Final Exhibition” at Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London (www.p3exhibitions.com)

http://callforpostcards.tumblr.com
www.adaptr.eu

Research paper thumbnail of PhD by Design - Instant Journal #3 - Exploring what the future holds for practice-based PhDs (2016)

by Dorotea Ottaviani, Bianca Elzenbaumer & Fabio Franz/Brave New Alps, Alison Thomson, Maria Portugal, Joanna Boehnert, Caroline Claisse, Moritz Greiner-Petter, Søren Rosenbak, Merryn Haines Gadd, Giovanni Marmont, Cally Gatehouse, Aditya Pawar, Camilla Groth, Dimeji Onafuwa, and Alice Buoli

PhD by Design is a forum where to vocalise, discuss and work through many of the topical issues o... more PhD by Design is a forum where to vocalise, discuss and work through many of the topical issues of conducting a practice-based PhD in design and to explore how these are re-shaping the field of design.

Research paper thumbnail of A Scientific Autobiography: new insights into doctoral training for Design disciplines?

In: Bovati, M., Caja, M., Landsberger, M., Lorenzi, A. (a cura di), Aldo Rossi. Perspectives From The World. Il Poligrafo casa editrice, Padova, pp. 156-167, 2020

The essay explores elements of the analogy between Rossi’s "A Scientific Autobiography" and PhD t... more The essay explores elements of the analogy between Rossi’s "A Scientific Autobiography" and PhD training models in design disciplines, through the trajectories of a number of creative practitioners that have undertaken a practice-based doctoral programme. Those practitioners have been selected as case studies according to previous research in the field of Creative Practice Research conducted by the authors.
Three thematic fields surfacing from the authors’ new reading of Rossi’s Autobiography (spatial experiences, time, and reiterations) have guided the exploration. These recurrences have been adopted to identify connections, comparisons, and differences among the work and trajectories of the creative practitioners, highlighting relevant epistemological and methodological insights shared between them and Rossi’s thought.