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Research paper thumbnail of The co-living experience as engine of social innovations in the "Sassi" complex in Matera

Research paper thumbnail of Il co-living come motore di innovazioni sociali nei "Sassi" di Matera. The co-living experience as engine for social innovations in the "Sassi" complex in Matera

The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families... more The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families and in particular made more difficult to buy or rent an apartment, also due to myopic housing policies which favour the builders and their profits instead of answer to needs and necessities of population. Besides this there is also a lack of design sensibility from the ones who design and build houses: they base their operational strategy on statistic and beliefs which date back to the 80s and fix the traditional family unit of father, mother and two/three children as the standard one. On the last years there’s a new trend: peoples from various class origins and occupations are setting up teams with the aim of doing community actions for fighting the economic crisis, for example purchasing groups, ecovillages, cohousing and coworking, useful to hold down the costs but also to arrange social innovation models. The aim of this paper is to introduce two operative experiences which, startin...

Research paper thumbnail of The Occupants’ Perspective as Catalyst for Less Energy Intensive Buildings

Energy and Buildings, 2016

ABSTRACT Environmental and life quality low standards signal that the well-balanced relation betw... more ABSTRACT Environmental and life quality low standards signal that the well-balanced relation between building and dwelling is jeopardized. Reliable data should be combined with the evaluation given by users. In fact, the study of occupants’ perception and behaviour supplies designers with meaningful feedback and enables them to detect solutions which meet users’ requirements better and reduce the gap between expected and actual building performance. This paper presents an operational approach that aims to rebuild the synergy among architectural design, building management and use: a web platform, for discovering the ‘proof’ of the actual effectiveness of design solutions, through a database of comparable case studies, and an enquiry, conducted through surveys and questionnaires. The innovative aspect of this methodology is the contextual analysis and evaluation of objective and subjective aspects. The related outcomes concern the definition of actual, prior areas of action and strategies that are congruent with both building physical characteristics and people's perception.

Research paper thumbnail of Tools for a Better Liveability in Neighbourhoods: The “Environmental Island” Design Methodology and the Citizen Engagement Process

ATHENS JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE, 2019

The constant increase of private vehicular traffic and its arrogant pervasiveness worsened the ur... more The constant increase of private vehicular traffic and its arrogant pervasiveness worsened the urban environment liveability in many Italian cities and destroy more and more their true essence. Only in the last thirty-year period, in Europe, there was a marked acceleration in scientific research and policymaking for defining and experimenting traffic calming strategies and measures aimed at improving the level of safety and accessibility, creating more shared spaces and increasing quality of life, especially in neighbourhoods. Lagging behind other European countries, also Italy started to relate the slow speed principle to the liveable district notion; thanks to the New Traffic Code, the concept of «Environmental Island» was introduced: a «single urban zone delimited by the main road network, aimed at restoring urban spaces' liveability». The «Environmental Island» can then be meant as a possibility not only for reorganizing vehicular mobility but also for upgrading residential urban areas and satisfying dwellers' daily life needs. The analysis of limits and possibilities of application demonstrated that the used methodology could take from both scientific and operative viewpoints to interesting results, defining actions' location, priority and range and providing administrations with advice on the opportunity to act. It is indeed the tight interlace between design process, involving technicians, and public consultation process, involving citizens and local administrations, that can achieve success. In order to ensure the effectiveness of this work, a widespread awareness of the need of changing rooted habits, regarding urban space use, has to be developed; this becomes then the best occasion to implement a type of collective education that leads to a more responsible behaviour from the overall sustainability viewpoint. For years, the topic here presented was faced, also featuring pilot studies in Rome, and now is going to become an applied research; indeed, thanks to the collaboration with various stakeholders, a participation process, aimed at defining the implementation of an Environmental Island in one of the oldest and most central districts of Roma: Rione Monti, is currently underway.

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from the traditional mediterranean architecture: microclimatic and liveability conditions in intermediate outdoor spaces

Research paper thumbnail of Environmental sustainability requires a synergy between urban and building upgrading

Research paper thumbnail of “University and dwellers’ associations together for creating sustainable and healthy urban environments

This methodology brings together technicians and inhabitants' delegates, both during the feas... more This methodology brings together technicians and inhabitants' delegates, both during the feasibility study and during seminars where various solutions are presented and selected and local politicians, dwellers and students are invited. The identified design proposals, concerning roofing, facades and courtyards, are environmentally conscious and of passive solar type; they focus on the use of natural materials (green roofs and walls, permeable paving) and renewable energies (photovoltaic and geothermal). The central idea of these proposals is the economical and technical feasibility of the interventions. The whole process, aimed at defining shared targets, spawning initiatives that contribute both to increase the civic sense and to improve life and health conditions, create the preconditions for a real sustainability of the district.

Research paper thumbnail of The co-living experience as engine for social innovations in the "Sassi" complex in Matera.

The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families... more The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families and in particular made more difficult to buy or rent an apartment, also due to myopic housing policies which favour the builders and their profits instead of answer to needs and necessities of population.

Conference Presentations by Giovanni Perrucci

Research paper thumbnail of L'ecosistema #sottaninrete: spazi strumenti community

In rappresentanza dell'ass. Esperimenti Architettonici, con i contributi di Annamaria Baldassarra... more In rappresentanza dell'ass. Esperimenti Architettonici, con i contributi di Annamaria Baldassarra, Giovanni Perrucci e Pasquale Iacovone (ass. "Il cuore di Altamura"), si presenta il progetto #SottaninRete nell'ambito di Nevicata14LAB, presso l'Expo Gate a Milano.

Cos'è #SottaninRete?
Si tratta di un processo partecipato di rigenerazione urbana e sociale che nasce dalla volontà di rivalutare e mettere a sistema una serie di sottani abbandonati nel centro storico di Altamura.
L'idea nasce nell'ambito di Reactivicity, uno dei Laboratori dal basso finanziati dalla Regione Puglia.

Cosa sono i sottani?
I sottani sono spazi al servizio delle abitazioni, ex botteghe o depositi, situati spesso al di sotto della quota stradale. Riattivare tali spazi e adottare strategie urbane resilienti può costituire una "rete di anticorpi" contro i fenomeni di degrado e di abbandono, contribuendo a liberare energie creative.

Link utili:
www.esperimentiarchitettonici.it
www.reactivicity.org
http://www.laboratoridalbasso.it/laboratorio/reactivicity-reloaded/

Research paper thumbnail of The co-living experience as engine of social innovations in the "Sassi" complex in Matera

Research paper thumbnail of Il co-living come motore di innovazioni sociali nei "Sassi" di Matera. The co-living experience as engine for social innovations in the "Sassi" complex in Matera

The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families... more The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families and in particular made more difficult to buy or rent an apartment, also due to myopic housing policies which favour the builders and their profits instead of answer to needs and necessities of population. Besides this there is also a lack of design sensibility from the ones who design and build houses: they base their operational strategy on statistic and beliefs which date back to the 80s and fix the traditional family unit of father, mother and two/three children as the standard one. On the last years there’s a new trend: peoples from various class origins and occupations are setting up teams with the aim of doing community actions for fighting the economic crisis, for example purchasing groups, ecovillages, cohousing and coworking, useful to hold down the costs but also to arrange social innovation models. The aim of this paper is to introduce two operative experiences which, startin...

Research paper thumbnail of The Occupants’ Perspective as Catalyst for Less Energy Intensive Buildings

Energy and Buildings, 2016

ABSTRACT Environmental and life quality low standards signal that the well-balanced relation betw... more ABSTRACT Environmental and life quality low standards signal that the well-balanced relation between building and dwelling is jeopardized. Reliable data should be combined with the evaluation given by users. In fact, the study of occupants’ perception and behaviour supplies designers with meaningful feedback and enables them to detect solutions which meet users’ requirements better and reduce the gap between expected and actual building performance. This paper presents an operational approach that aims to rebuild the synergy among architectural design, building management and use: a web platform, for discovering the ‘proof’ of the actual effectiveness of design solutions, through a database of comparable case studies, and an enquiry, conducted through surveys and questionnaires. The innovative aspect of this methodology is the contextual analysis and evaluation of objective and subjective aspects. The related outcomes concern the definition of actual, prior areas of action and strategies that are congruent with both building physical characteristics and people's perception.

Research paper thumbnail of Tools for a Better Liveability in Neighbourhoods: The “Environmental Island” Design Methodology and the Citizen Engagement Process

ATHENS JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE, 2019

The constant increase of private vehicular traffic and its arrogant pervasiveness worsened the ur... more The constant increase of private vehicular traffic and its arrogant pervasiveness worsened the urban environment liveability in many Italian cities and destroy more and more their true essence. Only in the last thirty-year period, in Europe, there was a marked acceleration in scientific research and policymaking for defining and experimenting traffic calming strategies and measures aimed at improving the level of safety and accessibility, creating more shared spaces and increasing quality of life, especially in neighbourhoods. Lagging behind other European countries, also Italy started to relate the slow speed principle to the liveable district notion; thanks to the New Traffic Code, the concept of «Environmental Island» was introduced: a «single urban zone delimited by the main road network, aimed at restoring urban spaces' liveability». The «Environmental Island» can then be meant as a possibility not only for reorganizing vehicular mobility but also for upgrading residential urban areas and satisfying dwellers' daily life needs. The analysis of limits and possibilities of application demonstrated that the used methodology could take from both scientific and operative viewpoints to interesting results, defining actions' location, priority and range and providing administrations with advice on the opportunity to act. It is indeed the tight interlace between design process, involving technicians, and public consultation process, involving citizens and local administrations, that can achieve success. In order to ensure the effectiveness of this work, a widespread awareness of the need of changing rooted habits, regarding urban space use, has to be developed; this becomes then the best occasion to implement a type of collective education that leads to a more responsible behaviour from the overall sustainability viewpoint. For years, the topic here presented was faced, also featuring pilot studies in Rome, and now is going to become an applied research; indeed, thanks to the collaboration with various stakeholders, a participation process, aimed at defining the implementation of an Environmental Island in one of the oldest and most central districts of Roma: Rione Monti, is currently underway.

Research paper thumbnail of Learning from the traditional mediterranean architecture: microclimatic and liveability conditions in intermediate outdoor spaces

Research paper thumbnail of Environmental sustainability requires a synergy between urban and building upgrading

Research paper thumbnail of “University and dwellers’ associations together for creating sustainable and healthy urban environments

This methodology brings together technicians and inhabitants' delegates, both during the feas... more This methodology brings together technicians and inhabitants' delegates, both during the feasibility study and during seminars where various solutions are presented and selected and local politicians, dwellers and students are invited. The identified design proposals, concerning roofing, facades and courtyards, are environmentally conscious and of passive solar type; they focus on the use of natural materials (green roofs and walls, permeable paving) and renewable energies (photovoltaic and geothermal). The central idea of these proposals is the economical and technical feasibility of the interventions. The whole process, aimed at defining shared targets, spawning initiatives that contribute both to increase the civic sense and to improve life and health conditions, create the preconditions for a real sustainability of the district.

Research paper thumbnail of The co-living experience as engine for social innovations in the "Sassi" complex in Matera.

The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families... more The severe economic framework of the last years gradually eroded the buying power of the families and in particular made more difficult to buy or rent an apartment, also due to myopic housing policies which favour the builders and their profits instead of answer to needs and necessities of population.

Research paper thumbnail of L'ecosistema #sottaninrete: spazi strumenti community

In rappresentanza dell'ass. Esperimenti Architettonici, con i contributi di Annamaria Baldassarra... more In rappresentanza dell'ass. Esperimenti Architettonici, con i contributi di Annamaria Baldassarra, Giovanni Perrucci e Pasquale Iacovone (ass. "Il cuore di Altamura"), si presenta il progetto #SottaninRete nell'ambito di Nevicata14LAB, presso l'Expo Gate a Milano.

Cos'è #SottaninRete?
Si tratta di un processo partecipato di rigenerazione urbana e sociale che nasce dalla volontà di rivalutare e mettere a sistema una serie di sottani abbandonati nel centro storico di Altamura.
L'idea nasce nell'ambito di Reactivicity, uno dei Laboratori dal basso finanziati dalla Regione Puglia.

Cosa sono i sottani?
I sottani sono spazi al servizio delle abitazioni, ex botteghe o depositi, situati spesso al di sotto della quota stradale. Riattivare tali spazi e adottare strategie urbane resilienti può costituire una "rete di anticorpi" contro i fenomeni di degrado e di abbandono, contribuendo a liberare energie creative.

Link utili:
www.esperimentiarchitettonici.it
www.reactivicity.org
http://www.laboratoridalbasso.it/laboratorio/reactivicity-reloaded/