Abandoned Buildings in Contemporary Cities: Smart Conditions for Actions (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 168)

Preface Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Aim of the Book 1.2 Outline of the Book References Perspectives 2 Vacant Buildings. Distinguishing Heterogeneous Cases: Public Items Versus Private Items; Empty Properties Versus Abandoned Properties 2.1 Preface 2.2 Three Questions: Definitions, Problems, Strategies 2.2.1 First Question: Definitions 2.2.2 Second Question: Problems 2.2.3 Third Question: Strategies 2.3 Final Remarks References 3 Participation, Culture, Entrepreneurship: Using Public Real Estate Assets to Create New Urban Regeneration Models 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Assets Involved 3.3 The Forms of Participation 3.4 The Rule of the Social Entrepreneur 3.5 The Value of Culture 3.6 Enabling Policies Versus Participation Policies 3.7 Conclusions References 4 Intensity of Uses and Spatial Devices 4.1 Space as a Receptor for Action! 4.2 Raw Space, the Breeding Ground of Ideas 4.3 Intensity Instead of Density 4.4 Space as a Platform of Different Possibilities 4.5 Tools for Intensity 4.6 Conclusion References 5 The Appraisal Challenge in Cultural Urban Regeneration: An Evaluation Proposal 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Evaluation Method for Urban Regeneration 5.3 Cultural Urban Regeneration 5.4 Evaluation Method for Cultural Urban Regeneration 5.5 A Proposal of an Evaluation Procedure 5.5.1 Context Criteria 5.5.2 Project Criteria 5.6 Conclusion References Case Studies 6 Theoretical Basis and Design of Analysis 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Key Points of the Research: Urban Regeneration and Adaptive Reuse in the Italian Context 6.2.1 Urban Regeneration 6.2.2 Adaptive Reuse 6.2.3 The Italian Context and Cases 6.3 Reconnaissance of National and International Experiences, Drafting of Selection Criteria, Selection of Cases for Investigation 6.4 Analytical Framework 6.5 Field Research Appendix 1: Selected Case Studies Turin Milan Northern Italy Central Italy Southern Italy International References 7 The Case Study Profiles 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Toolbox Coworking 7.2.1 In Brief 7.2.2 Local Context 7.2.3 Architectural Characters 7.2.4 Origins and Stakeholders 7.2.5 Value Proposition 7.3 Factory Grisù, Ferrara 7.3.1 In Brief 7.3.2 Local Context 7.3.3 Architectural Characters 7.3.4 Origins and Stakeholders 7.3.5 Value Proposition 7.4 Centro Arti Opificio SIRI 7.4.1 In Brief 7.4.2 Local Context 7.4.3 Architectural Characters 7.4.4 Origins and Stakeholders 7.4.5 Value Proposition 7.5 Officine Zero, Rome 7.5.1 In Brief 7.5.2 Local Context 7.5.3 Architectural Characters 7.5.4 Origins and Stakeholders 7.5.5 Value Proposition 7.6 Ex Fadda, San Vito Dei Normanni 7.6.1 In Brief 7.6.2 Local Context 7.6.3 Architectural Characters 7.6.4 Origins and Stakeholders 7.6.5 History Pills 7.6.6 Value Proposition 7.7 Farm Cultural Park 7.7.1 In Brief 7.7.2 Local Context 7.7.3 Architectural Characters 7.7.4 Origins and Stakeholders 7.7.5 Value Proposition References 8 Governance, Economic Sustainability and Socio-spatial Relationships 8.1 Genesis, Governance and Organisation 8.2 Business Model and Economic Sustainability 8.3 The Socio-spatial Relations Generated: From the Relationship with the Urban Space and Its Actors to Supra-Local Relations 8.4 Final Consideration References Discussion and Conclusions 9 Shapes, Rules and Value 9.1 The Issue 9.2 Is Unused Asset Synonymous with Useless? 9.2.1 Circular Economy 9.2.2 Adaptive Reuse 9.2.3 Unused Is Not Synonymous of Useless 9.3 What Does It Mean to Enhance the Value of the Unused Asset? 9.4 What Are the Conditions for Actions? 9.5 Conclusions References Is it possible to energise the reuse of urban abandoned spaces with low financial capital investment? Addressing this question requires a normative and cultural change, where the rules are less focused on the material processes of producing space and more aimed at fostering the construction of relationships. The reality of several European cities shows how traditional forms of stimulating urban renewal – with respect to the financing of operations, how to design and build, and urban planning legislation – no longer work. This book examines an alternative culture of design and regulation, drawing on the richness of the various approaches to the subject to present an integrated study of the phenomenon of reuse across its economic, architectural and urban dimensions. From this theoretical base, it empirically analyses six Italian case studies in terms of the broadness of geography and in their governance models, and of the important role of the unity of cultural destination for their reuse proposal. The book is intended for all those involved in the cultural challenge of reusing urban abandoned spaces, including public administrators, entrepreneurs, architects, planners and academics.