The transformation of the city is accompanied by processes of reuse of buildings and areas that are not used or which are affected by processes of disposal or functional reconversion or environmental interventions.
The course aims to provide the student with the tools and methods necessary to place the project within these processes. Reuse and adaptive reuse directly call into question the relationships between body and spaces and between inhabitants and buildings, connoting the action of the project in the sense of an openness to the contributions and desires of possible users and inhabitants in general. Open, inclusive design practices that engage in dialogue with those interested in transformation will constitute a particular focus offered to students together with the relevance that artistic and performative initiatives can play in these processes.
The course aims to provide the student with the tools and methods necessary to place the project within these processes. Reuse and adaptive reuse directly call into question the relationships between body and spaces and between inhabitants and buildings, connoting the action of the project in the sense of an openness to the contributions and desires of possible users and inhabitants in general. Open, inclusive design practices that engage in dialogue with those interested in transformation will constitute a particular focus offered to students together with the relevance that artistic and performative initiatives can play in these processes.
teacher profile teaching materials
The course will focus on the general issues of adaptive reuse, presenting project and best practice to outline cases and opportunities for this kind of intervention. Special consideration will be given to temporary reuse processes, seen as moments of experimentation and prologue for longer-term interventions.
The course aims to provide students with a critical approach of the issues related to adaptive reuse, stimulating the student’s capacity to envision incremental processes that consider economic and social factors in development perspectives.
Students will be required to work in different urban contexts to enhance their ability to interpret the existing heritage and to develop strategies aimed at hosting new temporary and permanent functions that can reactivate the architectural asset and its context.
Programme
Reuse processes represent an opportunity to rethink the city through regeneration strategies that act as drivers for new urban visions.The course will focus on the general issues of adaptive reuse, presenting project and best practice to outline cases and opportunities for this kind of intervention. Special consideration will be given to temporary reuse processes, seen as moments of experimentation and prologue for longer-term interventions.
The course aims to provide students with a critical approach of the issues related to adaptive reuse, stimulating the student’s capacity to envision incremental processes that consider economic and social factors in development perspectives.
Students will be required to work in different urban contexts to enhance their ability to interpret the existing heritage and to develop strategies aimed at hosting new temporary and permanent functions that can reactivate the architectural asset and its context.
Core Documentation
The texts are those that will be the subject of the lectures conducted in the classroom and will be indicated from time to time. The reference bibliography is given as an exampleReference Bibliography
Armborst T., D’Oca D., Theodore G., Gold R., “The arsenal of inclusion and exclusion”, Actar, Barcelona, 2017 Borassi G., Zardini M. (a cura di), “Actions. What you can do with the city”, CCA, Montreal, 2008 Cano J., Fava F., Reale L., “Spazi d’artificio. Dialoghi sulla città tem¬poranea”, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2016 Caudo G., Pietropaoli M. (a cura di), “Riabitare il mondo”, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2021 Cellamare C., “Fare città. Pratiche urbane e storie di luoghi”, Elèuthera, Milano, 2008 Druot F., A. Lacaton, Vassal J. P., “PLUS - Les grands ensembles de logements - Territoire d’exception”, Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2007 P. Ciorra, S. Marini, (a cura di), “Re-cycle. Strategie per l’architettura, la città e il pianeta”, Electa, Milano, 2011 Clifford B., “The Cannibal’s Cookbook: Mining Myths of Cyclopean Constructions”, ORO Editions, San Francisco, 2021 Cottino P. (a cura di), “Reinventare le città. Riuso del patrimonio e innovazione sociale per la rigenerazione urbana”, INU edizioni, 2017 Inti I., Cantaluppi G., Persichino M., “Temporiuso. Manuale per il riu¬so temporaneo di spazi in abbandono”, Altreconomia, Milano, 2014 Jacobs J., “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, Random House, New York, 1961 Gehl J., “Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space”, Island Press, Washington-Covelo-London, 2011 Gerner J., Encore Heureux, Brunet A., “Lieux infinis: Construire des bâtiments ou des lieux?”, Éditions B42, Paris, 2018 Ghyoot M., Devlieger L., Billiett L., Warnier A., “Déconstruction et réemploi. Comment faire circuler les éléments de construction”, EPFL Press, Lausanne, 2018 Granata E., “Placemaker. Gli inventori dei luoghi che abiteremo” Einaudi, Torino, 2021 Lydon M., Garcia A., “Tactical Urbanism. Short Term Action for Long Term Change”, Island Press, Washington-Covelo-London, 2015 Marini S., “Nuove terre. Architetture e paesaggi dello scarto”, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2010 Oswalt P., Overmeyer K., Misselwitz P., “Urban catalyst: the power of temporary use”, DOM Publishers, Berlin, 2013 Plevoets B., Van Cleempoel K., “Adaptive Reuse of the Built Heritage”, Routledge, 2019 Sennett R., “Costruire e Abitare. Etica per la città”, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2018 Setti G., “Oltre la dismissione. Strategie di recupero per tessuti e manufatti industriali”, Lettera22, Siracusa, 2018 Van Hinte E., Peeren C., Jongert J., “Superuse: Constructing new architecture by shortcutting material flows”, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007 Wong L., “Adaptive Reuse: Extending the Lives of Buildings”, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin, 2017Type of delivery of the course
The course consist of lectures, seminars, guided tours and project workshops. The first part of the course present implemented and ongoing reuse projects through lectures, dialogues and external contributions. This will be followed by research and project exercises on different topics to be carried out in groups, which will be evaluated and will contribute to the material for the final exam. Students must attend at least 75 % of the classes to be admitted to the exam.Type of evaluation
To succeed in the exam, students will need to demonstrate they have acquired the elements of the discipline provided in the course and illustrate the product of the design exercises.