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continuity over time (e.g., six months a year) have the opportunity to occupy the
premises characterized by a greater level of privacy (offices).
The 24-h coworking spaces can be managed in different ways depending on the
services offered by the platform. A basic operation is foreseen with daytime opening
times from 7 am to 8 pm with the possibility of evening openings on certain occasions
(exhibitions, events, meetings, etc.). A second management mode allows for the use
of the spaces 24 h a day to allow access to workstations and to different services even
at night.
The study saw the predisposition of a pre-dimensioning matrix that linked both the
minimum reference surfaces with the maximum number of users that can be hosted
and the percentage weight of a function in relation to the total surface. The reading
of the matrix has revealed a number of observations regarding the surfaces: the
extension of the work environments has a constant percentage weight in the different
spatial solutions, while the surface of the service spaces decreases in proportion to
the increase in the offer of activities. As the extension of coworking increases, the
percentage of area used for recreational areas remains constant. Finally, the surfaces
dedicated to paths are contained given the prevalent open-space aspect and the need
to share the structure’s spaces.
As described in the introductory passages, the refunctionalization interventions
can constitute an effective response to the many questions of change expressed by
the community, and although they are yet to represent a single narrative capable of
communicating adequately with administrators, they prove to be a privileged field for
the experimentation of models of public–private management of real estate assets and
integration between economic activities and cultural and socioeconomic functions
(Bacchella et al. 2015). The question of reuse becomes an architectural issue since
the identification of the new functions cannot be separated from an evaluation of
the architectural, typological, and technological characteristics of the building and
the peculiarities that characterize the territorial area of reference. The presence of
these endogenous and exogenous factors triggers specific problems: for buildings
characterized by cultural values, a conflict is generated between the instances of
conservation and transformation due to the inclusion of new activities. At the same
time, new settled activities can produce positive effects on the surrounding area if
they are able to trigger widespread recovery processes of underused areas or can
have negative effects if not effectively managed (De Medici and Pinto 2012).
References
Bacchella, U., Bollo, A., & Milella, F. (2015). Riuso e trasformazioni degli spazi a vocazione
culturale e creativa: un driver per lo sviluppo, ma a quali condizioni? In Giornale delle Fondazioni,
Allemandi.
Baiani, S., & Cangelli, E. (2012). Valorizzazione e sviluppo sostenibile dei sistemi locali. In Technè
n. 03/2012, Valorizzare il patrimonio edilizio pubblico.
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continuity over time (e.g., six months a year) have the opportunity to occupy the
premises characterized by a greater level of privacy (offices).
The 24-h coworking spaces can be managed in different ways depending on the
services offered by the platform. A basic operation is foreseen with daytime opening
times from 7 am to 8 pm with the possibility of evening openings on certain occasions
(exhibitions, events, meetings, etc.). A second management mode allows for the use
of the spaces 24 h a day to allow access to workstations and to different services even
at night.
The study saw the predisposition of a pre-dimensioning matrix that linked both the
minimum reference surfaces with the maximum number of users that can be hosted
and the percentage weight of a function in relation to the total surface. The reading
of the matrix has revealed a number of observations regarding the surfaces: the
extension of the work environments has a constant percentage weight in the different
spatial solutions, while the surface of the service spaces decreases in proportion to
the increase in the offer of activities. As the extension of coworking increases, the
percentage of area used for recreational areas remains constant. Finally, the surfaces
dedicated to paths are contained given the prevalent open-space aspect and the need
to share the structure’s spaces.
As described in the introductory passages, the refunctionalization interventions
can constitute an effective response to the many questions of change expressed by
the community, and although they are yet to represent a single narrative capable of
communicating adequately with administrators, they prove to be a privileged field for
the experimentation of models of public–private management of real estate assets and
integration between economic activities and cultural and socioeconomic functions
(Bacchella et al. 2015). The question of reuse becomes an architectural issue since
the identification of the new functions cannot be separated from an evaluation of
the architectural, typological, and technological characteristics of the building and
the peculiarities that characterize the territorial area of reference. The presence of
these endogenous and exogenous factors triggers specific problems: for buildings
characterized by cultural values, a conflict is generated between the instances of
conservation and transformation due to the inclusion of new activities. At the same
time, new settled activities can produce positive effects on the surrounding area if
they are able to trigger widespread recovery processes of underused areas or can
have negative effects if not effectively managed (De Medici and Pinto 2012).
References
Bacchella, U., Bollo, A., & Milella, F. (2015). Riuso e trasformazioni degli spazi a vocazione
culturale e creativa: un driver per lo sviluppo, ma a quali condizioni? In Giornale delle Fondazioni,
Allemandi.
Baiani, S., & Cangelli, E. (2012). Valorizzazione e sviluppo sostenibile dei sistemi locali. In Technè
n. 03/2012, Valorizzare il patrimonio edilizio pubblico.