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The exoskeleton may perform both a two-dimensional action through the definition of façade refurbishment (recladding, refitting and overcladding) and a threedimensional action defined by volume additions (individual boxes, bioclimatic greenhouses towers and continuous or overall additions) (Guidolin 2016).
The guidelines proposed by Visconti aim to be a pursuit of cross-disciplinary
design instruments for the achievement of “holistic and integrated regeneration”
for public social housing. They want to be an articulated map of mediations and
insights about strategies to build in and on the built environment, based on two
fundamental aspects: the first is supported by sociological positions according to
which a refined and careful designed environment produces a sense of place implicitly
as its own, it follows that the rehabilitation action assumes a value of raising the
social position even before the economic value of the area or of the building. The
second—the maximization of resources—is part of the broader theme of respecting
the environment which is supported by actions such as attention to land use and the
definition of technical/technological solutions aimed at active and passive energy
saving.
The rehabilitation project has shown that the interpretation of emotional and physical roots of the inhabitants in relation to their everyday life becomes a plus towards
both the housing and the urban landscape transformation if in addition to these results
there are clear and well-defined strategies in terms of execution, reliability, management and funding. This study’s primary aim is to show the feasibility of the building
rehabilitation approach not only in energetic terms but primarily in relation to the
quality increase of structural safety and housing services.
The definition of the metadesign intervention for the “Remodelage”
8 of the Aler
lodgings on Piazzale Visconti was based on the following aspects: (a) general aspects:
the process of building rehabilitation can be an interesting topic from several points
of view because it is closely related to other issues such as economic recovery and
employment, urban regeneration, cohesion and social participation. The recovery of
social unease in the social housing of Piazzale Visconti must be tackled minimally
with the simple building recovery of dwellings bordering on the urban decay. The
provision of outdoor collective spaces in agreement with the dignity of the person and
designed for “public social housing” can lead, as well as to social assistance programs,
to an improvement of their condition. (b) Technical aspects: the energy aspect is only
one important variable in the process as it has many funding opportunities, but at
times, it can seem to limit.
9 Thus, the first action that has been proposed to Aler
concerned the structural system of the buildings on Piazzale Visconti (Figs. 1 and 2).
8 The team was created by Roland Castro for the regeneration of the Grands Ensembles in the French
banlieues. Castro and Denissof (2005), [Re]modeler, Métamorphoser, Le Moniteur, Paris.
9 Instead the systemic approach is most evident in this project: the REHA-PUCA French program
which aims at identifying innovative solutions suitable for building rehabilitation of sample buildings through a competition open to groups made up of designers and contractors. Three guidelines
are identified: diversification, management and densification, interpreting the economy of territorial
space in order to avoid further land use.
O. E. Bellini
The exoskeleton may perform both a two-dimensional action through the definition of façade refurbishment (recladding, refitting and overcladding) and a threedimensional action defined by volume additions (individual boxes, bioclimatic greenhouses towers and continuous or overall additions) (Guidolin 2016).
The guidelines proposed by Visconti aim to be a pursuit of cross-disciplinary
design instruments for the achievement of “holistic and integrated regeneration”
for public social housing. They want to be an articulated map of mediations and
insights about strategies to build in and on the built environment, based on two
fundamental aspects: the first is supported by sociological positions according to
which a refined and careful designed environment produces a sense of place implicitly
as its own, it follows that the rehabilitation action assumes a value of raising the
social position even before the economic value of the area or of the building. The
second—the maximization of resources—is part of the broader theme of respecting
the environment which is supported by actions such as attention to land use and the
definition of technical/technological solutions aimed at active and passive energy
saving.
The rehabilitation project has shown that the interpretation of emotional and physical roots of the inhabitants in relation to their everyday life becomes a plus towards
both the housing and the urban landscape transformation if in addition to these results
there are clear and well-defined strategies in terms of execution, reliability, management and funding. This study’s primary aim is to show the feasibility of the building
rehabilitation approach not only in energetic terms but primarily in relation to the
quality increase of structural safety and housing services.
The definition of the metadesign intervention for the “Remodelage”
8 of the Aler
lodgings on Piazzale Visconti was based on the following aspects: (a) general aspects:
the process of building rehabilitation can be an interesting topic from several points
of view because it is closely related to other issues such as economic recovery and
employment, urban regeneration, cohesion and social participation. The recovery of
social unease in the social housing of Piazzale Visconti must be tackled minimally
with the simple building recovery of dwellings bordering on the urban decay. The
provision of outdoor collective spaces in agreement with the dignity of the person and
designed for “public social housing” can lead, as well as to social assistance programs,
to an improvement of their condition. (b) Technical aspects: the energy aspect is only
one important variable in the process as it has many funding opportunities, but at
times, it can seem to limit.
9 Thus, the first action that has been proposed to Aler
concerned the structural system of the buildings on Piazzale Visconti (Figs. 1 and 2).
8 The team was created by Roland Castro for the regeneration of the Grands Ensembles in the French
banlieues. Castro and Denissof (2005), [Re]modeler, Métamorphoser, Le Moniteur, Paris.
9 Instead the systemic approach is most evident in this project: the REHA-PUCA French program
which aims at identifying innovative solutions suitable for building rehabilitation of sample buildings through a competition open to groups made up of designers and contractors. Three guidelines
are identified: diversification, management and densification, interpreting the economy of territorial
space in order to avoid further land use.