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6 Conclusions
In a phase characterised by a narrowness of public resources and a limited capacity
in managing the time–cost–quality ratio of public works, the project action should be
strongly based on principles of necessity and rationality. In this scenario, the urban
green project can find its proper integration within the overall regeneration actions,
enhancing, where necessary, the use of trees, hedges, green walls and parterres and bio
basins as multifunctional elements able to offer ecosystem services, to contribute to a
comfortable use and to architecturally connote urban space. The design and management of these components must therefore be based on a principle of necessity, which
means acting as a correct response to the demand for use, comfort and decor, ease
of maintenance, high durability, reliability and safety, integration and environmental
efficiency. The pursuit of these objectives cannot be achieved by involving actions
that are reduced to the “tactical” dimension, but by activating processes of social and
design re-appropriation that can really raise the level of knowledge, awareness and
competence of citizenship, in order to produce structural and lasting results.
The study has allowed us to benefit from a more in-depth view of the ways in which
to transform public spaces, to produce lasting socio-spatial effects and to contribute
environmental improvement. In fact, the goal is to trigger virtuous processes of
renewal of both contents and containers for the production of new culture and spatial
regeneration. A central aspect of the intervention on public spaces concerns in fact
the methods of triggering regeneration processes: further research developments are
looking at new approaches that combine real estate investments and the creation of
social value to move from typically compositional and “regulatory” design logics
to logics of a promotional and “experimental” type, to create a trading zone within
and to initiate demonstrations to accompany the processes. A new design paradigm
for urban regeneration combines two levels: the long-term strategic vision and the
short-medium term experimental vision.
References
Directorate General for Research and Innovation-European Commission. (2015). Towards an EU
Research and Innovation policy agenda for Nature-Based Solutions & Re-Naturing Cities. Publications Office of the European Union.
European Commission. (2006). Targeted summary of the European sustainable cities report for
local authorities. European Commission.
European Political Strategy Centre. (2018). 10 trends reshaping climate and energy. European
Union.
Mussinelli, E. (2018). Il progetto ambientale dello spazio pubblico. EcoWebTown, 8(II), 13–20.
Mussinelli, E., & Castaldo, G. (2015). Design and scale issues in the new metropolitan city: a study
of the south-east Milan homogeneous zone. Techne-Journal of Technology for Architecture and
Environment, 10, 153–160.
Mussinelli, E., Tartaglia, A., Bisogni, L., & Malcevschi, S. (2018a). The role of nature-based
solutions in architectural and urban design. Techne-Journal of Technology for Architecture and
Environment, 15, 116–123.
E. Mussinelli et al.
6 Conclusions
In a phase characterised by a narrowness of public resources and a limited capacity
in managing the time–cost–quality ratio of public works, the project action should be
strongly based on principles of necessity and rationality. In this scenario, the urban
green project can find its proper integration within the overall regeneration actions,
enhancing, where necessary, the use of trees, hedges, green walls and parterres and bio
basins as multifunctional elements able to offer ecosystem services, to contribute to a
comfortable use and to architecturally connote urban space. The design and management of these components must therefore be based on a principle of necessity, which
means acting as a correct response to the demand for use, comfort and decor, ease
of maintenance, high durability, reliability and safety, integration and environmental
efficiency. The pursuit of these objectives cannot be achieved by involving actions
that are reduced to the “tactical” dimension, but by activating processes of social and
design re-appropriation that can really raise the level of knowledge, awareness and
competence of citizenship, in order to produce structural and lasting results.
The study has allowed us to benefit from a more in-depth view of the ways in which
to transform public spaces, to produce lasting socio-spatial effects and to contribute
environmental improvement. In fact, the goal is to trigger virtuous processes of
renewal of both contents and containers for the production of new culture and spatial
regeneration. A central aspect of the intervention on public spaces concerns in fact
the methods of triggering regeneration processes: further research developments are
looking at new approaches that combine real estate investments and the creation of
social value to move from typically compositional and “regulatory” design logics
to logics of a promotional and “experimental” type, to create a trading zone within
and to initiate demonstrations to accompany the processes. A new design paradigm
for urban regeneration combines two levels: the long-term strategic vision and the
short-medium term experimental vision.
References
Directorate General for Research and Innovation-European Commission. (2015). Towards an EU
Research and Innovation policy agenda for Nature-Based Solutions & Re-Naturing Cities. Publications Office of the European Union.
European Commission. (2006). Targeted summary of the European sustainable cities report for
local authorities. European Commission.
European Political Strategy Centre. (2018). 10 trends reshaping climate and energy. European
Union.
Mussinelli, E. (2018). Il progetto ambientale dello spazio pubblico. EcoWebTown, 8(II), 13–20.
Mussinelli, E., & Castaldo, G. (2015). Design and scale issues in the new metropolitan city: a study
of the south-east Milan homogeneous zone. Techne-Journal of Technology for Architecture and
Environment, 10, 153–160.
Mussinelli, E., Tartaglia, A., Bisogni, L., & Malcevschi, S. (2018a). The role of nature-based
solutions in architectural and urban design. Techne-Journal of Technology for Architecture and
Environment, 15, 116–123.