CLOSING SESSION

The summaries of the results of the various conferences and seminars converge in the search for a holistic view of the innovations taking place in the planning, design and management of the urban environment. The basic objective is to gather relevant information for a coherent evolution of state and regional regulations and the concrete planning ...

CLOSING THE LOOP?

Francesca Abastante, Marta Bottero, Chiara D’Alpaos Il ripensamento dei modelli di sviluppo proposto dall’economia circolare impone di rivedere tutte le fasi della produzione legata all’utilizzo delle risorse primarie e prestare attenzione all’intero ciclo produttivo, attraverso la valorizzazione non solo del capitale naturale (risorse primarie e impatti ambientali), ma anche di quello sociale (lavoro e benessere) ...

TRANSITION TERRITORIES OR THE TRANSITION PROJECT

Maria Chiara Tosi, Marta De Marchi, Michela Pace, Università Iuav di Venezia Designing the transition to greater sustainability is one of the main challenges that many institutions are working on. There are many areas in which the transition is articulated: housing, agrifood production systems in space, mobility models, production geographies, and finally the environmental transition, linked to the effects of ...

SOLUTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE IN URBAN AREAS

Giulia Lucertini, Iuav University of Venice; Carolina Innella, ENEA; Francesca De Lucia, Giovanni Pineschi, Agenzia per la Coesione Territoriale Cities represent the privileged place to implement new circular economy models based on the enhancement of materials and assets and on the extension of their life cycle. Cities with their high population consume large quantities of resources ...

PEDESTRIAN NETWORKS AS SUSTAINABLE MODELS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES AND INTERNAL AREAS

Carmela Giannino, Rosario Pavia, INU – URBIT The growing attention to environmental protection, the safety of road networks and the sustainable development of the cities and internal areas of our country, has contributed to relaunching the theme of slow or slow mobility understood as a cycle and pedestrian network. In particular, pedestrian mobility today represents a ...

WOOD AND NATURAL MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN DESIGN

Gianni Biagi, Director of Urbit; Massimo Rossetti, Iuav University of Venice Since its first edition, Urbanpromo Green has paid a lot of attention to wood and natural building materials which are establishing themselves as one of the most significant innovations in the field of building and urban design. Ancient materials, or manufacturing waste, which have ...

ECOBONUS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Gianni Biagi, Director of URBIT The economic situation caused by the health emergency has led the Italian legislator to make important interventions to support the economy. In the construction sector in particular, it has been possible to increase the existing tax deductions for improvements in the energy and seismic efficiency of buildings up to 110% ...

CITIES OPEN TO EVERYBODY

Iginio Rossi, Alessandro Bruni, INU – URBIT in partnership with PREDIF – State representation platform for people with physical disabilities, Spain The insufficient accessibility for all of our cities is worsening further as a result of the barriers produced by climate change that make, with abnormal temperatures and uncomfortable and tragic weather conditions, the development ...

LANDSCAPES IN TRANSITION

Vittoria Crisostomi, INU – URBIT In extra-urban landscapes, increasingly widespread forms of natural areas devastated by man or natural processes are accumulating, then abandoned, where significant changes to the landscapes remain, which reasonably can no longer be traced back to their original forms. There is a need for planning attention to the topic, the theme ...

NEW URBAN AND HOUSING PARADIGMS FOR POST-PANDEMIC CITIES

Gianni Biagi, Director of URBIT The great global pandemic crisis caused by Covid19 has opened, perhaps rather forced to open, a reflection on the theme of how contemporary cities have been designed and built. A reflection that affects the foundations of the disciplines that are interested in cities and building places for human life. The ...