Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in Italy

Italian school infrastructure is a multi-layered and diversified spatial asset which requires systemic rethinking in order to respond to evolving educational, energy and health needs. This has become evident not only as a consequence of the Covid-19 emergency, but also due to demographic and educati...

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Main Authors: Caterina Barioglio, Daniele Campobenedetto, Lorenzo Murru, Caterina Quaglio
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Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la culture 2022-12-01
Series:Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/craup/11562
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description Italian school infrastructure is a multi-layered and diversified spatial asset which requires systemic rethinking in order to respond to evolving educational, energy and health needs. This has become evident not only as a consequence of the Covid-19 emergency, but also due to demographic and educational changes that have taken place over the years. The objective of the present work is to outline a methodological approach aimed at promoting agency within local communities and defining regeneration priorities and strategies through the co-construction of shared spatial knowledge. In a context in which tools and funds for a substantial renovation of the Italian public infrastructure are and will be available, the article explores the theoretical framework that enabled the implementation of a specific design tool — a web application — as a replicable operative model for school regeneration and describes how its prototype was built. More precisely, the web app is aimed at supporting and empowering the actors entrusted with governing the transformation of schools by identifying spatial resources and potentials. To this end, typological classification based on the current spatial characteristics of the buildings is assumed as a way to highlight the transformation potential of schools and to outline intervention priorities at a regional level. Drawing on the concept of spatial agency, the physical space of schools is therefore conceived as a shared documentary basis for the development of multi-scalar governance systems.
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spelling doaj-art-b119cac73fbe4f8ea30a243695bb0a632025-01-30T11:06:36ZfraMinistère de la cultureLes Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère2606-74982022-12-011610.4000/craup.11562Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in ItalyCaterina BarioglioDaniele CampobenedettoLorenzo MurruCaterina QuaglioItalian school infrastructure is a multi-layered and diversified spatial asset which requires systemic rethinking in order to respond to evolving educational, energy and health needs. This has become evident not only as a consequence of the Covid-19 emergency, but also due to demographic and educational changes that have taken place over the years. The objective of the present work is to outline a methodological approach aimed at promoting agency within local communities and defining regeneration priorities and strategies through the co-construction of shared spatial knowledge. In a context in which tools and funds for a substantial renovation of the Italian public infrastructure are and will be available, the article explores the theoretical framework that enabled the implementation of a specific design tool — a web application — as a replicable operative model for school regeneration and describes how its prototype was built. More precisely, the web app is aimed at supporting and empowering the actors entrusted with governing the transformation of schools by identifying spatial resources and potentials. To this end, typological classification based on the current spatial characteristics of the buildings is assumed as a way to highlight the transformation potential of schools and to outline intervention priorities at a regional level. Drawing on the concept of spatial agency, the physical space of schools is therefore conceived as a shared documentary basis for the development of multi-scalar governance systems.https://journals.openedition.org/craup/11562Educational SpacesSpatial AgencyTypologyUrban RegenerationTransformation Potential
spellingShingle Caterina Barioglio
Daniele Campobenedetto
Lorenzo Murru
Caterina Quaglio
Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in Italy
Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
Educational Spaces
Spatial Agency
Typology
Urban Regeneration
Transformation Potential
title Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in Italy
title_full Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in Italy
title_fullStr Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in Italy
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title_short Form as a Driver for Regeneration: A Methodological Approach to Rethinking School Building Infrastructure in Italy
title_sort form as a driver for regeneration a methodological approach to rethinking school building infrastructure in italy
topic Educational Spaces
Spatial Agency
Typology
Urban Regeneration
Transformation Potential
url https://journals.openedition.org/craup/11562
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