The concept of re-use is no longer a choice of ideology but a real necessity and a key for an intelligent planning. The process of giving new «life» to dismissed areas must comply with certain principles: recognizability, reversibility and optimization. The transformation of neglected city leftovers it's a challenge for urban redevelopment to create new centralities within the urban tissue. The importance of re-use is a sign that characterizes contemporary society at different scale, more and more often a priviledge choice in urban planning strategy. Reuse of dismissed military settlements represents the field of investigation of this work. The military presence has left its footprint in any type of landscape - as symbols of triumph, pride or pain. They are elements that appear as ruptures and create discontinuity in the context to which they belong, and that require new possibility of use. Designed and built for a specific purpose, when these areas become inactive and suffer a slow decline, how can they be re-enlisted for civilian purposes? It is important to learn from the best practices and projects implemented in the United States and Europe in order to establish a common method and an efficient approach. The key moment of the process is the analysis and definition of possible functions that meet the reference context needs, and may appear as resources for urban growth of the city. This thesis addresses the problem of degraded post-military areas in italian case-study of Cagliari city. The main purposes can be summarized in the willingness to redeem a urban reality which today appears as a limit, through the choice of some guiding criteria applicable to several case studies in the transformation process. Military leftovers are represented as parts of a unitary system on which specific interventions are performed on each individual element, creating new relationships between the existing urban materials and new development opportunities for the contemporary city needs. Reuse becomes therefore a resource for urban planning, able to meet the demands of the emerging context in which it is applied. In the actual contest of economic crisis, the proposed design project focuses the attention not on the real estate value but on the ecological one, proposing long-term and short-term scenarios based on the concept of ecosystem servicies. They can be defined as the natural asset of the territory, and stimulate a reflection that goes beyond the concepts of "reduce, recycle, efficiency, sustainability '', but able to grasp the potential welfare increase when it's adopted a regenerative approach. The thesis assumes that such interventions can contribute significantly to the project of reinterpretation and renovation of the urban space in Cagliari, introducing not only a project based on transformations from military landscape but facing the topic with a perspective of ecological reality.
Il concetto di riuso non rappresenta solamente una scelta ideologica ma una reale necessita' e una chiave di successo nell'ambito della pianificazione urbana. Il processo di dare nuova vita ad aree abbandonate deve rispondere ai seguenti principi: riconoscibilita', reversibilita' e ottimizzazione. La trasformazione degli spazi intesi come avanzi urbani e' una sfida per il pianificatore a creare nuove centralita' all'interno del tessuto urbano. L'importanza del riuso e' un fatto che caratterizza la societa' contemporanea a diverse scale, e sempre di piu' una scelta privilegiata nell'ambito della pianificazione urbana. Il riutilizzo delle aree militari dismesse rappresenta il campo d'indagine di questa tesi. In ogni tipo di paesaggio l'impronta militare ha lasciato il segno - come simbolo di trionfo, di orgoglio o di dolore. Sono elementi che appaiono come cesure nel mutuato contesto di cui fanno parte, e che richiedono nuove possibilita' di utilizzo. Progettati e costruiti per uno scopo specifico, quando questi spazi diventano inattivi e subiscono un lento declino, come possono essere reinseriti a servizio della societa' civile? E' importante imparare dalle migliori esperienze e progetti realizzati negli Stati Uniti e in Europa al fine di stabilire un metodo comune ed un approccio efficiente. Il momento chiave del processo e' l'analisi e la definizione di possibili funzioni che rispondano alle esigenze del contesto di riferimento, e che possono apparire come risorse per la crescita urbana della citta'. Questa tesi affronta il problema delle aree militari dismesse nel caso studio della citta' di Cagliari. Le finalita' principali possono essere riassunte nella volonta' di riscattare alcune realta' urbane che oggi costituiscono un limite, attraverso la scelta di alcuni criteri guida applicabili a diversi casi studio nel processo di trasformazione. Gli avanzi militari della città sono rappresentati come parti di un sistema unitario su cui vengono eseguiti interventi specifici sui singoli elementi, generando nuovi rapporti tra i materiali urbani esistenti e nuove occasioni di sviluppo per le esigenze della città contemporanea. Il riuso diventa percio' una risorsa per la pianificazione urbana, in grado di rispondere alle necessita' emergenti del contesto in cui si applica. Nel contesto attuale di crisi economica, il progetto proposto focalizza l'attenzione non sul tema del valore immobiliare e della rendita del suolo, ma sul valore ecologico degli interventi in oggetto, proponendo differenti scenari a breve e lungo termine basati sul concetto di servizi ecosistemici. Si possono definire come il capitale naturale del territorio e stimolano una riflessione che vada oltre i concetti di "ridurre, riciclare, efficienza, sostenibilita'", ma in grado di cogliere il potenziale aumento del benessere quando si adotta un approccio rigenerativo. La tesi presuppone che tali interventi possano contribuire in modo significativo al progetto di reinterpretazione e aggiornamento dello spazio urbano a Cagliari, introducendo non solo un progetto basato sulle trasformazioni del paesaggio militare, ma affrontando i problemi con una prospettiva di realtà ecologica.
From military to ecological : re-composition of Cagliari
CHIVIKOVA, ALEKSANDRA
2014/2015
Abstract
The concept of re-use is no longer a choice of ideology but a real necessity and a key for an intelligent planning. The process of giving new «life» to dismissed areas must comply with certain principles: recognizability, reversibility and optimization. The transformation of neglected city leftovers it's a challenge for urban redevelopment to create new centralities within the urban tissue. The importance of re-use is a sign that characterizes contemporary society at different scale, more and more often a priviledge choice in urban planning strategy. Reuse of dismissed military settlements represents the field of investigation of this work. The military presence has left its footprint in any type of landscape - as symbols of triumph, pride or pain. They are elements that appear as ruptures and create discontinuity in the context to which they belong, and that require new possibility of use. Designed and built for a specific purpose, when these areas become inactive and suffer a slow decline, how can they be re-enlisted for civilian purposes? It is important to learn from the best practices and projects implemented in the United States and Europe in order to establish a common method and an efficient approach. The key moment of the process is the analysis and definition of possible functions that meet the reference context needs, and may appear as resources for urban growth of the city. This thesis addresses the problem of degraded post-military areas in italian case-study of Cagliari city. The main purposes can be summarized in the willingness to redeem a urban reality which today appears as a limit, through the choice of some guiding criteria applicable to several case studies in the transformation process. Military leftovers are represented as parts of a unitary system on which specific interventions are performed on each individual element, creating new relationships between the existing urban materials and new development opportunities for the contemporary city needs. Reuse becomes therefore a resource for urban planning, able to meet the demands of the emerging context in which it is applied. In the actual contest of economic crisis, the proposed design project focuses the attention not on the real estate value but on the ecological one, proposing long-term and short-term scenarios based on the concept of ecosystem servicies. They can be defined as the natural asset of the territory, and stimulate a reflection that goes beyond the concepts of "reduce, recycle, efficiency, sustainability '', but able to grasp the potential welfare increase when it's adopted a regenerative approach. The thesis assumes that such interventions can contribute significantly to the project of reinterpretation and renovation of the urban space in Cagliari, introducing not only a project based on transformations from military landscape but facing the topic with a perspective of ecological reality.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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