The declining use of public phones have prompted cities around the world, including Milan, Italy, to develop new technologically-based infrastructures toward the creation of smart cities. The opportunity to design a ‘Smart Square Metre’ platform for Milan by using the existing network of public phone booths was established with Telecom Italia (TIM). The research question was how an old tool can be changed and improved into a new tool for the smart city, while the research aims include the implementation of placemaking, social interaction, technology and innovation, and networking. The thesis project is distinguished into two parts. Firstly, the former experimental part is based on the review of the literature and the consideration of the smart square metre use in order to develop different solutions and experiment with numerous opportunities. Through the design process, five concepts are proposed addressing food waste (community fridge and open kitchen), working and learning (virtual co-working office and book sharing library) and informal population services (informal retail space and public laundrette). Secondly, the latter investigative part focuses on one research direction in further developing the community fridge concept for Milan. The project helps alleviate food waste from retailers in line with the city’s developing Food Policy for 2015 to 2020. The research is produced with an original contribution based on data, territorial mapping analysis and the selection of sites for transformation. In the proposed strategy, the community fridges, which are adopted by local Social Street neighbourhood groups, enable local supermarkets to donate surplus food that are then accessed for free by the target low socio-economic population of students, the homeless and elderly using smart technology. Eight locations are identified as appropriate for the implementation of the community fridge from the ability to bring users and urban actors together through the networks of payphone points. By addressing the issue of food safety and business feasibility, the project has gained support from the non-profit food policy partner Fondazione Cariplo and the Municipality of Milan’s Urban Food Policy Pact. The research demonstrates the potential in translating policymaking into direct local urban actions and acts as a catalyst in the further development of global best practices for smart cities.
L'uso declinato dei telefoni pubblici ha spinto città in tutto il mondo, tra cui Milano, Italia, per sviluppare nuove infrastrutture basate sulla tecnologia verso la creazione di città intelligenti. Con Telecom Italia (TIM) è stata creata l'opportunità di progettare una piattaforma 'Smart Square Meter' per Milano utilizzando la rete esistente di cabine telefoniche pubbliche. La domanda di ricerca è stata come un vecchio strumento può essere modificato e migliorato in un nuovo strumento per la città intelligente, mentre le finalità della ricerca comprendono l'attuazione di placemaking, interazione sociale, tecnologia e innovazione e la creazione di reti. Il progetto di tesi si distingue in due parti. In primo luogo, l'ex parte sperimentale è basata sulla revisione della letteratura e sulla considerazione dell'utilizzo di metro quadrato intelligente per sviluppare diverse soluzioni e sperimentare numerose opportunità. Attraverso il processo di progettazione, sono proposti cinque concetti relativi ai rifiuti alimentari (frigorifero e cucina aperta), lavoro e apprendimento (ufficio virtuale di collaborazione e libreria di condivisione libri) e servizi di popolazione informale (spazio informale al dettaglio e lavanderia pubblica). In secondo luogo, quest'ultima parte investigativa si concentra su una direzione di ricerca per sviluppare ulteriormente il concetto frigorifero comunitario per Milano. Il progetto aiuta a alleviare i rifiuti alimentari dei rivenditori in linea con la politica alimentare di sviluppo della città per il 2015-2020. La ricerca viene prodotta con un contributo originale basato su dati, analisi mapping territoriale e selezione di siti per la trasformazione. Nella strategia proposta, i frigoriferi comunitari, adottati dai gruppi locali di social street, consentono ai supermercati locali di donare alimenti in eccesso che vengono quindi liberamente accessibili dalla popolazione bassosa socioeconomica degli studenti, dei senzatetto e degli anziani che utilizzano tecnologie intelligenti . Otto località sono identificate come appropriate per l'attuazione del frigorifero della comunità dalla capacità di portare gli utenti e gli attori urbani insieme attraverso le reti di punti payphone. Affrontando la questione della sicurezza alimentare e della fattibilità degli affari, il progetto ha ottenuto il sostegno da parte del partner di politica alimentare senza scopo di lucro Fondazione Cariplo e del Patto urbano urbano del Comune di Milano. La ricerca dimostra il potenziale nella traduzione delle politiche in azioni locali dirette e agisce come catalizzatore nell'ulteriore sviluppo delle migliori pratiche globali per le città intelligenti.
A mosaic of one square metres. Improving Milan's public phones as a smart city tool
CHAN, HO YIN WILLIAM
2016/2017
Abstract
The declining use of public phones have prompted cities around the world, including Milan, Italy, to develop new technologically-based infrastructures toward the creation of smart cities. The opportunity to design a ‘Smart Square Metre’ platform for Milan by using the existing network of public phone booths was established with Telecom Italia (TIM). The research question was how an old tool can be changed and improved into a new tool for the smart city, while the research aims include the implementation of placemaking, social interaction, technology and innovation, and networking. The thesis project is distinguished into two parts. Firstly, the former experimental part is based on the review of the literature and the consideration of the smart square metre use in order to develop different solutions and experiment with numerous opportunities. Through the design process, five concepts are proposed addressing food waste (community fridge and open kitchen), working and learning (virtual co-working office and book sharing library) and informal population services (informal retail space and public laundrette). Secondly, the latter investigative part focuses on one research direction in further developing the community fridge concept for Milan. The project helps alleviate food waste from retailers in line with the city’s developing Food Policy for 2015 to 2020. The research is produced with an original contribution based on data, territorial mapping analysis and the selection of sites for transformation. In the proposed strategy, the community fridges, which are adopted by local Social Street neighbourhood groups, enable local supermarkets to donate surplus food that are then accessed for free by the target low socio-economic population of students, the homeless and elderly using smart technology. Eight locations are identified as appropriate for the implementation of the community fridge from the ability to bring users and urban actors together through the networks of payphone points. By addressing the issue of food safety and business feasibility, the project has gained support from the non-profit food policy partner Fondazione Cariplo and the Municipality of Milan’s Urban Food Policy Pact. The research demonstrates the potential in translating policymaking into direct local urban actions and acts as a catalyst in the further development of global best practices for smart cities.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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