The thesis will analyse the main environmental certifications at the neighbourhood scale currently active on the international market with the intention of selecting some useful indicators for the creation of a new evaluation matrix that will aim to improve urban liveability and usability with the help of the role of public participation. In order to make the matrix adaptable to all contexts and more specifically to urban ones, the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play a fundamental role by defining the current need to make these goals usable also in the local context. It was essential to analyse in depth all selected certifications and evaluation tools such as: BREEAM Communities, LEED Neighbourhood Development, CASBEE for Urban Development, DGNB System, GCB Neighbourhoods, ITACA Urban Scale, WELL Community, Pearl Rating System For Estidama, HQE (High Quality Environment) and Living Community Challenge with the intention of focusing on the best aspects of each certification and consequently defining a matrix based on specific quality domains that have the task of considering only and exclusively indicators and criteria with characteristics that conform to the domain in which they are included. In this way, each quality domain considered will have its own useful characteristics with the aim of analysing in depth each indicator/ criterion considered. The main innovation is represented by the change of point of view from an urban design perspective to an urban process conception. The elaborated matrix will not only be a tool used to monitor the design phase, but will become a useful instrument able to act as a guideline for the urban project by monitoring it during the preliminary analysis and evaluation phase, during the design phase, during the construction phase and during the utilisation phase through the evaluation carried out directly by residents. The result of the thesis can become a support tool for all phases of urban design as it simultaneously considers several components linked to the urban process, i.e. social, economic and environmental aspects. The application methodology follows the logic of the process thus defining four main phases and a subsequent application to the identified case study. I had the opportunity to collaborate with the companies Hines and Prelios during the “Urban Regeneration and Large Scale Urban Development” workshop organised by the Politecnico di Milano for the redevelopment of the Falck Area in Sesto San Giovanni; as a solution and also in agreement with the company Hines, I decided to test the new matrix directly on a further portion of the project.
La tesi analizzerà le principali certificazioni ambientali a scala di quartiere attualmente attive sul mercato internazionale con l'intento di selezionare alcuni indicatori utili per la creazione di una nuova matrice di valutazione che avrà l'obiettivo di migliorare la vivibilità e la fruibilità urbana con l'ausilio del ruolo della partecipazione pubblica. Al fine di rendere la matrice adattabile a tutti i contesti e più specificamente a quelli urbani, il ruolo degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile (SDGs) gioca un ruolo fondamentale definendo l'attuale necessità di rendere questi obiettivi utilizzabili anche nel contesto locale. È stato fondamentale analizzare tutte le certificazioni e gli strumenti di valutazione selezionati, quali: BREEAM Communities, LEED Neighbourhood Development, CASBEE for Urban Development, DGNB System, GCB Neighbourhoods, ITACA Urban Scale, WELL Community, Pearl Rating System For Estidama, HQE (High Quality Environment) e Living Community Challenge con l'intento di evidenziare gli aspetti migliori di ogni certificazione e di conseguenza definire una matrice basata su specifici ambiti di qualità che hanno il compito di considerare solo ed esclusivamente indicatori e criteri con caratteristiche conformi all'ambito nel quale sono inseriti. In questo modo, ogni categoria considerata avrà le proprie caratteristiche con l'obiettivo di analizzare ogni indicatore/criterio considerato. L'innovazione principale è rappresentata dal cambio di punto di vista da una prospettiva di progettazione urbana a una concezione di processo urbano. La matrice elaborata non sarà solo uno strumento utilizzato per monitorare la fase di progettazione, ma diventerà un utile strumento in grado di fungere da linea guida per il progetto urbano monitorandolo durante la fase di analisi e valutazione preliminare, durante la fase di progettazione, durante la fase di costruzione e durante la fase di utilizzo attraverso la valutazione effettuata direttamente dai residenti. Il risultato della tesi può diventare uno strumento di supporto per tutte le fasi della progettazione urbana, in quanto considera contemporaneamente diverse componenti legate al processo urbano, ossia gli aspetti sociali, economici e ambientali. La metodologia di applicazione segue la logica del processo definendo quattro fasi principali e una successiva applicazione al caso di studio individuato. Ho avuto l'opportunità di collaborare con le società Hines e Prelios durante il workshop "Urban Regeneration and Large Scale Urban Development" organizzato dal Politecnico di Milano per la riqualificazione dell'Area Falck di Sesto San Giovanni; come soluzione e anche in accordo con la società Hines, ho deciso di testare la nuova matrice direttamente su una porzione del progetto.
Assessing the liveability and sustainability of neighbourhoods : development and implementation of a comprehensive districts' matrix embedding SDGs
Colella, Alessandro
2021/2022
Abstract
The thesis will analyse the main environmental certifications at the neighbourhood scale currently active on the international market with the intention of selecting some useful indicators for the creation of a new evaluation matrix that will aim to improve urban liveability and usability with the help of the role of public participation. In order to make the matrix adaptable to all contexts and more specifically to urban ones, the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play a fundamental role by defining the current need to make these goals usable also in the local context. It was essential to analyse in depth all selected certifications and evaluation tools such as: BREEAM Communities, LEED Neighbourhood Development, CASBEE for Urban Development, DGNB System, GCB Neighbourhoods, ITACA Urban Scale, WELL Community, Pearl Rating System For Estidama, HQE (High Quality Environment) and Living Community Challenge with the intention of focusing on the best aspects of each certification and consequently defining a matrix based on specific quality domains that have the task of considering only and exclusively indicators and criteria with characteristics that conform to the domain in which they are included. In this way, each quality domain considered will have its own useful characteristics with the aim of analysing in depth each indicator/ criterion considered. The main innovation is represented by the change of point of view from an urban design perspective to an urban process conception. The elaborated matrix will not only be a tool used to monitor the design phase, but will become a useful instrument able to act as a guideline for the urban project by monitoring it during the preliminary analysis and evaluation phase, during the design phase, during the construction phase and during the utilisation phase through the evaluation carried out directly by residents. The result of the thesis can become a support tool for all phases of urban design as it simultaneously considers several components linked to the urban process, i.e. social, economic and environmental aspects. The application methodology follows the logic of the process thus defining four main phases and a subsequent application to the identified case study. I had the opportunity to collaborate with the companies Hines and Prelios during the “Urban Regeneration and Large Scale Urban Development” workshop organised by the Politecnico di Milano for the redevelopment of the Falck Area in Sesto San Giovanni; as a solution and also in agreement with the company Hines, I decided to test the new matrix directly on a further portion of the project.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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