Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): URBAN REGENERATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY SITES

Issue 3/2011 of "IN_BO. Ricerche e progetti per il territorio, la città e l’architettura" is about urban regeneration of areas subject to disposal of industrial and military activities, by presenting the results of researches, design studios and graduation thesis, and of an international workshop.

The issue is divided in two parts.

In the first part, in the "Urban and Territorial Planning" section, the issue introduces the topic of urban regeneration, from the perspective of the designer (Parmeggiani) and an explanation of the methodological approach (Minghini).
In the "Cities" section, four case studies are proposed: Bologna, with the sustainable regeneration of the Sani-Casaralta area, located in the outskirts (Ferrante, Bettazzi), Piacenza, with its vast heritage of military real estate (Milani), Forlì, with the redevelopment of a former monastery turned to military uses (Castagnoli) and Balangero, with environmental and landscape restoration of a large industrial site, a former asbestos mine (Giacobazzi). Four different levels of intervention, four different design settings.
In the "Architecture" section two projects are presented: the architectural rehabilitation of Capo Spartivento lighthouse, a former military garrison (Bartolomei) and the proposed temporary structures for commercial outlets, as an occasion for the increase in value of brownfield sites (Gaiti).

In the second part, in the "Urban Design" section, the issue presents the results of the design workshop on the area Staveco redevelopment in Bologna, which took place from 15 January to 15 April 2011 at the Urban Center Bologna (Evangelists), promoted by Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), Directed Studies Abroad Program in Architecture Master of the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (Sgarbi), with the participation of students from the University of Bologna, Degree Course in Architectural Engineering (Bravo, Ciampolini, Francia and Luccaroni).
http://www.urbancenterbologna.it/index.php?/it/attivita-urban-center-bologna/la-carleton-university-allurban-center.html

Edited by L. Bravo and A. Luccaroni