Libri di Architettura, design, territorio

Il volume raccoglie i saggi critici che illustrano i risultati del progetto THERME (Thermal Heritage for Ecosustainable Regeneration, Mobility and Economy), che ha inteso sviluppare un protocollo metodologico per valorizzare territori a rischio, utilizzando risorse naturali e culturali. Gli impianti termali, anche se non di alto valore artistico, sono stati identificati come hub per una rete integrata che promuove rigenerazione territoriale e turismo sostenibile.

In October 1993, the first Bachelor’s Degree Program in Industrial Design in Italy was inaugurated at Politecnico di Milano. This volume – Issue Zero – launches a publishing initiative that, grounded in a reflection on the historical memory and cultural roots of Politecnico di Milano’s Design System, aims to sustain the distinctive forward-looking spirit of Polytechnic design culture. Its goal is to place design at the service of today’s cultural, social, technological, and environmental challenges.

This collection of essays from Europe and the Americas illustrates a broad range of aesthetic attitudes as well as analytical approaches to Western cities expressed through photobooks. The anthology focuses on the photobook as a form of urban narrative: a tool that has been deployed to read, analyse and interpret cities through curated sequences of images. It opens up a multidisciplinary field of research with the potential to expand into further geographical and cultural areas.

Il volume esplora l’applicabilità del concetto di Social Licence to Operate (SLO), cioè il livello di accettazione sociale che un’impresa ha in un territorio, in una concessione petrolifera dell’Amazzonia ecuadoriana, popolata da una comunità prevalentemente indigena. Il caso di studio si inserisce nel quadro di una regione, l’America Latina, contraddistinta da un’accesa resistenza sociale contro le forme di estrattivismo presenti, che ha contribuito a riformulare la grammatica dei conflitti socio-ambientali, sfidando le concezioni dominanti di sviluppo e territorio.

Cities worldwide are grappling with escalating housing costs that burden lowincome citizens and threaten to turn urban centres into exclusive spaces. In Berlin housing commons have emerged as a source of hope for urban citizens and activists concerned with guaranteeing residents’ right to housing and a resident-centred city. This study examines the impact of state governance on the development of CH as a housing commons in Berlin, that is, as a decommodified, non-state form of collaborative housing that pursues the goals of inclusivity and serves the interests of the neighbourhood and city as a whole.