Antonio Vottari

Molti edifici che costituiscono le periferie urbane denunciano assieme alla obsolescenza prestazionale una povertà lessicale che degrada l’immagine delle periferie e che richiederebbe interventi di sostituzione edilizia a larga scala. In alcuni casi questo è reso impossibile dalla frammentarietà della proprietà immobiliare.

Although the theme has been studied for more than a decade, the green transformations of building...s are limited in practice and often new buildings, by large private or public estates, promoted and publicized it to gain public support. Is it possible to think about a widespread action to "green" our cities?

By now, it is clear the built environment could play an important role in fighting climate change..., since it accounts for around 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions. Generally speaking, Italian residential stock is over 50 years old and around 16% of that needs large interventions due to its poor maintenance condition.

Within the critical reflections that revolve around the construction of multi-story housing in th...e second half of the nineteenth century, to a large extent, the recent blockade period has revealed the limitations in the internal / external relationship and in the sociality it generates. Adapt this heritage or replace it?