Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities

This book is the result of a research project designed and carried out at the Department of Architecture, University of Florence. This book discusses urban public spaces and, more specifically, run-down, inactive micro-spaces that are barely used due to their location, dimensions, morphology or sema...

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Hauptverfasser: Laurìa, Antonio, VESSELLA, LUIGI
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description This book is the result of a research project designed and carried out at the Department of Architecture, University of Florence. This book discusses urban public spaces and, more specifically, run-down, inactive micro-spaces that are barely used due to their location, dimensions, morphology or semantic characteristics. In literature, these spaces are often defined as “residual urban spaces.” A large abandoned industrial area on the outskirts of a town or a small interstitial space in a historical centre can be residual. With respect to such a broad subject matter, the book seeks to radically limit the field, concentrating on public residual spaces found in the oldest parts of cities. The book reflects on this theme and introduces a method for reading and assessment of the residuality of public spaces in historical contexts (Residuality Assessment Process) which was tested in the historical centre of Florence. It is the authors’ view that residual spaces, above all if designed according to a system logic, can go from being problems to potential activators of urban and social regeneration processes, offering a useful contribution to improve city life.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-837732025-03-24T08:01:23Z Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities Laurìa, Antonio VESSELLA, LUIGI urban public spaces run-down inactive micro-spaces residual urban spaces regeneration processes This book is the result of a research project designed and carried out at the Department of Architecture, University of Florence. This book discusses urban public spaces and, more specifically, run-down, inactive micro-spaces that are barely used due to their location, dimensions, morphology or semantic characteristics. In literature, these spaces are often defined as “residual urban spaces.” A large abandoned industrial area on the outskirts of a town or a small interstitial space in a historical centre can be residual. With respect to such a broad subject matter, the book seeks to radically limit the field, concentrating on public residual spaces found in the oldest parts of cities. The book reflects on this theme and introduces a method for reading and assessment of the residuality of public spaces in historical contexts (Residuality Assessment Process) which was tested in the historical centre of Florence. It is the authors’ view that residual spaces, above all if designed according to a system logic, can go from being problems to potential activators of urban and social regeneration processes, offering a useful contribution to improve city life. 2022-06-02T04:37:44Z 2022-06-02T04:37:44Z 2022-05-31T10:36:26Z 2021 book ONIX_20220531_9788855184977_937 OCN: 1367233103 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55653 9788855184977 9788855184960 9788855184984 9788855184991 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/83773 eng People_Places_Architecture open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55653/1/9788855184977.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55653/1/9788855184977.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55653/1/9788855184977.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-497-7 10.36253/978-88-5518-497-7 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855184977 9788855184960 9788855184984 9788855184991 156 Florence open access
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Small Forgotten Places in the Hearth of Cities
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