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oapen-20.500.12657-556532022-06-01T03:46:41Z 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 bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences 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. 2022-05-31T10:36:26Z 2022-05-31T10:36:26Z 2021 book ONIX_20220531_9788855184977_937 9788855184977 9788855184960 9788855184984 9788855184991 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55653 eng People_Places_Architecture application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9788855184977.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788855184977 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-497-7 10.36253/978-88-5518-497-7 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855184977 9788855184960 9788855184984 9788855184991 1 156 Florence open access
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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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