81937 - Services and Products for the Built Environment

Learning outcomes

The module is based on paradigms that bring together the service project with the need to design urban components linked to living and capable of taking into account the participatory need of citizens, the quality and sustainability of the intervention, the personalized compared to the standard .
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
translate a housing activity into a sum of services and products for public or private use;
identify and materialize the process of a service linked to living; integrate cultural values into the immaterial and material project of a service.

Course contents

The course is focused on the design of products/services aimed at improving the quality and sustainability of the built urban environment by working on users including aspects regarding understanding, awareness, access and behaviour.

The course activity will start from the analysis and understanding of the intervention context, from the definition of the key challenges and then develop adequate response strategies, evaluating their applicability, feasibility and scalability. From a methodological point of view, the project will be developed in stages of progress, each corresponding to the achievement of some fundamental objectives.

The course has as its fundamental focus the relationship between services, technologies and users.

Readings/Bibliography

In the process of being defined.

2016. Green Buildings And Design For Adaptation: Strategies For Renovation Of The Built Environment. DOI:10.2495/EQ-V1-N2-172-191. pp.172-191. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT - ISSN:2056-3272 vol. 1 (2)
Boeri A.; Antonini E.; Gaspari J.; Longo D.
2014. Smart buildings and grids in the renovation of the built environment. pp.255-262. In World Sustainable Building 2014 - ISBN:9788469718155 vol. 5
Boeri A.; Boulanger S.; Gaspari J.; Longo D.
2013. Paesaggi periferici. Strategie di Rigenerazione urbana”, ISBN 978-88-7462-552-9, Quodlibet, Macerata
R. Di Giulio, A. Boeri, M.C. Forlani, A. Gaiani, V. Manfron, R. Pagani,
2015. Multi-layered urban strategies to foster the Smart Cities development. In Tenth International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (Vol. 194, pp. 23–34).
Antonini, E., Boulanger, S. O. M., & Gaspari, J.
2015. How to strategize smart cities: Revealing the SMART model. Journal of Business Research, 68(7), 1414–1419. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.01.024
Ben Letaifa, S.
2013. (2013). Smart Cities Readiness Guide, 281. Retrieved from http://smartcitiescouncil.com/resources/smart-cities-readiness-guide
Berst, J., Enbysk, L., Williams, C., & Caine, C.
2014. Smart cities: the state-of-the-art and governance challenge. Triple Helix, 1, 7. doi:10.1186/s40604-014-0007-9
Deakin, M.
2015. European Commission, & Science for Environment Policy. Indicators for sustainable cities. doi:10.2779/61700
2006. The architecture of intelligent cities: integrating human, collective and artificial intelligence to enhance knowledge and innovation. In 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 06) (Vol. 2006, pp. v1–13–v1–13). IEE. doi:10.1049/cp:20060620
Komninos, N.
2009. Les Écoquartiers (Éditions A.). Rennes.
Lefevre, P., & Sabard, M.
2010. Fuel poverty and human health: A review of recent evidence. Energy Policy, 38(6), 2987–2997. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.037
Liddell, C., & Morris, C.
2012. Modelling the smart city performance. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 25(February 2015), 137–149. doi:10.1080/13511610.2012.660325
Lombardi, P., Giordano, S., Farouh, H., & Yousef, W.
2015. Smart and sustainable cities in the European Union. An ex ante assessment of environmental , social , and cultural domains.
Manitiu, D. N., & Pedrini, G.
2007. Tecniche costruttive per l'efficienza energetica e la sostenibilità, Maggioli, Rimini
Rava P.
2003. Architettura sostenibile. 29 esempi europei di edifici e insediamenti ad alta qualità ambientale, Edizioni Ambiente,
Gauzin-Muller
2000. The HOK guidebook to Sustainable design, John Wiley & Sons Canada
Mendler O.,
2004. Manuale di bioedilizia, DEI Roma
U. Wienke,
2007. Criteri di progettazione ambientale, Editriale Delfino, Milano 2007
Boeri, A.
2011. La terza rivoluzione industriale, Edizioni Mondadori,
J. Rifkin,
2004. La festa è finita. La scomparsa del petrolio, le nuove guerre, il futuro dell'energia, Fazi, Milano
R. Heinberg,
2006. Fine corsa, Einaudi, Torino
Leggett, Jeremy
Lanfranco Marasso,
2015. Come finanziare la città del futuro, Maggioli Editore

(a cura di) S. Landra, M. Ravazzini, F. Prandi La salute cerca casa, ed. Comunità Concrete

(a cura di) M. Ingrosso, La promozione del benessere sociale, Franco Angeli

(a cura di) C. Bottari, P. De Angelis. Dal welfare al welfare di comunità Bononia University press

2020. Design a better business. Nuovi strumenti, skill e mindset per la strategia e l’innovazione, Patrick van del Pijl, Justin Lokitz e Lisa Kay Solomon, Franco Angeli

2014. Critica portatile al visual design, Riccardo Falcinelli, Einaudi Editore

Teaching methods

The course alternates lectures and laboratory activities, organized in groups, aimed at enhancing the skills learned and the capacity for project development. Meetings with external parties and educational trips are planned with the aim of providing additional stimuli to the project activity.

Punctual reviews of the progress of the projects by the teachers are foreseen to verify the progress as well as some moments of collective presentation of the results achieved.

Assessment methods

The course includes intermediate checks of a seminar nature on the progress of the project.
The exam consists of the presentation and discussion by students organized in groups of the projects developed during the course. The final evaluation of each individual student will take into consideration the individual contribution provided and the results produced during the activities.

The evaluation is based on the weighted application of the following three criteria: knowledge of the theoretical contents and bibliography and acquisition of instrumental skills (30%), level of depth of the design hypothesis (30%), clarity and effectiveness in the presentation (40% ).

Teaching tools

The communication, IT and technical support tools supplied with the study course will be used.

Office hours

See the website of Elena Vai

See the website of Pierluigi Molteni