Nowadays, mobility and accessibility are - in different forms and meanings - strictly connected in order to obtain sustainability of new project interventions. At neighborhood scale, the design of public space can contribute to the sustainable mobility, creating places of quality in which the slow mobility is favored. Accordingly, the research titled "Public spaces. From principles to good practice" was carried out by the author in the framework of both "Urban Maestro. New Governance Strategies for Urban Design" Horizon 2020 research project and the INU Community "Public Space", the latter coordinated by the author. The Urban Maestro Project - coordinated by the UCL - "looks at the ways European cities are being designed and financed, focusing on innovative ways of generating and implementing urban spatial quality". Among the objective, the project has the comparison of the experiences in Europe to international practices. The Community Public Space has the objective to collect best practices of public space in Italy, starting from the Charter of Public Space, adopted during the second Biennial of Public Space held in Rome in 2015. To these ends, about 30 Italian case studies were collected (Sepe, 2020). Starting from these premises, the methodology and results of this research will be illustrated. To collect the data on the case studies a specific data base was created. The elements to collect were chosen in order to have information concerning tangible and intangible elements of a public space, believing that in the right balance among these factors the quality can be achieved. The tangible elements concern the date of realization of the project, the institutions which were involved, the funds - for the project and its management -, the urban planning tool or the project idea and relative policies, the mobility and accessibility. The intangible elements concern the kind of uses - not only those which are designed, but the real ones - the elements that testify the success of the space, the livability, the presence of the space and the satisfaction of the visitors on the social media. Planimetry, images and main references complete the database. The general framework which emerges shows different design, planning, mobility, cultural, geographical, social and financial factors that can determine the quality of a public space. Emblematic case studies with particular attention to both the sustainable mobility and the policies will be showed. The cases include: Lungomare Matteotti in Pescara; Piazza Goldoni in Trieste; Largo Enrico Berlinguer, Stazione Toledo Napoli; Pista ciclabile lungo il Nera, Narni; Piazzale della Stazione, Padova; and Parco Cavalieri di Vittorio Veneto in Torino. Each of these public space resolve in a different way both the themes of mobility and accessibility but have in common a sustainable approach. Topics concerning the fruition of these spaces and factors of success will complete the paper.
Accessibility, mobility and public spaces: a sustainable challenge
Sepe M
2020
Abstract
Nowadays, mobility and accessibility are - in different forms and meanings - strictly connected in order to obtain sustainability of new project interventions. At neighborhood scale, the design of public space can contribute to the sustainable mobility, creating places of quality in which the slow mobility is favored. Accordingly, the research titled "Public spaces. From principles to good practice" was carried out by the author in the framework of both "Urban Maestro. New Governance Strategies for Urban Design" Horizon 2020 research project and the INU Community "Public Space", the latter coordinated by the author. The Urban Maestro Project - coordinated by the UCL - "looks at the ways European cities are being designed and financed, focusing on innovative ways of generating and implementing urban spatial quality". Among the objective, the project has the comparison of the experiences in Europe to international practices. The Community Public Space has the objective to collect best practices of public space in Italy, starting from the Charter of Public Space, adopted during the second Biennial of Public Space held in Rome in 2015. To these ends, about 30 Italian case studies were collected (Sepe, 2020). Starting from these premises, the methodology and results of this research will be illustrated. To collect the data on the case studies a specific data base was created. The elements to collect were chosen in order to have information concerning tangible and intangible elements of a public space, believing that in the right balance among these factors the quality can be achieved. The tangible elements concern the date of realization of the project, the institutions which were involved, the funds - for the project and its management -, the urban planning tool or the project idea and relative policies, the mobility and accessibility. The intangible elements concern the kind of uses - not only those which are designed, but the real ones - the elements that testify the success of the space, the livability, the presence of the space and the satisfaction of the visitors on the social media. Planimetry, images and main references complete the database. The general framework which emerges shows different design, planning, mobility, cultural, geographical, social and financial factors that can determine the quality of a public space. Emblematic case studies with particular attention to both the sustainable mobility and the policies will be showed. The cases include: Lungomare Matteotti in Pescara; Piazza Goldoni in Trieste; Largo Enrico Berlinguer, Stazione Toledo Napoli; Pista ciclabile lungo il Nera, Narni; Piazzale della Stazione, Padova; and Parco Cavalieri di Vittorio Veneto in Torino. Each of these public space resolve in a different way both the themes of mobility and accessibility but have in common a sustainable approach. Topics concerning the fruition of these spaces and factors of success will complete the paper.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
