- Via Salvator Rosa, 353 - 80135 - Naples
Bruna Vendemmia
Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Planning, Department Member
- Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Transportation Studies, Transport Planning, Transport Economics, Journal of architecture and planning, and 32 moreUrban And Regional Planning, Urban Design, Urban Regeneration, Public Space, Urban Sociology, Mobility/Mobilities, Landscape Planning, Landscape, City and Regional Planning, Urban Landscape, Urban practice, Architecture, Architecture and Public Spaces, Privatisation Of Public Space, Architecture and Planning, Cultural Planning, Urban Ecology, Landscape Urbanism, Urbanism, Ecological Urbanism, Sustainable Urban Design, Drosscape, Urban mobility, Urban Public Open Space, Landscape Architecture, Mobility, Tactical Urbanism, Rigenerazione Urbana, Espace public, Town planning, Publics, and Commonsedit
- Bruna Vendemmia is an architect, PhD in Territorial Design and Government at Politecnico di Milano. She graduate in Naples were she actually leaves.edit
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Abstract How far have changes in mobility practices transformed the relationship between people and territory, and altered urban rhythms? In which way can urban planners deal with these transformations? What are the new spaces and habits... more
Abstract How far have changes in mobility practices transformed the relationship between people and territory, and altered urban rhythms? In which way can urban planners deal with these transformations? What are the new spaces and habits of people on the move? In answering these questions this article investigates some cases of highly mobile people in Italy, and tests an innovative research method based on the direct observation of people’s mobilities and their stories of this mobility. The article takes on a double perspective: on the one hand it tries to offer an overview of the Italian case, collecting general data about changes in the structure of society and mobility behaviours; on the other hand, it describes and maps in detail stories of highly mobile people, investigating mobility paths, the reason behind their choice and, finally, their consequences. The final results are expected to open up new lines of research in the design of mobility: first and foremost, a more holistic approach to mobility may help to better identify mobility demand and define mobility strategies on a territorial level; secondly, the use of a sensitive approach to mobility analysis, one that considers the feelings and perceptions of mobile people, may bring about a more conscious and performing design of mobility spaces and services.
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Book Description This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory. It establishes an... more
Book Description This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory. It establishes an interdisciplinary and a multiscalar approach to mobility analysis and mobility design through the application of a mobile method of research. Drawing on mobile people in Italy, the book highlights how influential movers appropriate and configure space for their own needs, centring their activities on continuous but distant places and configuring territories with uncertain and evolving limits. This change of perspective allows us to redefine the concept of mobility space, including all the spaces that support the development of emerging mobility practices. It also encourages new perspectives on the way in which the relationship between the individual and territory is evolving into a less sedentary way of inhabiting space. This book will be of interest to architects, urban scientists and sociologists, as well as postgraduate students who are interested in understanding how mobilities are transforming contemporary cities and territories.
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This work aims to connect the new information technologies with the transformations they have triggered on physical environment. If from one side is possible to understand that new information technologies create several possibilities for... more
This work aims to connect the new information technologies with the transformations they have triggered on physical environment. If from one side is possible to understand that new information technologies create several possibilities for social relations, and for the exchange of information and knowledge, from the other side, it is still difficult to recognize how these technologies are distributed in physical space and what are the influences that they have in our everyday life. One of the main difficulties to read ICT effects on the physical Word is that: as they are ephemeral and in many cases invisible, is not always possible to know their position in space and to map their presence. Many recent researches are focused on the understanding of this relation. A survey conducted on the State Library of Queensland’s by Dan Hill, for example, showed that the distribution of the WI-FI system inside the building influenced the localization of people. This is true both at the scale of the single building as well as at the city scale. Matthew Zook underlines that even if Internet is a horizontal network, it grows around some hubs. Zook’s work highlights that the most important hubs correspond to the Word Global Cities, suggesting that the development of new information technologies contributes to make those cities more competitive. These two examples demonstrate that the presence of ICT contributes to raise the concentration of people and business, intensifying networking capacity. It has become clear that ICT influenced our lifestyle, reducing the distances between people, increasing our capacity to make relations and, as a consequence, creating new possibilities and new reasons to live and to travel trough a wider territory. At the same time, people using ICT are sensors making possible to analyse the physical world and the on-going transformations. Going through some research projects that use innovative technologies to study urban space, we will understand the importance of this tool to comprehend the processes in act.
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Numerose ricerche evidenziano come l'accessibilità all'educazione sia uno dei di-ritti fondamentali di cittadinanza da garantire a livello nazionale per poter ridurre le disparità sociali. Il contributo si focalizza sulla... more
Numerose ricerche evidenziano come l'accessibilità all'educazione sia uno dei di-ritti fondamentali di cittadinanza da garantire a livello nazionale per poter ridurre le disparità sociali. Il contributo si focalizza sulla relazione tra mobilità, istruzione e povertà educativa. L'analisi della bibliografia permette di mettere a fuoco le prin-cipali problematiche e suggerire alcune possibili strategie e politiche per ridurre le disuguaglianze territoriali nell'accesso all'educazione in Italia.
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L'articolo restituisce una geografia delle aree marginali in Italia alternativa rispetto alla classificazione proposta nella Strategia Nazionale per le Aree Interne (2014). Analizzando le condizioni demografiche, socioeconomiche e... more
L'articolo restituisce una geografia delle aree marginali in Italia alternativa rispetto alla classificazione proposta nella Strategia Nazionale per le Aree Interne (2014). Analizzando le condizioni demografiche, socioeconomiche e relative alla mobilità, il lavoro individua, attraverso una cluster analisi, quattro diverse tipologie di marginalità a cui ricondurre politiche per contrastare le disuguaglianze territoriali.
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Sustainable urban planning refers to the implementation of urban project through land use models that empower the existing potentialities of the site. Sustainable urban projects should consider the growing expansion of urban peripheries... more
Sustainable urban planning refers to the implementation of urban project through land use models that empower the existing potentialities of the site. Sustainable urban projects should consider the growing expansion of urban peripheries towards rural areas, the high number of unused buildings, the degradation of some abandoned areas, the location of infrastructures, and the preservation and improvement of the system of urban green spaces. The project presented in this paper, winner at Europan 11 competition for the site of Sambreville (BE), was developed in 2011 by the teamwork composed of Giovanni Aurino, Danilo Capasso, Laura Falcone, Anna Sirica and Bruna Vendemmia. The project site is 5 ha large and is located in Sambreville, in the south of Belgium, in Wallonia. Despite its proximity to the city centre, it shows the typical features of leftover spaces and hasn’t been touched by urbanization yet. This is probably due to the presence of two elements that acted like barriers, sepa...
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Numerose ricerche evidenziano come l'accessibilità all'educazione sia uno dei di-ritti fondamentali di cittadinanza da garantire a livello nazionale per poter ridurre le disparità sociali. Il contributo si focalizza sulla... more
Numerose ricerche evidenziano come l'accessibilità all'educazione sia uno dei di-ritti fondamentali di cittadinanza da garantire a livello nazionale per poter ridurre le disparità sociali. Il contributo si focalizza sulla relazione tra mobilità, istruzione e povertà educativa. L'analisi della bibliografia permette di mettere a fuoco le prin-cipali problematiche e suggerire alcune possibili strategie e politiche per ridurre le disuguaglianze territoriali nell'accesso all'educazione in Italia.
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Il contributo, attraverso un processo di analisi del tema dell’abitare, si focalizza sull’individuazione di strategie di adattamento, messe in atto da diversi attori nei territori al confine tra Milano e comuni limitrofi, per far fronte... more
Il contributo, attraverso un processo di analisi del tema dell’abitare, si focalizza sull’individuazione di strategie di adattamento, messe in atto da diversi attori nei territori al confine tra Milano e comuni limitrofi, per far fronte ai cambiamenti del contesto di riferimento indotto dalla crisi economica globale, quali: l'uso e il riuso di spazi ed edifici dismessi, la risignificazione di porzioni di territorio destinate all’agricoltura periurbana, l'ibridazione e la contaminazione tra pratiche abitative, politiche e pratiche innovative di mobilità. In questo contesto, si ritiene che i territori individuati siano particolarmente interessanti come caso studio per l'osservazione delle strategie delineate. Da tempo essi risultano, infatti, interessati da un cambiamento delle logiche insediative dovuto alla ridefinizione del rapporto città-periferia e città-campagna, risentendo in modo particolarmente incisivo degli effetti dovuti alla crisi economica globale. La ricerca, pertanto, è finalizzata a comprendere come i cambiamenti pongano le basi per una trasformazione del sistema, oppure un rafforzino quei valori che la crisi mette in discussione; quali risorse (in termini di capitale sociale, dispositivi spaziali, servizi esistenti) emergono dal territorio e come queste possono essere utilizzate per ripensarne criticamente lo sviluppo? Come emerge dalla ricerca, le caratteristiche strutturali dei territori oggetto di studio (ammasso di pluralità di materiali eterogenei, compresenza di materiali urbani a diverse scale, principio insediativo per isole, spazio aperto plurale, frammentazione e discontinuità) li rendono un campo privilegiato per individuare sia gli effetti spaziali della crisi, sia le trasformazioni delle relazioni socio-economiche prodotte dalla crisi stessa, ad esempio, delle scelte localizzative di attività produttive, o della ricerca di rapporti di prossimità tra le abitazioni e i servizi. Risorse quali il riuso di edifici dismessi, terreni agricoli ancora produttivi, ambiti residenziali privi di congestione, ricche reti di collegamenti locali, potrebbero offrire nuove occasioni per reperire qualità ecologiche del vivere urbano, in una relazione di prossimità e interconnessione con la città compatta. La ricerca, pertanto, si è articolata in tre macro-ambiti di indagine: l'abitare in isole identitarie (esclusive e “segregative”), i luoghi della risignificazione (nuovi “spazi relazionali” e comunità di pratiche), e pratiche di mobilità. Sono stati utilizzati differenti strumenti di indagine, tra cui un’analisi cartografica e bibliografica finalizzata a comprendere i cambiamenti dell’assetto generale di questi territori, oltre alla costruzione di “microstorie” attraverso sopralluoghi e interviste semi-strutturate a differenti attori, volte ad un’osservazione diretta del territorio, delle popolazioni che lo abitano e delle istanze/domande di cui esse si fanno portatrici
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This paper based my research on the relation between the local and the global in the metropolitan region and tries to clarify, looking at the case of Naples, the consequences of regional strategies considering the unexpected effects of... more
This paper based my research on the relation between the local and the global in the metropolitan region and tries to clarify, looking at the case of Naples, the consequences of regional strategies considering the unexpected effects of global choices on local city growth. In 2010 Naples lies on a huge conurbation: the high-way infrastructures reduced the distance, increasing the accessibility of the region but without building a clear relation with the surroundings; as a consequence the city sprawls messing up the previous rural structure. At the same time, the industrial areas produced visible fractures on the configuration of the territory.
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Abstract How far have changes in mobility practices transformed the relationship between people and territory, and altered urban rhythms? In which way can urban planners deal with these transformations? What are the new spaces and habits... more
Abstract How far have changes in mobility practices transformed the relationship between people and territory, and altered urban rhythms? In which way can urban planners deal with these transformations? What are the new spaces and habits of people on the move? In answering these questions this article investigates some cases of highly mobile people in Italy, and tests an innovative research method based on the direct observation of people’s mobilities and their stories of this mobility. The article takes on a double perspective: on the one hand it tries to offer an overview of the Italian case, collecting general data about changes in the structure of society and mobility behaviours; on the other hand, it describes and maps in detail stories of highly mobile people, investigating mobility paths, the reason behind their choice and, finally, their consequences. The final results are expected to open up new lines of research in the design of mobility: first and foremost, a more holistic approach to mobility may help to better identify mobility demand and define mobility strategies on a territorial level; secondly, the use of a sensitive approach to mobility analysis, one that considers the feelings and perceptions of mobile people, may bring about a more conscious and performing design of mobility spaces and services.
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This chapter aims to study some emerging mobility practices in Italy and the consequences they have had on the use and configuration of spaces. A growing number of people live their lives across a vast space consisting of work, family,... more
This chapter aims to study some emerging mobility practices in Italy and the consequences they have had on the use and configuration of spaces. A growing number of people live their lives across a vast space consisting of work, family, and friendship networks, and are travelling longer distances, in shorter periods of time, than ever before. This paper addresses the hypothesis that those transformations are modifying the relationships between people and territory, allowing people to live simultaneous lives, and increasing relationships within multiple territories. I will use biographies of highly mobile people as a tool to describe this process. Describing and analysing their mobility behaviours allow to show how people try to “catch ubiquity and simultaneity” (Ascher in Cahiers internationaux de sociologie. PUF, Paris, p. 53, 2005) in their everyday lives, highlighting how far those practices have transformed the relation between people and territory and the spaces of mobility. The first results presented here consist on the identification of three territorial profiles based on the geography of personal relationships and revealing how this geography interacts with a general transformation of everyday urban rhythm in the construction of simultaneous lives.
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International audienceThis paper aims at analysing the causes of internal migrations in Italy that provoke population decline and shrinking in some areas of the country, with a particular regard to medium-sized cities that, despite being... more
International audienceThis paper aims at analysing the causes of internal migrations in Italy that provoke population decline and shrinking in some areas of the country, with a particular regard to medium-sized cities that, despite being considered in many cases central places for accessing services provision, are experiencing phenomena of shrinking. These territories are characterised by a recent but strong process of demographic contraction, poor mobility and lack of services, yet these areas have historically made the country’s wealth and diversity. Contrasting and comparing different statistical data at national scale, this work projects to identify the emerging geographies of demographic loss in Italy, with particular reference to medium-sized cities. As matter of fact, observing these places and their populations allows us to grasp more radically the fragility linked to population shrinking in urban contexts, the reason behind it and the extent of the ongoing transformations.C...
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This lexicon aims at interpreting the concept of ‘Territorial Fragilities' toward different approaches. Abandonment, Accessibility, Adaptation, Connection, Housing, Landscape, Narrative, Peripheries, Policies, Prototyping,... more
This lexicon aims at interpreting the concept of ‘Territorial Fragilities' toward different approaches. Abandonment, Accessibility, Adaptation, Connection, Housing, Landscape, Narrative, Peripheries, Policies, Prototyping, Regeneration, Segregation, Shrinkage and Welfare, are different points of view that open to design directions and strategies to work on territorial fragilities. Material and immaterial fragilities are linked to: lack, poorness or obsolescence of existing building and infrastructure, changes in social structure, emerging individual needs. After a theoretical introduction, the headwords will present different tactics that may lead to the construction of ‘thick description' as well as furnish guidelines for more effective design and policies to manage territorial fragilities.
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Questa ricerca descrive in modo critico-storiografico le conseguenze generate dalle strategie di localizzazione delle infrastrutture di scala regionale sulla crescita urbana locale. In particolare mi sembra interessante chiarire, in... more
Questa ricerca descrive in modo critico-storiografico le conseguenze generate dalle strategie di localizzazione delle infrastrutture di scala regionale sulla crescita urbana locale. In particolare mi sembra interessante chiarire, in questa sede, se le strategie di infrastrutturazione regionale inneschino processi di trasformazione a livello locale e se questi processi possano, a loro volta, generare un sistema di regole virtuose di sviluppo “dal basso”. Il caso studio preso in esame è l’Area Metropolitana di Napoli. Amministrativamente non costituita, essa viene spesso fatta coincidere con i limiti della Provincia; sebbene, nel suo uso quotidiano, sia possibile individuare un’area di influenza che comprende anche parte delle Provincie di Caserta e Salerno. Questa definizione di confini più labili nasce dalla considerazione che il territorio è il risultato di una serie di processi, naturali e di antropizzazione; conseguentemente, esso non può essere definito in maniera statica: deve ...
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The project site is 5 ha large and is located in Sambreville, in the south of Belgium, in a region called Wallonia. Despite its proximity to the city center, it shows the typical features of leftover spaces and hasn’t been touched by... more
The project site is 5 ha large and is located in Sambreville, in the south of Belgium, in a region called Wallonia. Despite its proximity to the city center, it shows the typical features of leftover spaces and hasn’t been touched by urbanization yet. This is probably due to the presence of two elements that acted like barriers, separating the site from its surroundings: the Sambre river and the railway.
The project main idea is the creation of a public riverside park, beginning in the site and extending northwestward, along the Sambre river. On a territorial scale, the park will be the framework of an integrated system including woods, wild green areas, leftover spaces and residential quarters; on an urban scale, it will be a major urban attractor and will facilitate the visual and functional connection between the two parts of the city. For this reason, the project title is “ville+Sambre+ville”.
The project main idea is the creation of a public riverside park, beginning in the site and extending northwestward, along the Sambre river. On a territorial scale, the park will be the framework of an integrated system including woods, wild green areas, leftover spaces and residential quarters; on an urban scale, it will be a major urban attractor and will facilitate the visual and functional connection between the two parts of the city. For this reason, the project title is “ville+Sambre+ville”.
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Book Description This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory. It establishes an... more
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This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory.
It establishes an interdisciplinary and a multiscalar approach to mobility analysis and mobility design through the application of a mobile method of research. Drawing on mobile people in Italy, the book highlights how influential movers appropriate and configure space for their own needs, centring their activities on continuous but distant places and configuring territories with uncertain and evolving limits. This change of perspective allows us to redefine the concept of mobility space, including all the spaces that support the development of emerging mobility practices. It also encourages new perspectives on the way in which the relationship between the individual and territory is evolving into a less sedentary way of inhabiting space.
This book will be of interest to architects, urban scientists and sociologists, as well as postgraduate students who are interested in understanding how mobilities are transforming contemporary cities and territories.
This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory.
It establishes an interdisciplinary and a multiscalar approach to mobility analysis and mobility design through the application of a mobile method of research. Drawing on mobile people in Italy, the book highlights how influential movers appropriate and configure space for their own needs, centring their activities on continuous but distant places and configuring territories with uncertain and evolving limits. This change of perspective allows us to redefine the concept of mobility space, including all the spaces that support the development of emerging mobility practices. It also encourages new perspectives on the way in which the relationship between the individual and territory is evolving into a less sedentary way of inhabiting space.
This book will be of interest to architects, urban scientists and sociologists, as well as postgraduate students who are interested in understanding how mobilities are transforming contemporary cities and territories.
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This chapter aims to study some emerging mobility practices in Italy and the consequences they have had on the use and configuration of spaces. A growing number of people live their lives across a vast space consisting of work, family,... more
This chapter aims to study some emerging mobility practices in Italy and the consequences they have had on the use and configuration of spaces. A growing number of people live their lives across a vast space consisting of work, family, and friendship networks, and are travelling longer distances, in shorter periods of time, than ever before. This paper addresses the hypothesis that those transformations are modifying the relationships between people and territory, allowing people to live simultaneous lives, and increasing relationships within multiple territories. I will use biographies of highly mobile people as a tool to describe this process. Describing and analysing their mobility behaviours allow to show how people try to " catch ubiquity and simultaneity " (Ascher, 2005, p. 53) in their everyday lives, highlighting how far those practices have transformed the relation between people and territory and the spaces of mobility. The first results presented here consist on the identification of three territorial profiles based on the geography of personal relationships and revealing how this geography interacts with a general transformation of everyday urban rhythm in the construction of simultaneous lives.