Analysis and Evaluation of Public Social Housing: Tools for a Sustainable Regeneration

The book explores the urban built environment's current characteristics and possible future transformations, focusing on large-scale interventions from the second half of the twentieth century. It highlights the lack of modern apartment architectural layout, energy and structural regulations, and social mix in these buildings but emphasizes their transformability and strategic distribution across urban areas, making them potential targets for future strategic regeneration projects.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 133 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

The book delves into the current state of the urban built environment, considering potential future transformations. It proposes a cross-reading analysis of existing public social housing buildings, examining their architectural, structural, and energetic characteristics. The study aims to provide a comprehensive approach that connects typology, construction, and energy demands, shedding light on the key challenges and readiness for transformation. It primarily focuses on large-scale interventions that comprise public social housing stocks constructed during the second half of the twentieth century. These buildings, despite their numerical presence, lack modern architectural layouts, energy and structural regulations, and social mix. However, their strategic distribution across urban areas and transformability make them potential targets for future strategic regeneration projects. The book specifically explores the social housing estate constructed in Rome (Italy) following the approval of the first urban economic and social housing plan in 1964.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031429279
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023