urban environmental quality – OPEN SPACE(S) DESIGN

Stefano Salata

Lorenzo De Vidovich — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:30:47 +0000

Born in Grado (GO) 1983, is PhD in Territorial Government and Urban
Design XXVI Cycle at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
(DAStU), Politecnico di Milano. He is a contract Professor of urban
and territorial analysis at Politecnico di Milano and works on the
project LIFE SAM4CP with the Interuniversity Department of Regional
and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico di Torino. Graduated in
Urban Planning and Territorial Policies he is involved in research
activities on land take analysis and its environmental effects.

He is a member of Ecosystem Service Partnership (ESP) and a member of
National Research Centre on Land Take – ITALY (CRCS).

Co-editor of Italian National Reports on land take (2010, 2012, 2014
and 2016) of CRCS. He is also co-author of the book “L’insostenibile
consumo di suolo” (Edicom Edizioni, 2013), of the chapter “Policy and
good practices” of the book “Urban Expansion, Land Cover and Soil
Ecosystem Services” edited by Ciro Gardi (Routledge, in press) and
many international publications on land take and its effect on
Ecosystem Services.

S #3 \ URBAN OPEN SPACES DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATEISSUES. URGENT CHALLENGES FOR URBAN DESIGN.

Cristina Catalanotti — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:31:00 +0000

23 January 2017, h 14:00-18:30
AULA GAdMMA, Building 11, Via Ampère 2, Milano

The seminar aims to explore the theme of urban open space design related to the environmental and climate change issues. The analysis is focused on the identification and the detailed study of the most urgent challenges for urban design in the field of open space development.

Speakers:

\\ Lisette Klok, Amsterdam University of Applied Science
On Climate Proof Cities

\\ Andrea Arcidiacono, Viviana di Martino, Politecnico di Milano
Open spaces quality and urban well-being

\\ Eugenio Morello, Politecnico di Milano
Human comfort, urban environmental quality and energy transition in open spaces

\\ Antonella Bruzzese, Politecnico di Milano
Public spaces. Design tools for urban quality and people involvement

Discussant: Nilva Karenina Aramburu Guevara, Lorenzo De Vidovich

Keywords: urban environmental quality, climate change, adaptation and mitigation, climate design, urban heat island, energy transition, urban scale