SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY AND TERRITORY: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LABORATORY

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CITYAND TERRITORY
THE EXPERIENCEOF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LABORATORY

• GUIDO SIVO - Polytechnic of Bari
• DANILO DIOMEDE - Laboratorio di Quartiere S.r.l.
  - Bari, Rome
• Turin, June 11th 1999

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Public / Private organizations for urban
restoration and maintenance the Neighbourhood
Laboratory
- PUBLIC UTILITIES - ENERGY - ENVIRONMENT -
TRANSPORTATION
- OTHER PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
SCHOOL
- URBAN RESTORATION PROFESSIONALS - EXPERTS -
RESEARCHERS
- ECHONOMICAL OPERATORS - REAL ESTATE
COMPANIES - INSURANCE COMPANIES - BANKS
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Urban maintenance The Neighbourhood Laboratory
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LABORATORY PROIECTS THE
SCIENCE OF MAINTENANCE INTO A SOCIAL DIMENSION,
AIMING AT OPERATE ON THE MECHANISMS THAT ENABLE
THE RELATIONS AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS, THE
TERRITORY, THE STRUCTURES FOR ITS EXPLOITATION
AND THE CITIZENS (Gianfranco Dioguardi)

• JAPIGIA
• OLD TOWN
• BARI

• ROME
• GHETTO
• CO.TRA.L.

• OTRANTO
• 1979
• 1992

COSENZA
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Otranto, 1979

• Patronage of UNESCO and Italian Council of
  Research
• Partnership Dioguardi - Renzo Piano
• Refurbishment tests in the Old Town with
  innovative techniques
• Stimulation of local craftmanship
• A place for gathering and distributing
  information
• Meeting point for the citizens

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Bari, 1980

• Agreement Mayor of Bari - Dioguardi
• Support structure to a group of municipal lodges
• Programmed maintenance activities
• Technical consulting
• Experimental site
• Studies on house Energy saving

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THE MAIN NEED

• Public and private operators must be able to
  access information and data
• complete
• updated
• integrated
• useful to city planning and urban maintenance.

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THE USERS

• National Administration
• Local bodies
• Citizens
• Companies
• Professionals
• Institutions
• Associations

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ORIGINS OF DATA

• HISTORICAL
• ARCHITECTURAL
• CITY PLANNING
• TECHNOLOGICAL
• TECNHICAL

• LAWS AND REGULATIONS
• FINANCIAL
• CULTURAL
• TOURISTICAL

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THESE DATA HAVE A COMMON FEATURE
THEY ARE INHOMOGENEOUS
TEXTS
TABLES
PICTURES
SOUNDS
IMAGES
ANIMATIONS
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MOREOVER, WAYS TO ACCESS DATA AND THEIR
USEFULNESS DEPEND EVERY TIME ON THE TYPE OF USER
THATS WHY A CAPABLE AND AT THE SAME TIME
FLEXIBLE CONTAINER SHOULD BE CONCEIVED
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THE CONTAINER IS A MULTIMEDIA HYPERTEXT
THE HYPERTEXT IS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM IN WHICH A
LARGE AMOUNT OF INHOMOGENEOUS INFORMATION CAN BE
ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS THAT CAN BE ORGANIZED
FOLLOWING ASSOCIATIVE MECHANISM
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INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS

• MULTIMEDIA
• EASY TO UPDATE
• INTERACTION WITH USERS
• TELEMATIC DIFFUSION

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MEDIA

• WORKSTATION
• CD-ROM
• INTERNET
• CIVIC NETWORKS
• INTRANET

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EU-funded BRICC Project for the introduction of
ICTs in the Construction sector
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Tested services VIDEOCONFERENCE FROM THE SITE
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Tested services FILE TRANSFER
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Technology supporting a new model for
Wide-Area-Maintenance

• Distributed database accessed via Intranet
• Maintenance Plans and multimedia electronic
  hypertext manuals
• Network management of Maintenance operations
• Remote supervision
• Use of innovative instruments

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INNOVATIVE SERVICES FOR MAINTENANCE