Urban Mining analyses study the potential of recovering materials and resources found in buildings and constructions of a city during dismantling, demolition, or renovation processes. The city becomes, thus, a territory where mining can be used to look for and generate new resources from reusing, recycling, and up-cycling processes. In the context of the CENTRINNO […]
This conference paper was written together with Carolina Ferro, Ida Jusic, Mitalee Parikh and Tomas Diez Ladera (Fab City Foundation), and Carlotta Fontana and Francesco Cingolani (Volumes Paris) for the Fab17 Research Papers Stream (Fab17), Bali, Indonesia, on the 19th October 2022. The article, presented by Carolina Ferro at the conference, provides a conceptual discussion […]
Circular economy; cities and territories; socio-ecological transition; resource flows Chapter co-authored with Cecilia Furlan, Alexander Wandl and Chiara Cavalieri, published in Amenta L., Russo M., van Timmeren A. (eds) Regenerative Territories. GeoJournal Library, vol 128. Springer, Cham Abstract: Nowadays, the circularity concept dominates the debate on resource management in cities and territories. The idea is often used as […]
CENTRINNO is a research project focused on industrial historical sites under transformation. It will showcase the potential of these cultural landscapes to become new and inclusive hubs of entrepreneurship, manufacturing and innovation for city residents and small producers while fostering sustainability and social inclusion. The project is funded by the EU H2020 program and is […]
Reflow is a research project that seeks to understand and transform urban material flows, co-create and test regenerative solutions at business, governance, and citizen levels to create a resilient circular economy. Funded by EU H2020, the project involves 27 European partners. Diverse approaches to circularity are tested in six pilot cities across Europe focusing on […]
Analysis and proposal for the Lea river valley in London. The work developed as part of a research by design studio at TU Delft, in collaboration with Ricardo Avella, and guided by Birgit Hausleitner and Taneha Kuzniecow. The work consisted of two parts. The first one included a layered analysis of the urban development of […]