Innovative processes for social housing. The multiannual funding programmes of L 338

Law 338/00 emerges from the structural absence of programming aimed at social housing and is used to programme and implement, thanks to state funding, processes aimed at satisfying a specific housing demand of university residences. The importance of the law is due to multiple aspects, including the experimental nature, the definition of dimensional standards and procedural clarity. , Thanks to the collection and processing of data unique in quantity and originality, the contribution aims to describe the innovative process, reporting some results from twenty years of research, both methodological and applicative, aimed at identifying the virtues and criticalities of the multiyear funding programme and comparing expected and achieved results

Materials and innovative methodologies for restoring fair faced concrete

This paper presents a part of the results of broader research conducted on exposed concrete. While the knowledge and contemporary materials used in the restoration of reinforced concrete works guarantee the initial mechanical performances with significant improvements in terms of the durability of the works, when the project involves reinstating the original architectural quality, for example by redesigning the veining of the wood impressed into the façade or by adjusting the original color tones on smooth and polished surfaces, the expertise and products available to us do not always appear adequate. The research, moreover, seeks to systematize the materials and innovative methodologies used in the renovation of quality exposed concrete facings