Waste materials superuse and upcycling in architecture: design and experimentation

The research programme on the implementation of circular economy in the built environment, whose urgency is acknowledged both at national and at EU level, works on two complementary approaches: reuse (superuse) and recycling (upcycling). The first, theoretical and applied to a pilot case, is one of the first attempts to transpose to Italy the waste materials scouting and harvest mapping process as part of the design project. The second, with the start-up Atlante Inerti Project, which, with EIT funds, experiments an original use of recycled aggregates for the production of urban furniture elements with additive 3D printing and prefabrication of vibration compressed concrete, developing mixes with convincing performances of interest for further applications in the building industry

Land and built environment resilience. Strategies and operational tools for prevention, mitigation and adaptation of fragile and sensitive contexts

A resilient land not merely adapts, but changes by constructing environmental, economic and social reactions to effects of natural and anthropic risks, to soil consumption, to climate changes as "threats multiplier". In this context, soil consumption control, land security and maintenance, brownfields reuse constitute intervention priorities finalised to identify strategies that integrate issues of protection and long-term safeguard with mitigation and adaptation measures in coherence with local development strategies and financial and technological resources

Reducing CO2 Emissions and Improving Water Resource Circularity by Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Climate neutrality by 2050 is a priority objective and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increasing energy efficiency, and improving the circularity processes of resources are the imperatives of regulatory and economic instruments. Starting from the central themes of the mitigation of the causes of climate change and the interdependence represented by the water–energy nexus, this research focuses, through the application of the principles of the circular and green economy, on deep energy zero-emission renovation through the improvement of circularity processes of water resources in their integration with energetic ones on the optimization of their management within urban districts, to measure their capacity to contribute towards reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions during water use and distribution in buildings. After defining the key strategies and the replicable intervention solutions for the circularity of water resources, the investigation focuses on the definition of the research and calculation method set up to define, in parallel, the water consumption of an urban district and the energy consumption necessary to satisfy water requirements and CO2 emissions. Starting from the application of the calculation method in an existing urban district in Rome, 10 indicators of quantities have been developed to define water and energy consumption and their related CO2 emissions, focusing on the obtained results to also define some interventions to reduce water and energy consumption and CO2 emissions in territories that suffer a medium-risk impact from contemporary climatic conditions

Comporre un paesaggio

Relazione integrale di progetto presentato al concorso internazionale "Progetti per la Grande Villa Adriana

Eco Power Parks. Energy Development of Regional Parks

The research is characterized by a multidisciplinary approach and focuses on the territorial consolidation and development of environmentally sensitive areas, like regional parks. Parks are places where ecosystem elements are preserved and improved, but also vast ranges characterized by various human activities and interaction levels. Within this context, the disciplinary contribution focuses on energy infrastructure – with the aim of identifying the features of the Micro Local Network – as a potential tool for the development and reconstruction of marginal settlements. The study investigates interactions of pieces of territory, vocations and energy sustainability of the context, providing classes, systems and technological components typical of the Micro Local Network. The results propose a pre-arranged, expandable and changeable model, as decisional support instrument for carrying out an energy sustainable infrastructure consistent with the environmental characteristics of the context, and compatible with landscape protection goals

L'atelier de la recherche patiente | La mia opera (selezione critica)

Selezione critica di brani dal volume "L'Atelier de la recherche patiente", Frèal et Cie, Paris 1960 nella traduzione "La mia opera" Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 1961 [con R. Magnisi, M. Cellurale, A. Raggi Dottorato PDTA Sapienza