Community and City. Naples, Bagnoli: former Nato area

La observación de la complejidad de la realidad urbana, a través de una nueva sensibilidad por el medio ambiente, la naturaleza y la tierra, está gradualmente cambiando el sentido y el valor de algunas prácticas arquitectónicas y urbanas, tanto en el ámbito académico como en el institucional/político. De esta manera, se puede definir un nuevo tipo de paisaje urbano: el paisaje productivo; cuyo componente principal está representado por la tierra y el su valor multifuncional. Un intento de la idea fue puesto a prueba en la zona Nato en el oeste de Nápoles (Italia). Esta área fue ocupada por el ejército de los Estados Unidos durante 50 años. En 2013, el área fue finalmente liberada y, mediante un acuerdo con la ciudad de Nápoles (en la persona del alcalde Luigi de Magistris) y la fondación Banco di Napoli, lo que fue una vez un lugar donde se han decidido guerras, es ahora convertido en un lugar donde se crea la paz y la colectivización. El plano de un parque de naturaleza agrícola deriva de una demanda pública y de la participación activa de los ciudadanos que han promovido uso y administración de esta área. La realización de este proyecto para la ciudad de Nápoles es un ejemplo de cómo los intereses de los ciudadanos, las instituciones y los profesionales se pueden poner de acuerdo. De esta manera, los principios inspiradores de la "demostración de interés" se puede resumir en la siguiente manera: la identificación de un segmento de la población joven como el primer destinatario de la rehabilitación de la zona; la externalización de la función social del proyecto al fin de ser implementado en términos de: "recuperación de la cohesión social", "conformación de un habitat urbano autogestido de la comunidad de usuarios y residentes", "activación de procesos espontáneos entre los usuarios", "participación directa de los ciudadanos", soporte de las instituciones públicas y adopción del principio de la sostenibilidad ambiental.The observation of urban reality complexity, through a new sensibility towards the environment, the nature and the earth, is slowly changing the sense and the value of some practices of architectural and urban acting, not only in the academia, but also in the institutional/politic field. In this way, it is possible to define a new kind of urban land-scape, the productive landscape, whose main component is represented by the land and by its multi-functional value. A experimentation of the concept has been applied to the ex Nato area in west Naples (Italy). The area was occupied by the U.S. Army for 50 years. In 2013, it was finally freed, and through an agreement with the Municipality of Naples (in the person of the Mayor Luigi de Magistris) and the Banco di Napoli Foundation, what once was a place where wars were decided, today it becomes a place to build peace and sociality. The project of an agricultural natural park stems from a public demand and from the active participation of citizens that promoted the use and management of this area. The realization of this project for the Municipality of Naples is an example of how the interests of citizens, institutions and professionals can meet. Therefore, the guiding principles of Naples municipality “interest” can be summarized as follows: the identification of a young segment of the population as the first recipient of the area reuse, the expression of the social function of the project to be implemented in order of a recovery of social cohesion, a conformation of an urban self-governing community of users and residents, activation of spontaneous processes among the users, direct participation of the citizens, support of public institutions, adoption of environmental sustainability

Bagnoli: A City Project

For its values, the Bagnoli-Coroglio area (in the western part of Naples) represents a greatly significant place for the city and its community. The story of its transformation, from the cessation of the industrial activity until today, is very complex; it has lasted for about 20 years and has had a great influence on the social structure of a district that places great dreams and hopes in its regeneration. The desire for a free beach and a public park for the city is indeed still waiting to be realized. But today we are at a turning point. This contribution, that briefly reviews the main stages of this story, aims to highlight the entire process of the construction of the environmental redevelopment and rehabilitation project of the area, presenting it as an interweaving example of architecture, urban visions, urban planning, environmental restrictions, politics, legal events, but also an example of strong popular participation for the construction of a "City Project"

Mobile learning between opportunities and risks. A critical thinking

Muchas veces se concibe la introducción de tecnologías digitales en las instituciones educativas de forma acrítica, como una panacea en grado de mejorar por sí misma las prácticas y potenciar el rendimiento. Tales expectativas se fundan en una visión que considera las tecnologías como un factor autónomo y aislado, independientemente de las actividades para las cuales se emplean, de su significado y de las expectativas que el usuario les atribuye, además de las relaciones sociales y los contextos culturales y organizativos en las cuales son introducidas y utilizadas. El riesgo que se presenta para las tecnologías de aprendizaje electrónico móvil (m-Learning) es que sean objeto de la misma parcialidad interpretativa. La finalidad de nuestro artículo es presentar las aplicaciones de las mencionadas tecnologías, así como sus perspectivas de desarrollo.Often the introduction of the digital technologies in higher education is considered in itself as a panacea capable of improving its performance. These expectations are based on a theoretical framework that considers the technologies as isolated and autonomous factors, regardless of the activities for which they are employed and independently of the meaning and expectations that its users will perceive as well as the socio-cultural and organizational contexts where they are introduced and used. We are facing the risk that also mobile learning technology could be object of this interpretative bias. Our article aims to present its applications and development prospects

Characterization of monovarietal olive oils obtained from mills of Calabria region (Southern Italy)

AbstractThe qualitative characteristics of four monovarietal olive oils produced in Calabria region (Southern Italy) were evaluated. The aim of this work was to evidence the differences on chemical parameters due to variety and to growing environment. Results demonstrated a large variability in qualitative indexes according to the variety. Most of the Grossa di Gerace oils sampled in Ionian Southern coast revealed a high total acidity (percentage upper 0.8% of oleic acid). Fatty acid composition showed some varietal characters: in Grossa di Gerace oils possessed a low content of oleic acid and many Carolea oils showed a heptadecenoic acid level higher than 0.3% as European Rules requires for the extra virgin olive oil category. Carolea cultivar is widely grown in different sites of Calabria and so it is influenced by the different climatic conditions: the obtained oils strongly differed according to the production area

I beni comuni. L'inaspettata rinascita degli usi collettivi

I beni comuni e gli usi collettiv

Artistic constitutions of the common city

Artistic constitutions of the common cit