C Barioglio

D. Campobenedetto

M. Nigra

M. Robiglio

English

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27 March 2025POLITECNICO DI TORINORepository ISTITUZIONALERe-coding. Rethinking the rules of cities / Robiglio, M.; Barioglio, C; Campobenedetto, D.; Nigra, M. - In: The FutureUrban Legacy Lab. A Report, 2017-21 / Coricelli F., Martini L., Robiglio M.. - STAMPA. - Torino : The Future UrbanLegacy Lab / Politecnico di Torino, 2021. - ISBN 978-88-85745-69-8. - pp. 170-173OriginalRe-coding. Rethinking the rules of citiesPublisher:PublishedDOI:Terms of use:Publisher copyright(Article begins on next page)This article is made available under terms and conditions as specified in the  corresponding bibliographic description inthe repositoryAvailability:This version is available at: 11583/2996078 since: 2025-01-02T10:51:00ZThe Future Urban Legacy Lab / Politecnico di Torinothe Future  Urban Legacy Lab  a report 2017-2021FULL 171170 FACTS          RESEARCH          ACTIVITIES          PERSPECTIVES A REPORT. 2017–2021The Re-Coding project investiga- tes the ordinary making of the ur-ban fabric. In this context, the city is conceived as the combined result of spatial planning, market forces, swing-ing frames of reasoning, con-formity to norms and individual expectations and aspirations. To do so, the Re-Coding project fo-cuses on the role of urban codes in shaping the structure of our cities. Specifically, FULL aims at exploring the intertwined con-nection between urban codes and city morphology. With urban codes a set of rules should be intended that regards singled out ‘elemental types’ (such as height, roofing, windows, and the like) and their rela-tions within the built environment with no correspond-ence to a predetermined and unique location. Yet, the complexity of regulation system might hinder the imme-diate understanding of the extent and impacts that such regulations have on the built environment, particular-ly when the overlapping of well-intentioned regulations generated in different time frames result in distorted out-comes, such as use segregation, contradictory directions and scarce flexibility, to name a few, in a time in which cities have to deal with progressive modifications rather than massive greenfield expansions.TYPE Research projectYEAR 2018 - ongoingRe-coding  Rethinking the rules  of citiesTRANSFORMATIVE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPEThroughout history, the codification of urban rules has taken many forms: - The control and exploitation of nature-related phenomena;- The regulation of litigation in the city of the modern age;- Hygiene control during the second industrial revolution;- The control of the image of the city through the catalogs of ornamentation;- The coordination of urban forms in the practices of the new urbanism.TULTEAMScientific coordinator: Matteo RobiglioResearch: Caterina Barioglio,  Daniele Campobenedetto, Marianna NigraResearch group:Lucia Baima, Michele Barale, Francesca Frassoldati, Valerio Roberto Maria Lo Verso, Maddalena Martina, Guglielmina Mutani, Anna Pellegrino,  Riccardo Ronzani,  Valeria Todeschi.FULL 173172 FACTS          RESEARCH          ACTIVITIES          PERSPECTIVES A REPORT. 2017–2021Citizens can easily understand how to transform their properties, feel active in urban transformation and more involved in the system.Municipalities – as well as provincial and regional administrations – can effectively facilitate ongoing procedures and transformations, rather than resolving disputes.Companies are encouraged to invest in a context with clear rules that enable clear risk assessments.Professionals can offer more competitive design costs thanks to sim-pler compliance verification.4 An Exportable ModelThe Re-coding team has been experimenting with this ap-proach since 2018, working alongside the Municipality of Turin. Thanks to its interdisciplinary nature, the group has the skills to operate in different regulatory areas, including construction, energy, urban planning and environmental design. Through this method, which puts simplification at the core of the activity, FULL is (re)defining an exportable and replicable model.The complexity of the Italian regulatory system is an obstacle that we face daily. It slows down administrative works, makes it difficult to foreseen the effects of rules, and impinge heavily on the eco-nomic activities of citizens and businesses. The need for rationali-zation and optimization of such system is not new. Simplification and streamlining of bureaucracy have been keywords in the inter-national political environment since the post-war period. Despite many efforts have been taken to overcome such issue – also due to the progressive increase of complexity of our societies and the con-sequential accumulation of rules and laws – the issue of complexity of regulation system cannot be considered solved yet.  1 An Effective SolutionFULL has created the Re-coding project, as well as a research team that deals with the simplification of urban rules. The scope is to support policymakers and administrations to optimise the complex system of rules.2 An Alternative MethodFULL proposes a more radical alternative to the current proce-dural simplification approach. The method involves: reduction of procedural steps and distribution of responsibilities between actors involved. Existing rules are systemised and put in order. Overlaps, redundancies and contradictions are identified and reduced. Opportunities to reorganise the content within regu-lations or even to rewrite parts of the rules emerge.3 An Opportunity to Be SeizedMaking rules more readable and transparent means unlocking the potential for transformation of cities and regions.A ‘simple’ city is a city in which: TRANSFORMATIVE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE | Re-codingFULL 415414 COLOPHON A REPORT. 2017–2021Emanuele  Protti PhD candidateis an architect and PhD student in Ar-chitecture History and Design at Po-litecnico di Torino. He collaborated with Carlo Ratti Associati, Plateau Col-laboratif, UdA Marcante-Testa. In 2016, he won in collaboration with Plateau Collaboratif the international competi-tion for the redevelopment of the indus-trial sector Pasubio in Parma. He lives and works in Turin.Elisa Sirombo Research fellowarchitect, leed ap bd c, o m, itaca pro-tocol expert Since 2011 he has been a consultant on energy-environmental sustainability issues and on the LEED and Itaca certification processes and since 2014 he has been collaborating with Macro Design Studio. Since 2013 research fellow at the Department of Energy of the Polytechnic of Turin, he carries out research in the field of sus-tainable construction. Author of several technical and scientific publications.Maicol Negrello Research fellowis an architect and research fellow at FULL and DAD (Politecnico di To-rino). Graduated in Architecture after two international experiences at TTÜ Tallinn and at the CCA (Montréal), he holds a PhD at Politecnico di Torino with the thesis “Architecture for urban agriculture”. He is currently involved in studying the different forms of integra-tion of nature in the city in the research NUI- Nature as Urban Industry.COLOPHONThe Future Urban Legacy Lab  A report. 2017–2021 Federico Coricelli Laura Martini Matteo RobiglioEditorsEditorial assistantLudovica RolandoArt Direction + Graphic DesignFIONDA: Roberto Maria Clemente Arianna Smaron  Gioele PretteCollaboratorsAdriano Aimar Angelo CacceseTranslationLandoorTypefacesAkzidenz–Grotesk pro Adobe Caslon ProPaperFedrigoni Arena EW Smooth Fedrigoni Imitlin FlatISBN978–88–85745–69–8Printed and binded in Italy byArti grafiche PariniRectorGuido SaraccoDeputy RectorLaura MontanaroVice RectorsDavid Chiaramonti, International AffairsStefano Paolo Corgnati, Internal AffairsClaudia De Giorgi, Welfare and Equal OpportunitiesSebastiano Foti, EducationPatrizia Lombardi, Sustainable Campus  and CommunitiesGiuliana Mattiazzo, Technology TransferLuca Settineri, Policy Planning and InfrastructureMatteo Sonza Reorda, ResearchFULL Department DirectorsAndrea Bocco, DISTPaolo Mellano, DADElena Maria Baralis, DAUINMarco Perino, DENERGAndrea Bianco, DETFrancesco Laio, DIATIMaurizio Galetto, DIGEPPolitecnicodi Torino LeadershipThanks toMario Ravera, Head of PPAAnnita Dei Tos, Interdepartimental Centres SupervisorGraziella Mauro, Assistant to the SupervisorContactFuture Urban Legacy Labc/o OGR TechC.so Castelfidardo, 2210138 Turin, Italyfull.polito.it Caterina  Montipò PhD candidateis an architect and PhD She graduat-ed from Politecnico di Milano in 2013, and earned her PhD from Politecni-co di Torino in 2019 with the thesis “Loft Working. Urban manufacturing spaces in North American cities.” She has a rich and diversified international experience developed both as a student as well as a professional between Spain (Universitat Politècnica de València), Chile (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), and USA (Carnegie Mellon University). She has been collaborating with different architectural studios and engineering companies between Chile (2013-2014) and Italy (2015-current).Natalia Bonilla Research fellowfinished her major in Architecture at the Universidad de Costa Rica, Natalia gained experience for two years in design and construction as a junior architect in the San José based firm Grupo Térraba. In 2015, she undertook the masters joint programme PLANET Europe, part of Erasmus+, between Radboud Universi-teit (Netherlands) and Cardiff University (United Kingdom) in European Spatial Planning and Environmental Policies.

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