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4167. The grammar of constraints for a things-based justice. Urban text(ure)s and the ulteriority of the local identities

Invited abstract in session TD-47: MCDA and urban planning 3, stream Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis.

Tuesday, 14:30-16:00
Room: 50 (building: 324)

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Salvatore Giuffrida
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania
2. Maria Rosa Trovato
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania
3. Vittoria Ventura
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
4. Cheren Cappello
Department of Architecture Design and Urban Planning, University of Sassari
5. Ludovica Nasca
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania

Abstract

Project evaluation derives from operational research method and tools for formalizing decision-making processes. Among these, the Appraisal and valuation discipline privileges the ones aimed at measuring the added value, an aspect of the progress of social communities that implies considerations of distributive justice.
Although not universally endorsed, the appeal to the civic engagement of evaluation is increasingly compelling since the succession of economic crises and environmental fluctuations enlarges the frontline of countering the distress of territories and communities.
This paper addresses the redevelopment processes of historic urban fabric by proposing a “scenario-generating model” based on a structured and limited set of constraints (rules) able to outline a potentially unlimited number of consistent layouts.
On the basis of two different experiences carried out with reference to a building-urban fabric in Italy, some critical reflections are proposed on: 1. the "grammatical" framework of this system, which bases its internal coherence on the "morphological," "semantic," and "syntactic" levels; 2. the projection of the "ethics of constraint" from the particular dimension of "what is owed" to things and people, to the general dimension of "what is owed" to earth and communities.

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Status: accepted

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