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UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO since 1806

Maurizio Carta

in the age of metamorphosis

urbanism often says Don't Think of a Crocodile!

the result is‌.

urbanism must pass a vision based exclusively

on prohibitions

urbanism must recover a vision based on

+ design + creativity + sharing + recycling

we need a new education of vision for a new ecology of mind

we must Re-imagine Urbanism

because we live in a Metamorphosis Age

so we need a new generation Creative Urban Ecosystem

open environments and shared platforms increase profitability and creativity of the people involved

3 types of creative habitat

RECYCLING as creative raw material

SHARING as multiplier of creativity

CITIZENSHIP as collective creativity

this types of habitat – the coral reef, the web and the city – have seen great inventions come to light, resulting from circular, converging and shared paths based on

cooperation

innovation is born from the relationship, the sharing and the hybridization

of ideas

city is the best place where

ideas have sex [Matt Ridley + Maurizio Carta]

re-imagining urbanism needs to design a new alliance between human capitals, creative cities and smart citizens

we need to re-imagine the city

perception or reality?

The Urban Regener ation Myth

re-imagining urbanism challenge

visions*

We live in a world of cities, whether dense or sprawled, metropolitan or networked, expanding or shrinking.

The cities are places of innovation, inspiration and cultural growth.

The next cities have the responsibility to generate innovative lifestyles, more sustainable, smart and creative, and to be the reformer of its own development pattern.

but often current urbanism paradigm is‌

... it's stopped to 1792

the “illusion of dead frog� deceive us that the life of dead organisms can be returned by means of electricity.

Similarly, we believed that the declining territories could bring back to life through the input of external resources (public funds, big projects, urban policies, international events, etc.).

planning in the metamorphosis age

#METAMORPHOSIS is the new and powerful keyword in time of crisis.

We are not undergoing a mere – even though dramatic – passing situation, but we are living in a crisis which requires a metamorphosis of the ecological, cultural, economic, social and political systems to get out of it different than we were when entering it.

planning in the urban age

The metamorphosis will have to be mainly urban.

The Greek etymology reminds us that the “crisis� involves recognition, hence "decision": it requires active identification and assessment that is the prerequisite to the necessary structural change.

In the metamorphosis era, nothing can remain unchanged and we have an obligation to rethink the identity and role played by the components of society as a whole, and how they affect urban and land planning.

Cities act as powerful population attractors no longer from rural areas, but – even more in time of crisis – from other cities, thus generating a flow of “social capital” crossing them, able to feed their competitiveness, regeneration and quality provided that it is adequately transformed into resources for sustainability.

World: Human Footprint Acceleration

ITALY: the explosion of the Urban Age

8 sqm/sec ITALY: the explosion of the Urban Age

new keywords for the european urban agenda

find the differences

holistic approach!

changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

challenges*

changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

autism

consisting of the withdrawal of the area chosen for regeneration into an introverted dimension aiming to solve criticities in itself and committed to regenerate only the urban cluster in which it acts, developing it and re-qualifying it, but without any will and capability of producing a real impact on the whole urban fabric and on the general quality of the city.

schizophrenia

consisting of a constant change in approaches and policies produced by the will of decisionmakers to come into line with the electoral whim or to pursue exogenous opportunities: flows of the tourist system, sources of European funding, taking the opportunity of global events or services.

sterility

which is translated into low value added or the nonexistent multiplier of investment that the urban regeneration projects produce, by not activating production systems, by not triggering a system of tax relief, by not changing the processes of global governance through the formation of mixed partnerships or development agencies.

drug addiction

from public resources, fed by the belief to be always able to experience a development model “doped� by the existence of a public debt.

Regeneration policies of districts, waterfronts or dismissed areas have often been the outcome of a "subprime town planning" which has fed the consumption of spaces and resources rather than pursuing an effective sustainability.

#re-connect the relationship It is clear that we are faced with “relational pathologies�, deriving from a pseudo-interaction between dwelling and production, between buildings and public spaces, between hubs and networks, too often used as propaganda and marketing rather than as an effective vector of urban dynamism.

And if pathologies are relational, it is on relational factors that we have to act to find solutions, aware also of the dramatic change in the socio-economic context in which the administrators of our cities find themselves in their actions.

#re-start from cities is the arena of the cities that made the battle goes: rethinking their driving function of territorial cohesion, aggregative of intelligence, catalyst of resources and innovation environment.

we need to re-activate the urban metabolism.

world urban metabolism

planning in the zero budget age

the actual scenario for decision-makers (in Mediterranean Europe)

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"insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" Albert Einstein

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#re-think public policies

#re-empower private actors

#re-activate urban cycles

The Mediterranean cities are often a system producing an unsustainable waste of resources (financial, social, territorial) and a high consumption of energies (material and immaterial) with respect to the quality it generates.

We are in a situation in which the emergency actions are no longer effective.

All the same, we realize that in the same cities their intrinsic qualities are still high (historic centres, coastal landscapes, peri-urban farms), values are intact (prestige and reputation, cultural background and sociability), talents are active (universities, research, cultural activities, brands) and relations are fluent and broad (ports, airports, infrastructural or digital connections).

#re-load the city Then, the acceptance of decline and its management is not the only way, but we can and must commit ourselves to “Re-load the urban operating system� to reactivate the city again.

The new generation urban project will have to supply a new operating system to the city, re-combining territorial resources, economic flows and social capitals.

the raise of middlecities

In Europe the most dynamic cities are not the megalopolis, because the strong hubs of the European world cities (London, Paris and Berlin) are complemented by a network of 25 second level cities able not only of being the new driving forces for development, activating support policies to their attractiveness, but above all of playing an important international role in the production of creative capital.

changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

paradigms*

MULTIPLICITY proactive knowledge

LIGHTNESS control and rules

QUICKNESS responsibility for the decision

EXACTITUDE commitment to action

VISIBILITY the value of communication

CONSISTENCY the ethics of planning

Regional planning and urbanism have evolved throughout the second decade of the Twenty-first century from land use regulation, to remarkable developments, in foreseeing future scenarios and negotiating development patterns. Moreover, the transition occurred during the global housing bubble, from ground rent to new social return despite the economic crisis and the changes undergone by the urban environment is worth remembering.

CREATIVE CITY paradigms and tools

from the creative city 1.0 attraction of creative class

through the creative city 2.0 generation of creative class

to the creative city 3.0 activation of creative ecosystem

4C

of creative ecosystem

City Culture Communication Cooperation

the creative city 3.0 mandala

UNESCO’s Hangzhou Outcomes. A Culture-based Urban Agenda - Beijing, 10-12 december 2015

#HUMAN FACTORS PEOPLE-CENTRED CITIES: Humanizing cities through culture to enhance their liveability and empower people to connect with their communities and shape their urban environments INCLUSIVE MULTICULTURAL CITIES: Recognizing cultural diversity by promoting collaborative partnerships to encourage community participation and reduce inequalities PEACEFUL AND TOLERANT SOCIETIES: Building on the diversity of culture and heritage to foster peace and intercultural dialogue, and counter urban violence

UNESCO’s Hangzhou Outcomes. A Culture-based Urban Agenda - Beijing, 10-12 december 2015

#BUILDING ACTIONS HUMAN SCALE, COMPACT AND MIXED-USE CITIES: Promoting culture and creativity in urban development, regeneration and adaptive reuse SUSTAINABLE, GREEN AND RESILIENT CITIES: Integrating heritage and traditional knowledge into innovative and culture-based solutions to environmental concerns

UNESCO’s Hangzhou Outcomes. A Culture-based Urban Agenda - Beijing, 10-12 december 2015

#POLICIES CHOICES SUSTAINABLE URBAN ECONOMIES: Addressing poverty alleviation and managing economic transitions by enhancing the cultural assets and human potential of cities INCLUSIVE PUBLIC SPACES: Leveraging heritage and cultural and creative activities to foster social cohesion and ensure access to well-designed quality public spaces ENHANCED RURAL-URBAN LINKAGES: Fostering respect for the cultural value of small settlements and landscapes, and strengthening their relationship with cities IMPROVED URBAN GOVERNANCE: Strengthening participatory mechanisms, capacity-building, and developing indicators to assess the role and impact of culture on urban development

UNESCO’s Hangzhou Outcomes. A Culture-based Urban Agenda - Beijing, 10-12 december 2015

new city making is a fertile cooperation of a great number of talents

the human/urban paradigm

changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

experiments*

PALERMO/FABCITY metropolis of creativity and innovation

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CONNETTERE LA PRODUTTIVITÀ URBANA

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changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

rising paradigm*

RE-CYCLING URBANISM

planning in the re-cycle age

It is necessary to “re-cycle cities” to experience a creative, intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth, both by using the potential of “city mines” consisting of dismissed or under-used areas, and acting on the innovation of life cycles, behaviours and sustainable socioeconomic values, and above all on the ways to regulate, plan and control settlements.

In the era of metamorphosis cities de-grow, shrink and become more densely populated: they produce urban “fragments”, functional “chips” and development “scraps” which only through a re-cycling process can be again the components of new life cycles capable of generating renewed urban landscapes or be the triggers of interrupted cycles, or can still contribute to turn some now ineffective microcycles into a more powerful cycle.

the re-cycle areas will be the new and powerful urban blastema in embryology a blastema is a mass of cells capable of growth and regeneration into organs. It is composed of undifferentiated pluripotent cells, which may retain memory of tissue origin.

mantra or project?

changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

experiments*

RE-BOOT POGGIOREALE

a broken mechanism

SELF-SUFFICENT BLOCKS

ENERGY WISE SOLAR ROOF

MIXED USES THERMAL SOURCES

WASTE RECYCLING

ELECTRIC CARS

ELECTRIC BIKES

POGGIOREALE smart / accessible city creative / cultural city green / rural city

re-cycle vacant rural villages

#identity #resources #users

re-cycle vacant rural villages

#rural metabolism #uses #treeconomy

re-cycle vacant rural villages

#project #energy #makers

changing paradigms serves to defeat

4 pathologies

+vision +strategy +project +rules +community

HOW?

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