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Promoters
Sponsorship
Partner
Supporter
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Index
Manifesto Human resources Themes Towards the platform “Bassano for sustainability� Two experimental projects
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Manifesto
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A creative chatter
The working method of the school of Bassano is based on the principle of creative chatter, open to diversity, in order to address precisely the rapid changes in the social, economic and environmental field.
Generating innovators
The development of human resources is the real purpose of our projects. The project is intended as a generative force for new opportunities, a collaboration open to different cultures and to all stakeholders. The students will develop processes to produce creative solutions, designed to overcome the complex challenges they face. The key to managing the diversity of goals and their continuous evolution is the organization of activities through diversified and integrated platforms, consisting of public administration, entrepreneurs, researchers, citizens.
Stimulating a radical creative collaboration between stakeholders
We work in partnership with businesses, nonprofit organizations, public administration: this circular method allows students to understand what it means to design outside the classroom and helps our partners to intensify their innovation strategy. We propose an innovative methodology that combines analytical and creative approaches, and requires collaboration between different disciplines. This process, called “design thinking�, it combines the methods of engineering and of planning, it exploits the ideas of the art world, the tools of the social sciences and the visions of the economy. The student becomes familiar with these processes, customizes them, internalizes them, and applies them to his plans: this means learning by doing.
Esploring new shared solutions
The student is called to solve a problem, but also to define its nature. He is stimulated towards a strong curiosity and a strong spirit of collaboration, with the aim of overcoming the already assimilated experience. The teachers illustrate different points of view, offering a mix of contributions from different disciplines and problem-solving solutions. Insted of working in groups on the same project, the students address different aspects of innovation, exploiting their own differences as a creative engine. They work in the field, to develop empathy with the users of the project, discovering their real needs. The result is the production of a series of prototypes which will receive a feedback from the population. Each phase of the work explores unexpected visions and solutions. The process of design thinking is the glue that holds together the diversity of stakeholders, allowing students to continuously develop intuitive ideas and lateral thinking.
human resources
The course begins --From IUAV University: with the collaboration Prof. Fabio Peron - scientific board between IUAV Prof. Giuseppe Longhi - scientific board and organization University and the Arch. Massimo Vallotto - stakeholder engagement Architects Association of Vicenza (Italy) --From Architects Association of Vicenza: Arch. Marisa Fantin - president Arch. Elisabetta Mioni - advisor Arch. Raffaella Reitano - advisor Staff
Arch. Linda Comerlati - design and engagement
Students
Anna Ave anna.ave@hotmail.it Lucia Baccara lucia.baccara@iuav.it Diletta Bellina d.bellina@awn.it Sara Carciotti saracarciotti@gmail.com Matteo Coletto matthewcolett@gmail.com Laura De Rocco lauraderocco@yahoo.it Maria De Rossi maria.derossi.88@gmail.com Maria Ilaria Di Gaeta imariailariadigaeta@gmail.com Michele Disarò micheledsr@gmail.com Giulia Longhi gllonghi@yahoo.it Andrea Pennisi andrea.pennisi@a-office.org Beatrice Rizzo b–rizzo@tiscali.it Rodighiero Massimo massimo@sra.it Nicola Sartori nikfuture@libero.it Giacomo Tomasini g.tomasini@studioalbanese.it Francesco Zanon francesco.zanon@a-office.org Chiara Zoppi architettochiarazoppi@gmail.com Nicola Preti arch.nicolapreti@gmail.com
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themes
Intelligent School Design The design of knowledge and the application of D.M. 11/04/2013
The new strategies of building and urban design are experienced through the contents of the document Europe 2020, the objectives of the 8th Framework Program and the application of D.M. 11/04/2013 “Guidelines for sustainable design of school facilities.� These documents and laws allow you to devise innovative proposals, which are basic structures of new prototypes for urban and economic regeneration.
Philosophy
Knowledge is the engine of development because it can increase the capacity of human resources. This is the primary goal of the design. The project will be a generator of several opportunities for the growth of cohesion, resilience, productivity, connecting a local urban area to the world.
Why Bassano del Grappa
The city of Bassano del Grappa has an innovative and entrepreneurial foundation and it is engaged in the experimentation of new forms of knowledge and work. Regarding natural and physical resources it has an important historical and natural heritage; regarding the processes of dematerialization it has a free wi-fi network in the historic center. It houses the Urban Center, a space for shared dialogue and discussion on urban development.
Operative structure
The course is part of a structure subdivided into: the structure of production, the structure of teaching, and the stakeholder forum: --Structure of production: it comprehends all the activities designed to produce interactive database and automatic design tools; --Structure of teaching: it is divided into online and face-to-face activities. The activities have tools for distance storage (online databases and folders) and tools for dialogue (blogs, social net, webinars, skype). Through these tools, the dialogue is 24h and students are encouraged to be proactive and creative. The face-to-face activities are focused on the design workshops and integrated with the final presentation of the prjects to the stakeholders; --stakeholder forum: the learning activities are supported by a committee of partners coming from the public administration and professional associations, with the aim of increasing the feasibility of the projects and generate new ones.
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THEME 1 From the classroom crisis to the FabLab The driving forces of the evolution of school design principles
THEME 2 From learning to being industrious Knowledge in European policies and international organizations
THEME 3 From Maria Montessori to Seymour Papert Cognitive systems and organizational models THEME 7 A cloud for an interactive design Operative database for school design
THEME 6 The school as a center for urban resilience The executive design of school ecosystem according to D.M. 11/04/2013
THEME 4 From openspace to the cloud/fablab The design of the school from the second to the third industrial revolution
THEME 5 A design that promotes metabolic cohesion The project agenda
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Towards the platform “Bassano for sustainability”
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The course as a force for urban innovation
The specialization course “Intelligent school design” aims to develop: --innovative engagement opportunities to involve stakeholders; --a platform for local businesses to penetrate new markets; --skilled job opportunities for young people.
The new dimension of the market
Never before the international market of design and urban regeneration has been so dynamic: Asia has opened the opportunity to build more than 200 new city of 2 million inhabitants each; the EU has launched a campaign for urban regeneration through new smart infrastructures; President Obama launched the “Presidential Climate Action Project”; the Australian Government with the document “State of Australian Cities” is programming the regeneration of the city. These programs are accompanied by strong measures to support innovation, linked to the renewal of knowledge and business. As a matter of fact you can considerate the five-year plan for a metabolic development in China, the program “Clean Revolution” and the smart corridor Mumbai-New Delhi, the EU programs “Europe 2020” and “Horizon 2020” and the “Design Innovation Platform for Europe”, the U.S. program “Brain Initiative”.
New rules to access new market sectors
The rules of contemporary design have little to do with historical ones. At the end of the last millennium the Wuppertal Institute launched a slogan that changed the way we see economic development: “Make tons kilowatthours redundant and not people.” If the problem is the limit of resources, a consequence of the increase in consumption of raw materials due to the growth of income and population, the strategic variable for industries shifts from the centrality of labor productivity to the saving of raw material and energy production from renewable sources. Industries have to radically innovate and invest in research and dissemination of knowledge, as set out by the agenda of international Conventions (see the following table).
The opportunity for the business community of Bassano del Grappa
These premises lead to the proposal of an integrated platform “Bassano for Sustainability” whose mission is to: --enhance the operation of the business, administrative, cultural systems, to extend the connectivity of the enterprises of the Northeast Region; --develop big data to support human capital and disseminate the global potential of the Northeast Region; --organize the participation to international design competitions; --begin an action for the redevelopment of the structures of knowledge, in symmetry with “Horizon 2020” objectives and the D.M. 11.4.2013.
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Two experimental projects
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Launching the project Bassano Start Up City
The theme of knowledge engages with the issue of economic development thanks to the project “Bassano Start Up City�. This project is an innovative prototype of urban creative development, replicable from the regional to the international scale, based on the proposal of an industrious generative sector. Starting with the new models of school organization the projects integrates them with the knowledge of creative enterprises, increasing the human capacity thanks to new patterns of production value. The project is based on the experience of a local finance institute for the promotion of spin-offs, and intends to expand it further. This project begins with the interpretation of national and international best practices of creative urban planning, in order to subsequently assess the potential application of innovative tools in the school system. The project will develop an operative agenda that will define the actions of the stakeholders involved and the structure of the crowdfunding action to raise financial resources. The project is thought both for professional training and for the regeneration of manufacturing and finance firms.
Launching the project Bassano on the cloud
This project aims to provide the cultural and entrepreneurial system of Bassano del Grappa with an interactive high-capacity memory. The purpose is to give international transparency to the social, environmental and productive city potential. The projects enables urban infrastructure development and is intended to increase the penetration of Bassano on international markets and to lower the cost of production due to the free provision of on-line software. It is intended to be an evolution of the wifi network, adding to this basic infrastructure a new high-capacity. The players involved come from the production and the service system. They intend to implement basic urban infrastructure with high added value.
Construction of the platform for Bassano del Grappa
EU Horizon 2020
India - Clean Revolution
USA - Climate Action Plan
Australia - State of Australian cities March 2015
City to city Barcelona
Copenhagen Conference
August 2014
Bassano start up city
July 2014
Bassano on the cloud
Industrie cotto Possagno
Platform Bassano for sustainability
Abitazioni ecologiche
Vimar
June 2014
Abba Minuzzo
Imprese
Vibeton
Technical knowledge “Intelligent school design” course
Acta Viva Real Estate Carpenteria Brotto
Urban Center Bassano del Grappa
April 2014
Acqua Risolta
Architects Associations Vicenza, Trento, Venezia, Treviso
Community building
Professional training
Book
2013
“Dal banco alla nuvola. Materiali per la progettazione di qualità della scuola”
MIUR e DPS Institutional knowledge
Sensi Contemporanei Promozione culturale
Public Administration Bassano del Grappa Institutional knowledge
Process
2007
Qualità Italia Progetti per la qualità dell’architettura
VoD Umbrella Think Tank Long Life Learning
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Contacts
Fabio Peron peron@iuav.it Giuseppe Longhi longhi@iuav.it Massimo Vallotto massimovallottoarch@nsoft.it VoD vod.valueofdifferences@gmail.com VoD http://www.vodblogsite.org/ IUAV http://www.iuav.it/master/
Connections
The course is part of the long life learning program of IUAV University Department for design and planning in complex environments, and of the professional training program of the Architects Association of Vicenza. The course works through the platform VoD - Value of Difference and it is integrated with the social network Facebook (Vod Differences), Linkedin (VoD Umbrella Think Tank), Issuu (vod_group) and VoD blogsite.
Credits
The course provides awards of both university and professional credits recognized by the National Council of Architects. The course will last three months from April to June 2014.
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