AdRem: An Integrated Approach for Adaptive Remediation

Valerio Palma, Federico Accorsi, Alessandro Casasso, Carlo Bianco, Sarah Cutrì, Matteo Robiglio and Tiziana Tosco
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Valerio Palma: Department of Architecture and Design (DAD), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli 39, 10125 Torino, Italy
Federico Accorsi: FULL—The Future Urban Legacy Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Via Agostino da Montefeltro 2, 10134 Torino, Italy
Alessandro Casasso: Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Carlo Bianco: Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Sarah Cutrì: FULL—The Future Urban Legacy Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Via Agostino da Montefeltro 2, 10134 Torino, Italy
Matteo Robiglio: Department of Architecture and Design (DAD), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli 39, 10125 Torino, Italy
Tiziana Tosco: FULL—The Future Urban Legacy Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Via Agostino da Montefeltro 2, 10134 Torino, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abandoned industrial sites are generally characterized by soil and subsoil contamination. The paradigm currently employed for their remediation is “tabula rasa”, i.e., remediation of the entire site before its repurpose. However, this method is not economically, socially, or technologically sustainable: it delays the reuse of large areas, often well-connected to infrastructures, whose reuse may prevent further soil consumption. A possible solution to this problem is the application of adaptive reuse principles. This study, conducted at FULL (Future Urban Legacy Lab) in Politecnico di Torino, presents an interdisciplinary approach to spatialize, visualize, and manage interactions between reclamation and urban design for the transformation of contaminated urban areas. The core is based on a decision support parametric toolkit, named AdRem, developed to compare available remediation techniques and schematic urban design solutions. AdRem uses a 3D modeling interface and VPL scripting. Required input data are a geometric description of the site, data on the contamination status, viable remediation techniques, and associated features, and schematic urban design recommendations. A filtering process selects the techniques compatible with the site use foreseen. The output is an optimized remediation and reuse plan that can support an interdisciplinary discussion on possible site regeneration options.

Keywords: adaptive reuse; adaptive remediation; urban design; parametric design; brownfields (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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