The Transformation of Healthcare Buildings: The Challenges of the University of Pavia for Urban Regeneration

Alessandro Greco, Daniela Besana, Valentina Giacometti, Mauro Mericco, Silvia Lombardi, Andrea Borlini, Roberto Turino and Cristiana Ruggeri
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Alessandro Greco: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Daniela Besana: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Valentina Giacometti: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Mauro Mericco: Technical and Safety Area, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Silvia Lombardi: Technical and Safety Area, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Andrea Borlini: Technical and Safety Area, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Roberto Turino: TEAM Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Cristiana Ruggeri: TEAM Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The theme of urban regeneration is currently one of the main actions of transformation policies. It presents an opportunity for cities’ design, in particular historical centers, through joint actions aimed at creating synergies and connections between social, political, economic, and environmental aspects. It also becomes an opportunity to enhance the huge and complex Cultural Heritage, full of architectural values, memory, and history. At the same time, it appears increasingly inadequate and obsolete compared to the new needs of a changing society, of regulatory aspects, and of a general compatible approach to intervention to the more general policies of sustainable development, as required by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A total of two case studies of the reuse and enhancement of hospital buildings of the University of Pavia are presented, which has a large building heritage spread throughout the city. In recent years, owing to the opportunities offered by funding, it has started transformation policies on some abandoned buildings through projects based on an interdisciplinary approach and a participatory design strategy. The article testifies to a potential method of intervention that can be exported to other contexts, after a previous test of the compatibility on the existing and on the urban context.

Keywords: built heritage; participated design process; reuse of public buildings; university; architecture for learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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