Infrastrutture sportive complesse e resilienza urbana: tecnologie e paradigmi

• Published in: Techne (Florence, Italy : 2011) Vol. 15; pp. 165 - 174
• Main Authors: Allegri, Davide, Vettori, Maria Pilar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Cultural heritage; Infrastructure; Sports facilities
• ISSN: 2239-0243; 2239-0243
• DOI: 10.13128/Techne-22124

[...]critical issues include the coexistence of large-scale artefacts and small-to-mid-sized stadiums across the country, largely obsolete, run-down or at any rate no longer compliant with or upgraded to the new quality parameters required by sports governance bodies (such as FIGC, UEFA and CONI in Italy) or by domestic and international standards (ISO 50001, LEED, Green Sport Alliance, etc.), the status of cultural heritage enjoyed by some of these facilities, many of which are protected directly or indirectly as a result of specific historical or architectural interest1, the fact that they are publicly owned, and the strong sense of identity that such artefacts confer on the urban community. In this scenario stadiums can be considered as fullyfledged "urban systems", the "urban value" of which can be evaluated in respect of environmental and social aspects both in negative sense (traffic flows, volume and surface area covered, waste generation), as in positive impacts (renewable energy production, new levels of urban quality, new services and functions for the community, etc.). The second phase has two main objectives: 1) to regenerate and redevelop the stadiums that will host this major event by improving technological standards (everything regarding cabling and the smart management of matches, management of media reporting and accessibility) as well as morphological, technical and typological aspects (arrangement, size and layout of spaces and their performance parameters) as well as parameters required by international standards and requirements (UEFA) in terms of the organisation of large-scale events; 2) to establish new, higher levels of social resilience10 at the urban and regional scale through actions to create synergies with local public and private organisations with the aim of establishing a strong legacy11 for the local area, stadium and host city, for example by involving schools and young people in side events (during the days leading up to and following the match) to raise their awareness of social issues connected with sport (social inclusion, racism, sportsmanship in a broad sense, team spirit)12. "Adaptive resilience"15, in contrast, designates the capacity shown by these major structures in recent years to adapt to and comply with, in both the short and medium-to-long term, new performance and operational standards, thereby ensuring high levels of usability, safety, comfort and profitability over the entire duration of their life cycle, while at the same time guaranteeing an ever variable functional mix that can be more easily adapted in the face of new needs not only at the urban but also the building scale (Mehaffy and Salìngaros, 2017).