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Dr. francesca giglio
Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Architecture and Territory

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PhD, Assistant Professor of Architectural Technology (2008) and Adjunct Professor at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Architecture and Territory. She is Member of the International Research Doctorate in Architecture (PhD) at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy. She participates as member of scientific research projects funded by both National and European level in the field of architectural technology addressing the relationship between technology, design and production. Her research and didactic activities regard two principal topics – reversible building process and advanced materials for building envelope – and also in-depth collaboration of Building Sector Companies. She is jointly responsible for the Laboratory LabMAt & Com (material characterisation laboratory) at the Building Future Lab, Mediterranea University. Her scientific activity is also developed through participation at national and international conferences and the publication of scientific papers, chapters and essays for international journals. Professor Giglio is member of international and national scientific committees and editorial boards. Since 2017, she is Assistant Editor of Techne Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment and is also Editor and Curator of its “Reviews” Section. Research field: Sustainable Architecture, Circular Design, Advanced Materials, Low building technologies, reversible processes

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Journal article
Published: 28 February 2021 in Architectural Engineering and Design Management
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The responsibilities of the building sector concerning resource consumption and waste generation, as a problem of research, require a transition from a linear to a circular model in order to obtain significant positive effects on the environment. The Biomimicry approach appears to be a promising way to move the sector towards the circular economy, to meet the increasing levels of functional and environmental requirements, which is shifting the research on building materials and products toward biomimetic solutions. Along this path, the building envelope emerges as an interesting application field concerning its adaptive behaviour towards external conditions. In this field of research, the knowledge gap concerns the need for criteria to classify the biomimetic behaviour of building materials under operating conditions and to identify their environmental effects, as well as their compliance with the principles of the circular economy. The study provides a methodology to develop a set of classification criteria applicable to biomimetic materials and products which are suitable for application in the building envelope and a related set of markers that identify the strongest environmental relationships and implications related to the aptitude for integrating circular economy principles. The mapping highlights the absence of some relationships thus highlighting potential limitations of biomimetic materials/products within circular economy principles and thus current research limits. The results obtained may be useful to evaluate and compare biomimetic materials and products for the building envelope, whilst also providing the first step for further research on their environmental implications within circular economy processes. HIGHLIGHTS

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Classification criteria and markers for biomimetic building envelope within circular economy principles: a critical review. Architectural Engineering and Design Management 2021, 1 -23.

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Classification criteria and markers for biomimetic building envelope within circular economy principles: a critical review. Architectural Engineering and Design Management. 2021; ():1-23.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2021. "Classification criteria and markers for biomimetic building envelope within circular economy principles: a critical review." Architectural Engineering and Design Management , no. : 1-23.

Chapter
Published: 25 September 2020 in Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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This chapter linked the technological strategies fuelling the transition to the circular economy in building sector with the new visions and trajectories of European research. The aim is to highlight possible opportunities to further explore the issues addressed in the previous chapters for the benefit of our readers and the advancement of the discipline. Three topics were identified, which brought together the main theoretical and applicative aspects that were addressed. The first highlights the impact of disruptive technologies that sprawl within the building sector, driven by the overall sustainability target (Sect. 5.1). The second connects the Low-Tech approach in building design to the strategies for remanufacturing that are applied to the whole production processes, aimed at increasing their reversibility (Sect. 5.2), while the third topic focuses on the new requirements of the circular buildings (Sect. 5.3), making them particularly suitable in feeding an innovation dynamic within the sector centred on Low-Tech options.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Building Strategies for Circular Economy: New Visions and Knowledge Production for European Research. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2020, 153 -172.

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Building Strategies for Circular Economy: New Visions and Knowledge Production for European Research. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2020; ():153-172.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Building Strategies for Circular Economy: New Visions and Knowledge Production for European Research." Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , no. : 153-172.

Chapter
Published: 25 September 2020 in Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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This chapter outlines the theoretical reference framework of the topic, analysing the evolution in notions of emergency, temporariness and innovation recorded in the last century (Sect. 1.1). A review of current scientific literature at European level allowed an increased application of these concepts in emergency interventions in developing countries. Some promising innovation trajectories have thus been identified for Low-Tech construction, as well as many links to circular economy principles. This highlighted the need for a change from linear to circular production processes and, also, in systems of construction in both the scale of the single artefact and of an entire city (Sect. 1.2). When interviewed, by the authors, Richard Douzjian (Sect. 1.3) highlighted both the potential and critical aspects of the topic, due to the Lebanese architect’s significant professional experience in designing post-disaster interventions that experimentally applied alternative Low-Tech materials.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Building in Emergency: Low-Tech Driven Innovations. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2020, 1 -26.

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Building in Emergency: Low-Tech Driven Innovations. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2020; ():1-26.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Building in Emergency: Low-Tech Driven Innovations." Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , no. : 1-26.

Chapter
Published: 25 September 2020 in Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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This chapter highlights the implications on the circular economy principles of Low-Tech approach to the building production with reference to available technical literature. These implications are first investigated on a large scale, analysing the potential of Low Tech in policies of Humanitarian Innovation (Sect. 3.1), and then design strategies are addressed, including construction processes which adopt local and unconventional materials. Furthermore, different declinations of circular design are described in regard to design strategies, theories, approaches and principles, in relation to the main circular economy trajectories (Sect. 3.2). Subsequently, experiences and principles concerning reversible building concepts are outlined, addressing the analysis of the notion of reversibility with particular focus on related building process issues (Sect. 3.3). In regard to materials, analysis is provided showing how the notion of “local material” is being extended with respect to its original and more conventional use (Sect. 3.4). An evolution trend is finally drawn, starting from the specifications of humanitarian association guidelines for emergency shelters, up to the use of unconventional materials including temporary buildings in developed countries. The overall aim of the chapter is to show the growing interest in scientific debate for the Low-Tech option as a possible answer to the challenge for a sustainable future within the building sector.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Beyond Emergency Towards Circular Design: Building Low Tech. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2020, 59 -86.

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Beyond Emergency Towards Circular Design: Building Low Tech. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2020; ():59-86.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Beyond Emergency Towards Circular Design: Building Low Tech." Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , no. : 59-86.

Chapter
Published: 25 September 2020 in Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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This chapter provides a documented critical collection of case studies and design experiments of buildings which have technological characteristics and design qualities which allow, regardless of their different uses or intervention contexts, consideration as buildings with a circular potential and are therefore prepared for the transition to the circular economy. The cases have been selected according to three basic issues which characterise each of them: temporariness, Low Tech and circularity. The collection is organized by grouping the cases into three areas which refer to the main scopes affected by the solutions adopted in each case: design, building and living. The use of new materials emerges as the main driver which generates effects within the area of building design (Sect. 4.1). Unconventional resources, often low cost and locally retrieved, lead to a change in architectural languages and push the architects to explore new relationships between building and site. Therefore, reversibility (Sect. 4.2) appears to be the most effective leverage in stimulating innovation within the area of building. The dry connections of the building elements and their consequent easy disassembly at the end of their service life not only change the building process but also affect its environmental profile, by allowing material recovery and recycling, thus increasing resource circularity. Finally, the size and shape of building spaces are the features which most influence the area of living (Sect. 4.3). Some shifts in functional housing design appear to be an actual way towards providing users with acceptable living conditions within the strict social constraints of an emergency. The overall objective of this survey is to highlight the development of new technical and living models in building design and production, triggered by the need to save resources and reduce waste. Since this entails integrating areas of technological innovation within the construction processes, the paths towards circular design emerging from this evolution are also considered this mapping.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Assessing the Circular Potential: Design, Build, Living Reversible. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2020, 87 -152.

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Assessing the Circular Potential: Design, Build, Living Reversible. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2020; ():87-152.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Assessing the Circular Potential: Design, Build, Living Reversible." Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , no. : 87-152.

Chapter
Published: 25 September 2020 in Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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This chapter provides a critical review of the technical literature on building solutions for post-disaster emergency response. The review is divided into four sections, each focusing on a relevant aspect relating to the emergency, which is analysed within its disciplinary evolution: technological issues (Sect. 2.1), temporariness (Sect. 2.2), low tech /high tech (Sect. 2.3) and circular economy (Sect. 2.4). The method, which is common to all sections, starts from a recognised definition of each topic, which is then framed within current trends in the building sector, highlighting issues both of strength and weakness. The critical analysis is then extended to three paradigmatic cases of temporary emergency shelters built in developing countries adopting Low-Tech solutions, which are identified as innovative models that can be transferred to other contexts (Sect. 2.5).

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Technologies for Building After Disaster: A Critical Review. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2020, 27 -58.

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Technologies for Building After Disaster: A Critical Review. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2020; ():27-58.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Technologies for Building After Disaster: A Critical Review." Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , no. : 27-58.

Journal article
Published: 16 September 2020 in Sustainability
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According to the Circularity Gap Report 2020, a mere 8.6% of the global economy was circular in 2019. The Global Status Report 2018 declares that building construction and operations accounted for 36% of global final energy use and 39% of energy–related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The Paris Agreement demands that the building and construction sector decarbonizes globally by 2050. This requires strategies that minimize the environmental impact of buildings and practices extending the lifecycle of their constituents within a circular resource flow. To ensure that effective measures are applied, a suitable method is needed to assess compliance in materials, processes, and design strategies within circular economy principles. The study’s assumption is that synthetic and reliable indicators for that purpose could be based on reversibility and durability features. The paper provides an overview of building design issues within the circular economy perspective, highlighting the difficulty in finding circular technologies which are suitable to enhance buildings’ service life while closing material loops. The results identify reversibility and durability as potential indicators for assessing circular building technologies. The next research stage aims to further develop the rating of circularity requirements for both building technologies and entire buildings.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Massimo Lauria; Francesca Giglio. Reversibility and Durability as Potential Indicators for Circular Building Technologies. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7659 .

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Massimo Lauria, Francesca Giglio. Reversibility and Durability as Potential Indicators for Circular Building Technologies. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7659.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Massimo Lauria; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Reversibility and Durability as Potential Indicators for Circular Building Technologies." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7659.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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The paper describes the research experience carried out during the PARCO project (Project Housing Policies for Sustainable Construction) funded by the Calabria Region and developed by the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria and the University of Calabria. The experience led to the development of the residential ITACA protocol of the Calabria Region. The authors dealt with the scientific and operational aspects of the criteria: “Eco-friendly materials” within Area B, Consumption of resources. The objective of the Paper is to describe the scientific assumptions and methodology conducted to identify and propose the most appropriate criteria with regard to the Calabrian territorial reality. The intent to respect and promote local microeconomies together with design sustainable strategies that can trigger innovative processes of circular economy in the use of materials and components, as the main axis of the interventions on the existing and ex-novo building heritage, represents the focus of the paper.

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Francesca Giglio; Rosamaria Codispoti. Territoriality and Renewable Resources. Sustainable Innovation Strategies for Circular Design. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 2088 -2097.

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Francesca Giglio, Rosamaria Codispoti. Territoriality and Renewable Resources. Sustainable Innovation Strategies for Circular Design. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():2088-2097.

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Francesca Giglio; Rosamaria Codispoti. 2020. "Territoriality and Renewable Resources. Sustainable Innovation Strategies for Circular Design." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 2088-2097.

Book
Published: 01 January 2020 in Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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This book explores the relationship between the circular economy and the building technologies within the quintuple helix innovation model. The main question the book answers is whether and how the conversion of sustainable construction processes can be a powerful engine of innovation for the industry. The post-disaster settlements and temporary shelters are assumed as examples of what can be defined as circular buildings in regards to the technical arrangements and features, material and process reversibility, as the social and participative dimensions.Several cases of these interventions are documented and classified by three thematic axes: design, building and living. This highlighted new trajectories for innovation in building technology, consistent with the social, economic and productive dynamics that no longer allows for growing performance by increasing the resource demand. A theoretic framework is traced supporting this vision, which shows how the low technologies can respond to the transition of the economic model from linear to circular. Within this trajectory, the low-tech design for remanufacturing represents a reference framework and a promising tool applicable to the building processes.The enabling technologies and new paradigms for the transition to circular economy emerging from the European research scenario are also mapped, outlining the possible future developments in line with open technical and societal challenges.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. Emergency Driven Innovation. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2020, 1 .

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Ernesto Antonini, Andrea Boeri, Francesca Giglio. Emergency Driven Innovation. Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2020; ():1.

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Ernesto Antonini; Andrea Boeri; Francesca Giglio. 2020. "Emergency Driven Innovation." Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 01 August 2017 in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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The aim of the research is to study and to test bio-mixture for laminas to use in construction field components. Composite materials are becoming more common in different sectors, but their embodied energy is an environmental problem. For this, in recent years, the researchers investigate new mixtures for composites, in particular with vegetable fibers and bio-based epoxy resin.The research carried out different laboratory tests for material and mechanical characterization, starting from the analysis of vegetable fibers, and arriving to test different kind of laminas with sundry fabrics and bio-based epoxy resin.In the most general organization of the theme, the research has the overall objective to contribute to reduce composites environmental impacts, with the promotion of local production chains about innovative materials from renewable and sustainable sources.

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Francesca Giglio; Giulia Savoja. Vegetable Fibers for Composite Materials In Constructive Sector. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017, 225, 12259 .

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Francesca Giglio, Giulia Savoja. Vegetable Fibers for Composite Materials In Constructive Sector. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2017; 225 ():12259.

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Francesca Giglio; Giulia Savoja. 2017. "Vegetable Fibers for Composite Materials In Constructive Sector." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 225, no. : 12259.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2013 in Open Journal of Civil Engineering
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The paper describes some studies conducted by the author, about low impact materials and, particularly, on alternative uses of biomass materials for building materials. Italy needs to develop renewable energy sources and agriculture offers many opportunities: biomass, vegetable residues for livestock breeding, food industry waste, organic waste, solid biofuels, biogas, and biofuels, will be the new renewable energy sources. Researches for promoting sustainable development, including chemistry field are increasing interest in the exploitation of vegetal biomass, in particular waste as a raw material for production of bio-products and biofuels. Not always, however, the use of waste materials such as biomass is the most appropriate, or in any case, the one with less energy expenditure. As ever more evident, in fact, the construction sector is approaching the possibility of using these materials for other purposes, combining the demands of saving natural resources, the need for energy efficiency in buildings and production processes.

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Francesca Giglio. The Use of Materials from Biomass as Construction Materials. Open Journal of Civil Engineering 2013, 03, 82 -84.

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Francesca Giglio. The Use of Materials from Biomass as Construction Materials. Open Journal of Civil Engineering. 2013; 03 (02):82-84.

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Francesca Giglio. 2013. "The Use of Materials from Biomass as Construction Materials." Open Journal of Civil Engineering 03, no. 02: 82-84.