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Alessandra Battisti, Architect, PhD in Environmental Design, Professor in Architecture Technology and Environmental Design, at the Department PDTA, Sapienza University of Rome, where she is|was also: Head of the Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture (2016-2019); Head of the Master’s Degree in Architecture Urban Regeneration (2019); Director of the 2nd level Master's degree course in Valorisation and Enhancement of Small Historical Centers (2013-ongoing); Member of the Faculty Board and Teaching Staff Member of the PhD in Environmental, Technological Design (2014-ongoing). Consultant for MIBACT, ENAC. Expert evaluator for MIUR, Horizon and COST. First prize winner of Eurosolar Award for scientific research in 2003, 2005, and 2006. 1st Prize at the "Fantini Scianatico" Prize for Sustainable Architecture (2006), received an Honorable Mention at the Vienna University of Technology "Blue Award" international prize (2006, 2012), the Third Prize of the Sustainable Architecture Competition awarded by ANCE (2010), the 1st Prize of the "Paola Bianchi" national prize of Rome, twice received an Honorable Mention at the international award" sustainable architecture "Fassa Bortolo (2011, 2020), the 1st Prize of the national award" Cesarch (2011) , twice the First Prize (Gold Medal) of the Fassa Bortolo "Sustainable Architecture" international prize (2012, 2018), the 3rd Prize at the RI.U.SO. 02 (2012), 1st and 3rd Prize at Maker Faire Rome 2014, 1st Prize at RI.U.SO 04 (2014).
The study reports an urban health investigation conducted in Bastogi, an outskirt of Rome (Italy) characterised by social marginalization and deprivation. Our aim was to analyse the health perception, health-related behaviours, and interaction with healthcare professionals of the inhabitants of Bastogi compared to the population living in the area of the same local health unit (ASL). The Progresses of Health Authorities for Health in Italy questionnaire (PASSI) was administered to a sample of 210 inhabitants of Bastogi. Data were analysed and compared to those of the ASL collected in 2017–2018. The socio-economic indicators showed an overall worse condition for the inhabitants of Bastogi, with a significantly higher proportion of foreign and unemployed residents and a lower educational level compared to the ASL. Significant differences in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, mental health complaints, and participation in prevention strategies, including cancer screening, were found. The questionnaire showed a lower help-seeking behaviour and a lack of reliance on health professionals in Bastogi inhabitants. Our findings highlight how social determinants produce health inequities and barriers to accessing healthcare. The difficulties of conducting quantitative research in complex and hard-to-reach contexts, characterized by high social vulnerability, are outlined.
Susanna Caminada; Federica Turatto; Silvia Iorio; Lorenzo Paglione; Miriam Errigo; Elena Mazzalai; Anissa Jaljaa; Dara Giannini; Marco Tofani; Maria Benedetta Michelazzo; Adelaide Landi; Massimo Napoli; Maria Alessandra Brandimarte; Livia Maria Salvatori; Aurora Angelozzi; Giovanni Baglio; Enrico Di Rosa; Alessandra Battisti; Maurizio Marceca. Urban Health and Social Marginality: Perceived Health Status and Interaction with Healthcare Professionals of a Hard-to-Reach Community Living in a Suburban Area of Rome (Italy). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 8804 .
AMA StyleSusanna Caminada, Federica Turatto, Silvia Iorio, Lorenzo Paglione, Miriam Errigo, Elena Mazzalai, Anissa Jaljaa, Dara Giannini, Marco Tofani, Maria Benedetta Michelazzo, Adelaide Landi, Massimo Napoli, Maria Alessandra Brandimarte, Livia Maria Salvatori, Aurora Angelozzi, Giovanni Baglio, Enrico Di Rosa, Alessandra Battisti, Maurizio Marceca. Urban Health and Social Marginality: Perceived Health Status and Interaction with Healthcare Professionals of a Hard-to-Reach Community Living in a Suburban Area of Rome (Italy). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (16):8804.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSusanna Caminada; Federica Turatto; Silvia Iorio; Lorenzo Paglione; Miriam Errigo; Elena Mazzalai; Anissa Jaljaa; Dara Giannini; Marco Tofani; Maria Benedetta Michelazzo; Adelaide Landi; Massimo Napoli; Maria Alessandra Brandimarte; Livia Maria Salvatori; Aurora Angelozzi; Giovanni Baglio; Enrico Di Rosa; Alessandra Battisti; Maurizio Marceca. 2021. "Urban Health and Social Marginality: Perceived Health Status and Interaction with Healthcare Professionals of a Hard-to-Reach Community Living in a Suburban Area of Rome (Italy)." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8804.
In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population was living in cities and metropolises; this figure is expected to grow by 2030 to a total of five billion inhabitants concentrated in the major built-up urban areas. It is a mind-boggling growth in which the urban system is a centralising force that is revolutionising consumption models in terms of both quality and quantity, where our cities—consolidated places of community living, one of the highest expressions of human society, with their wealth of knowledge, creativity and innovation capacity—are amongst the main causes of territorial consumption, pollution and, ultimately, climate change. Technological innovation has long symbolised the role of modernisation and economic development, but it has also contributed to increasing the separation between private development goals and safeguarding public assets, and this breakdown of balance is responsible somehow of the current crisis. The challenge awaiting us is a radical change of course, for a re-convergence of the balance that technology alone does not seem to be able to fill. Starting from a framework that the data show as little disputable, useful innovation no longer coincides with that which concerns exclusively techniques, production processes and products and, more generally, the production of only economic value. The importance of recovering traditional, innovative and sustainable agricultural practices, especially for the local communities of the marginal areas of the cities, fits into this gap. The vast disparity of agricultural conditions and systems between private sectors and local communities makes it necessary to intervene by increasing public and private investments for sustainable agriculture, managed by the local community for the management of uncultivated land and within a synergetic framework of systems in co-evolution. Both natural outdoor areas and agricultural elements such as urban allotments and gardens have in all contexts a strong adaptation and sustainability potential being versatile and simple to integrate, and are known to provide opportunities for interactions that enhance public health and well-being.
Alessandra Battisti. Green Dreams: Regenerating Cities Through Nature. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice 2021, 31 -46.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti. Green Dreams: Regenerating Cities Through Nature. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice. 2021; ():31-46.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti. 2021. "Green Dreams: Regenerating Cities Through Nature." Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice , no. : 31-46.
It is notable that indoor environment quality plays a crucial role in guaranteeing health, especially if we consider that people spend more than 90% of their time indoors, a percentage that increases for people on low income. This role assumes even further significance when dealing with distressed urban areas, vulnerable areas within cities that suffer from multiple deprivations. The community-based interdisciplinary research-action group of the University La Sapienza focused on a complex in the outskirts of Rome. The aim was to assess the correlations between architectural aspects of the indoor environment, socio-economic conditions, such as lifestyles and housing conditions, and eventually health outcomes. The intent of providing a comparative methodology in a context where official data is hard to find, led to the integration of social, health, and housing questionnaires with various environmental software simulations. What emerged is that underprivileged housing conditions, characterized by mold, humidity, unhealthiness, thermohygrometric discomfort, architectural barriers, and overcrowding, are often associated with recurrent pathologies linked to arthritis, respiratory diseases, and domestic accidents.
Alessandra Battisti; Livia Calcagni; Alberto Calenzo; Aurora Angelozzi; Miriam Errigo; Maurizio Marceca; Silvia Iorio. Urban Health: Assessment of Indoor Environment Spillovers on Health in a Distressed Urban Area of Rome. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5760 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Livia Calcagni, Alberto Calenzo, Aurora Angelozzi, Miriam Errigo, Maurizio Marceca, Silvia Iorio. Urban Health: Assessment of Indoor Environment Spillovers on Health in a Distressed Urban Area of Rome. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (10):5760.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Livia Calcagni; Alberto Calenzo; Aurora Angelozzi; Miriam Errigo; Maurizio Marceca; Silvia Iorio. 2021. "Urban Health: Assessment of Indoor Environment Spillovers on Health in a Distressed Urban Area of Rome." Sustainability 13, no. 10: 5760.
The contribution follows the European guidelines for the adaptation of the built environment to climate change, illustrated at the COP21 (2015) and collected in the European Climate Adaptation Platform. The text concerns requalification process of the urban open spaces by connecting social and technological features characterizing the urban realm and the related environmental-climatic performance. Through an in-depth study of materials and possible combinations of innovative materials, urban vegetation, water elements and urban shades, the current knowledge of the complex issue of outdoor comfort and urban microclimate is being extended to provide innovative social and functional solutions. The paper comprises the relationship between energy use and urban morphology, studies on intermediate urban open spaces, on environmental and bioclimatic comfort, the interactions between biophysical and microclimatic factors, ultimately the tests of innovative technologies.
Alessandra Battisti. Bioclimatic Architecture and Urban Morphology. Studies on Intermediate Urban Open Spaces. GNSS for Rail Transportation 2021, 293 -305.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti. Bioclimatic Architecture and Urban Morphology. Studies on Intermediate Urban Open Spaces. GNSS for Rail Transportation. 2021; ():293-305.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti. 2021. "Bioclimatic Architecture and Urban Morphology. Studies on Intermediate Urban Open Spaces." GNSS for Rail Transportation , no. : 293-305.
This paper deals with the interactions between biophysical and microclimatic factors on the one hand with, on the other, the urban morphology of intermediate urban open spaces, the relationship between environmental and bioclimatic thermal comfort, and the implementation of innovative materials and the use of greenery, aimed at the users’ well-being. In particular, the thermal comfort of the open spaces of the consolidated fabrics of the city of Rome is studied, by carrying out simulations of cooling strategies relating to two scenarios applied to Piazza Bainsizza. The first scenario involves the use of cool materials for roofs, cladding surfaces, and pavement, while the second scenario, in addition to the cool materials employed in the first scenario, also includes the use of greenery and permeable green surfaces. The research was performed using summer and winter microclimatic simulations of the CFD (ENVI-met v. 3.1) type, in order to determine the different influences of the materials with cold colors, trees, and vegetated surfaces on the thermal comfort of the urban morphology itself. Meanwhile, the comfort assessment was determined through the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) calculated with the RayMan program. The first scenario, with the use of cool materials, improves summer conditions and reduces the urban heat island effect but does not eliminate thermal discomfort due to the lack of shaded surfaces and vegetation. The second scenario, where material renovations is matched with vegetation improvements, has a slightly bad effect on winter conditions but drastically ameliorates the summer situation, both for direct users and, thanks to the strong reduction of the urban heat island effect, to urban inhabitants as a whole.
Alessandra Battisti. Bioclimatic Architecture and Urban Morphology. Studies on Intermediate Urban Open Spaces. Energies 2020, 13, 5819 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti. Bioclimatic Architecture and Urban Morphology. Studies on Intermediate Urban Open Spaces. Energies. 2020; 13 (21):5819.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti. 2020. "Bioclimatic Architecture and Urban Morphology. Studies on Intermediate Urban Open Spaces." Energies 13, no. 21: 5819.
The crisis faced by the Western lifestyle model when dealing with problems associated with climate change and the new roles that cities and buildings must play in a world of globalisation fosters the rise of a new approach that marks a necessary turning point for our civilisation. For decades now, the fight against climate change has seen many of the world’s most important countries committing themselves to agreements—from the Kyoto Protocol of 1992 to the Paris COP21 in 2015—that are gradually getting better at establishing goals, strategies and actions for improving quality of life and protecting the entire planet, even if some venture doubts on the concrete possibility of achieving them.
Alessandra Battisti; Maurizio Marceca; Alessandra Battisti. Urban Health Multidisciplinary Actions Promoting Health in an Urban Environment. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2020, 19 -26.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Maurizio Marceca, Alessandra Battisti. Urban Health Multidisciplinary Actions Promoting Health in an Urban Environment. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2020; ():19-26.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Maurizio Marceca; Alessandra Battisti. 2020. "Urban Health Multidisciplinary Actions Promoting Health in an Urban Environment." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 19-26.
For some years now when attempting to regenerate the urban fabric of big cities, the field of environmental design has been tackling the challenges posed by ongoing climate change, extreme poverty, social marginalisation and health problems, where these are neither occasional nor residual situations that arise as part of development processes but emerge as social diseases with deep-rooted characteristics in places that are already under significant man-made pressure, a type of pressure that causes serious environmental problems (air and water pollution, urban heat islands, increasing temperatures) and social problems (criminality, drug addiction, mental illness and nutritional disorders). With the lack of radical policies designed to foster inclusion, the growth of areas characterised by marginalisation and extreme poverty in cities is affecting these districts, creating what are to all intents and purposes mono-social and mono-cultural enclaves that lack services and where we constantly witness the gradual exclusion of residents from public spaces. The urban metropolis of Rome is afflicted by significant spatial segregation, and the residential area examined in this study, known as the former Bastogi housing estate, is undoubtedly particularly suited to the application of experimental design approaches, given the complexity of the relationships that form there between the consolidated built environment, health problems, social problems and urban poverty.
Alessandra Battisti; Asia Barnocchi; Silvia Iorio. Urban Regeneration for Urban Health. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2020, 43 -56.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Asia Barnocchi, Silvia Iorio. Urban Regeneration for Urban Health. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2020; ():43-56.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Asia Barnocchi; Silvia Iorio. 2020. "Urban Regeneration for Urban Health." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 43-56.
F Tucci; Alessandra Battisti. Green Economy for Sustainable and Adaptive Architectures and Cities: Objectives, Guidelines, Measures, Actions. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 2020, 503, 1 .
AMA StyleF Tucci, Alessandra Battisti. Green Economy for Sustainable and Adaptive Architectures and Cities: Objectives, Guidelines, Measures, Actions. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2020; 503 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleF Tucci; Alessandra Battisti. 2020. "Green Economy for Sustainable and Adaptive Architectures and Cities: Objectives, Guidelines, Measures, Actions." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 503, no. : 1.
All architectures are made of solid materials that have colors. Color is an integral part of architecture and also a fundamental element of its decorum. This is how it has always been. Western historical buildings typically have the colors of their construction materials. Modernity breaks once and for all the profound link between material and color in architecture, finally making this relationship free. The architecture of modernity has been above all conceived as a composition of spaces and volumes, almost always has the color of its building materials or the non-color of the white plaster. The field of interest of this synthetic overview refers to those contemporary artifacts that have been intentionally painted or composed, or any applications expressly designed to give a color to the architecture. After the end of the last century we could say that color, freed from the slavery of matter and also from that of construction, assumes an increasingly new and decisive importance for architecture. Color becomes a landmark and a background able to create new significances in architectural and urban space. This chapter deals with colored surfaces by analyzing three non-opposing concepts – performative, social, narrative – which often characterize the new role of color in architecture.
Mosè Ricci; Alessandra Battisti; Aldo Aymonino; Pio Baldi; Franco Summa; Kay Bea Jones; Alessandra Battisti. CHAPTER 23. Painted Surfaces in Contemporary Architecture. Science and Art 2020, 477 -499.
AMA StyleMosè Ricci, Alessandra Battisti, Aldo Aymonino, Pio Baldi, Franco Summa, Kay Bea Jones, Alessandra Battisti. CHAPTER 23. Painted Surfaces in Contemporary Architecture. Science and Art. 2020; ():477-499.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMosè Ricci; Alessandra Battisti; Aldo Aymonino; Pio Baldi; Franco Summa; Kay Bea Jones; Alessandra Battisti. 2020. "CHAPTER 23. Painted Surfaces in Contemporary Architecture." Science and Art , no. : 477-499.
The energy and ecology efficiency issues today constitute the opportunities to create a rich economy of cultural heritage that could be based on urban regeneration, protection, and recovery. There is a great need to promote new businesses capable of achieving urban resilience but also knowledge of the ancient, reinvigorating investment in cultural heritage, according to long-term planning. One must be able to re-elaborate new energy-ecology-productive districts where cultural tradition has sediment the artisan work and the social cohesion of the territories, reaching the world’s top technology in industrial innovation of public and private companies. None of the ancient technologies and architectures are now available tout court, there are no longer those technologies, those companies, intellectuals and even those funds, but we can draw lessons for today, reworking our cultural heritage in the new times in the key of urban regeneration. In the latest trends regarding the safeguarding and preservation of cultural heritage, the concept of ‘conservation’ has increasingly taken on the meaning of assigning compatible roles to buildings and historic environments, adapting them to modern-day life, a way of life for which they were not designed. This involves transforming historic centers and towns by handling the historic environment as if it were a living organism that moves and is made up of its parts, of the activities that take place there, within which it is not enough to add this or that extra function to transform it; instead, one needs to adopt a resilience and holistic approach that is equal to the task of tackling today’s particular challenges of environment, the natural hazards and risks and modern man’s needs, while at the same time preserving the ‘slowness of thought and execution’ of a historic environment, an approach that involves the acceptance of the concept of change, as long as the original, cultural characteristics of these places are left unaltered.
Alessandra Battisti. Energy and Ecology Efficiency as a Chance for Cultural Heritage. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice 2019, 639 -647.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti. Energy and Ecology Efficiency as a Chance for Cultural Heritage. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice. 2019; ():639-647.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti. 2019. "Energy and Ecology Efficiency as a Chance for Cultural Heritage." Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice , no. : 639-647.
With the aim of promoting biological, social and psychological well-being, a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary action-research process was developed for the regeneration of a large residential complex in Rome, Italy. A methodology with a community-based approach was adopted in a context where spatial segregation is intertwined with health and social inequalities. Methods: Through qualitative-quantitative analysis involving the active participation of the local population and institutions in every stage, an integrated survey model was developed in order to create proper communication between the needs of the population and sustainable solutions. Results: the implemented process allowed for clear planning of actions and interventions that could be economically sustainable through the structuring and development of a local network. Conclusions: the process involving the participation of the population in the analysis of their own problems and difficulties, as well as in the development of possible interventions and actions to be proposed, appears to be the only adequate approach that allows for the definition of mutual objectives based on the real needs of the end users.
Alessandra Battisti; Asia Barnocchi; Silvia Iorio. Urban Regeneration Process: The Case of a Residential Complex in a Suburb of Rome, Italy. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6122 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Asia Barnocchi, Silvia Iorio. Urban Regeneration Process: The Case of a Residential Complex in a Suburb of Rome, Italy. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (21):6122.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Asia Barnocchi; Silvia Iorio. 2019. "Urban Regeneration Process: The Case of a Residential Complex in a Suburb of Rome, Italy." Sustainability 11, no. 21: 6122.
Over the period since the foundation of the University “La Sapienza” of Rome to date, the progressive expansion of the urbanized areas to its surroundings has led to a strong acceleration of the soil sealing process, implemented with artificial materials such as asphalt or concrete used for the construction of buildings and settlement roads. The climate surveys show that around the city of studies in the last 50 years, the climate has become warmer due to the less vegetal transpiration and evaporation and the wider waterproof surfaces. In fact, despite the parts with vegetal covering and their evapotranspiration, the heat produced by the air conditioning in synergy with the city traffic and with the absorption of solar energy by dark surfaces in asphalt and concrete contributes to the local climate changes of La Sapienza, causing in summer the effect of “urban heat island” (UHI). The research project took as its starting point the current condition of the building heritage of the university campus by defining a framework of outdoor interventions aimed at transforming it into a resilient university city, able to protect its inhabitants—students and professors in charge of the work—the soil, and internal infrastructure from the risks of the UHI. The research provides a series of meta-design scenarios for the identification and development of strategies and outdoor solutions to be implemented with traditional materials such as vegetation and water and innovative ones such as cool materials for the regeneration of outdoor spaces while respecting cultural, educational, and historical values of the university campus. In addition to the definition of a meta-design framework, the research proposes a micro-architecture, self-sufficient from the energy point of view, able to contribute to the mitigation of the UHI phenomenon, thanks to the creation of a functional space serving the university community whose internal microclimate acts on Universal Thermal Comfort Index (UTCI) values. The architectural device is characterized by a smart roof through which the production and storage of electricity required for the operation of the air handling system for heating and cooling of indoor spaces are ensured. The integrated technological Thermal Active, called Plug&Play, combines passive mitigation strategies such as shadowing and natural ventilation, with an electric heating/cooling system powered entirely by a renewable energy source such as solar radiation. The integrated design of the technological system allows to locate the mechanical components in the outer layer of the roof or floor, ensuring ease of installation, repair, and monitoring. In addition, the Plug&Play system aims to expand the traditional concept of the floor and roof, from a simple barrier of protection against atmospheric agents to an active device able to produce energy and control indoor comfort. The micro-architecture proposed, thanks to the prefabrication and integration of the components, can be applied in different urban scenarios to ensure simple functionality (e.g., info point, small shops) and to mitigate the overheat produced by the UHI.
Alessandra Battisti; Flavia Laureti; Giulia Volpicelli. Plug&Play: Self-Sufficient Technological Devices for Outdoor Spaces to Mitigate the UHI Effect. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice 2019, 59 -67.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Flavia Laureti, Giulia Volpicelli. Plug&Play: Self-Sufficient Technological Devices for Outdoor Spaces to Mitigate the UHI Effect. Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice. 2019; ():59-67.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Flavia Laureti; Giulia Volpicelli. 2019. "Plug&Play: Self-Sufficient Technological Devices for Outdoor Spaces to Mitigate the UHI Effect." Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice , no. : 59-67.
The present study is based on the assumption that the urban heat island (UHI) mitigation appears compelling and urgent in dense cities. To the above thematic area, recent redevelopmental interventions of open space for the microclimatic improvement and thermal comfort have been made through national and international programs at neighborhood scale (local area). One of these recovery processes is the case study of Pavlou Mela in the Greek context, which in the present discussion, focuses on the microspecific investigation through quantitative analysis of the eleven points distributed in the area of the intervention, extrapolating comparative considerations of different configurative factors post-operam. The results of this analysis tend: (i) To identify the degree of accuracy of the two most applied software packages in the scientific community (ENVImet Pro and Rayman Pro) through microclimatic parameters, namely air temperature (Ta) and surface temperature (Ts) comparing them with in-situ measurements; (ii) to evaluate the thermal sensation of man correlated with the mean radiant temperature (Tmrt) by verifying the actual improvement of thermal comfort outdoor with the index, physiologically equivalent temperature (PET).
Ioanna Skoufali; Alessandra Battisti. Microclimate of Urban Canopy Layer and Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Case Study in Pavlou Mela, Thessaloniki. Urban Science 2019, 3, 84 .
AMA StyleIoanna Skoufali, Alessandra Battisti. Microclimate of Urban Canopy Layer and Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Case Study in Pavlou Mela, Thessaloniki. Urban Science. 2019; 3 (3):84.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoanna Skoufali; Alessandra Battisti. 2019. "Microclimate of Urban Canopy Layer and Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A Case Study in Pavlou Mela, Thessaloniki." Urban Science 3, no. 3: 84.
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over short timeframes, these new technologies are however rarely designed within the broader frame of sustainability over their entire lifecycle. How sustainable these zero energy technologies really are is yet to be established. The purpose of the research is to develop a flexible easy-to-use Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to support creative innovation and sustainable design choices in the early concept and design stages of Adaptive Building Technologies. This paper reports on the results of the first step of the research, providing a mapping in terms of structure and contents of the parameters involved in the design of these technologies. Addressed from a holistic point of view, the elements of the system were defined though a qualitative approach: relevant parameters were collected through document analysis, reviewing the state-of-the-art technology through online databases as ScienceDirect, Scopus, MDPI, ResearchGate, and organized according to hierarchy and relevance in the different life cycle stages. As a result, the paper identifies (1) relevant parameters defining the design of Adaptive Building Technologies; (2) materials, processes and concepts specific to the design of these technologies, as compared to conventional building technologies; (3) issues and knowledge gaps to enable successive research phases; (4) specific actions in each life cycle stage for designers and producers to optimize the design of the technology. The mapping graphically and hierarchically organizes the elements of the system within a flexible structure to be implemented and integrated over time, as the technology evolves, to support parametric design and enable alternative design concepts to arise within a cradle-to-cradle perspective.
Alessandra Battisti; Sandra G. L. Persiani; Manuela Crespi. Review and Mapping of Parameters for the Early Stage Design of Adaptive Building Technologies through Life Cycle Assessment Tools. Energies 2019, 12, 1729 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Sandra G. L. Persiani, Manuela Crespi. Review and Mapping of Parameters for the Early Stage Design of Adaptive Building Technologies through Life Cycle Assessment Tools. Energies. 2019; 12 (9):1729.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Sandra G. L. Persiani; Manuela Crespi. 2019. "Review and Mapping of Parameters for the Early Stage Design of Adaptive Building Technologies through Life Cycle Assessment Tools." Energies 12, no. 9: 1729.
One of the main aspects investigated in the European research context on Performative Architecture is related to the use of digital innovations in wood structures construction of units and technological systems as well as architectural organisms at 1:1 scale. To analyze the different approaches the contribution proposes a series of case study and the results of two applied research, the 1 to 1 scale pavilions Fusta Ròbotica and Digital Urban Orchard. The case studies are selected verifying the correspondence to the following parameters: the presence of a performance-based process through which explore informed architectures; the use of low-engineered and natural wood and the engineered one; the materialization of the digital model through innovative manufacturing processes, specifically robotic fabrication. The contribution allows gathering pros and cons in the three different investigative macro areas: performance-based design, material culture, and fabrication process. This analytical investigation helps to create a clear research scenario around the topic of digital wood design as well as the definition of an innovative pathway for future researches, looking forward the assimilation of these innovative concepts in the building construction sector.
Angelo Figliola; Alessandra Battisti; Alessandra Battisti. Performative Architecture and Wooden Structures: Overview on the Main Research Paths in Europe. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2019, 937 -969.
AMA StyleAngelo Figliola, Alessandra Battisti, Alessandra Battisti. Performative Architecture and Wooden Structures: Overview on the Main Research Paths in Europe. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 2019; ():937-969.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAngelo Figliola; Alessandra Battisti; Alessandra Battisti. 2019. "Performative Architecture and Wooden Structures: Overview on the Main Research Paths in Europe." Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , no. : 937-969.
The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in order to better understand the multiple effects of combined green and cool technologies for the transition to climate responsive and thermally comfortable urban open spaces. This study focuses the attention on selected mitigation and adaptation technologies; two renovation scenarios were designed and modeled according to the minimal intervention criterion. The study pays attention to the effect on surface temperature and physiological equivalent temperature (PET) of vegetation and high albedo materials characterizing the horizontal boundaries of the site. The Sapienza University campus, a historical site in Rome, is taken as a case study. These results highlight the importance of treed open spaces and the combination of permeable green pavements associated with cool roofs as the most effective strategy for the mitigation of summer heatwaves and the improvement of outdoor thermal comfort.
Alessandra Battisti; Flavia Laureti; Michele Zinzi; Giulia Volpicelli. Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3788 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti, Flavia Laureti, Michele Zinzi, Giulia Volpicelli. Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3788.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti; Flavia Laureti; Michele Zinzi; Giulia Volpicelli. 2018. "Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus." Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3788.
As urban overheating is increasing, there is a strong public interest towards mitigation strategies to enhance comfortable urban spaces, for their role in supporting urban metabolism and social life. The study presents an assessment of the existing thermal comfort and usage of San Silvestro Square in Rome during the summer, and performs the simulation of cooling strategies scenarios, to understand their mitigation potential for renovation projects. The first stage concerns a field analysis of the thermal and radiative environment on the 1st and 2nd of August 2014, including meteorological measurements and unobtrusive observations, to understand how people experience and respond to extreme microclimate conditions. In the second stage, the research proposes scenario simulations on the same day to examine the influence of cool colored materials, trees and vegetative surfaces on thermal comfort. The thermal comfort assessment was based on Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET), whereas microclimatic simulations were conducted with CFD calculations (ENVImet v.4.3.1). The first stage shows a strong relationship between lower PET values and attendance rate, depending on daily shading patterns. The second stage shows a relevant improvement of thermal comfort, with PET values of −12 °C comparing to the no-intervention scenario, associated with a combination of cool materials and trees.
Flavia Laureti; Letizia Martinelli; Alessandra Battisti. Assessment and Mitigation Strategies to Counteract Overheating in Urban Historical Areas in Rome. Climate 2018, 6, 18 .
AMA StyleFlavia Laureti, Letizia Martinelli, Alessandra Battisti. Assessment and Mitigation Strategies to Counteract Overheating in Urban Historical Areas in Rome. Climate. 2018; 6 (1):18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlavia Laureti; Letizia Martinelli; Alessandra Battisti. 2018. "Assessment and Mitigation Strategies to Counteract Overheating in Urban Historical Areas in Rome." Climate 6, no. 1: 18.
Minor historical centers are like living organisms that operate at a macro scale (historical center and urban fabric) and at a micro scale. It is possible to propose a methodological framework for transformation and upgrading, in a close relationship between history, culture, and technology, through development processes that are not only a series of measures aimed exclusively at increasing the financial value of land and buildings but that also pursue the broader goals of redevelopment and revitalization of the architectural, energy, social, economic, and cultural contexts of the city they refer to. In order for the process to be more than just real estate development, building restoration, or urban upgrading, not only must existing and potential resources be used to gain more leverage, but the shortcomings of the urban fabric and socioeconomic demands must also be met.
Alessandra Battisti. Revitalization and Refurbishment of Minor Historical Centers in the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Green Buildings & Renewable Energy 2016, 235 -244.
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti. Revitalization and Refurbishment of Minor Historical Centers in the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Green Buildings & Renewable Energy. 2016; ():235-244.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti. 2016. "Revitalization and Refurbishment of Minor Historical Centers in the Mediterranean." Mediterranean Green Buildings & Renewable Energy , no. : 235-244.
Urban public open space has continuously played a significant role in enhancing the quality of life of urban inhabitants and in supporting urban metabolism. However, open space has experienced a physical and social decline, while its heterogeneity and richness is often neglected and its contribution to the well-being of a community ignored within current planning instruments. Therefore, the aim of the research presented in this study is to develop a multicriteria analysis (MCA) method to support the decision process of open space renovation and the selection of a renovation scenario. The method is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and adapts existing models and criteria to the investigation field. It is applied by means of a computer-based tool, which permits an ex-ante evaluation of alternative projects, rating them against several weighted objectives using a set of indicators, thus combining the common design practice of scenario planning with a multicriteria analysis. In order to clarify the tool operation, this article illustrates its application to a theoretical case, which represents a conceivable public open space renovation in a simplified way. The choice of a theoretical case, instead of an actual one, permits us to follow the process without referring to a specific situation, in order to have a general overview of the MCA method's implementation. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Letizia Martinelli; Alessandra Battisti; Andreas Matzarakis. Multicriteria analysis model for urban open space renovation: An application for Rome. Sustainable Cities and Society 2015, 14, e10 -e20.
AMA StyleLetizia Martinelli, Alessandra Battisti, Andreas Matzarakis. Multicriteria analysis model for urban open space renovation: An application for Rome. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2015; 14 ():e10-e20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLetizia Martinelli; Alessandra Battisti; Andreas Matzarakis. 2015. "Multicriteria analysis model for urban open space renovation: An application for Rome." Sustainable Cities and Society 14, no. : e10-e20.
Alessandra Battisti. XV Encontro Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído. XV Encontro Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2014, 1 .
AMA StyleAlessandra Battisti. XV Encontro Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído. XV Encontro Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído. 2014; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandra Battisti. 2014. "XV Encontro Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído." XV Encontro Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído , no. : 1.