Innovazione urbana tra tecnologie, clima e impatto sociale / Urban innovation between technologies, climate and social impact

Since their inception, complex programmes1 have inherently interwoven scientific research and practical operational impacts. In particular, the scientific disciplinary sector of Architectural Technology has contributed to the development, implementation, and updating of regulations and the constructional and procedural elements about the execution of public investment programmes to enhance community services (Tartaglia et al., 2022). These technical-scientific support experiences are currently exploring fields of inquiry that transcend the purely physical/formal aspects, venturing into realms more closely associated with Environmental Design. The latter pays particular attention to the intangible aspects of the project (climate-environmental and socio-economic sustainability). As Eduardo Vittoria states, this approach rethinks the project from an «environmental perspective, where the environment, a constructive element of cities [...] is not only reducible to biophysical aspects but is a richly composite system in which, alongside the biosphere, there is also the socio-technosphere» (Vittoria, 2004). Simultaneously, public intervention programmes themselves are evolving. They no longer focus solely on enclosed and circumscribed spaces but aim to encompass the entire urban domain without distinction between open and closed spaces. The trend is thus to promote complex and integrated urban regeneration programmes that aim to revitalise significant parts of the city through comprehensive public interest interventions.