intervention strategies for renovation of social housing estates

Laurentino38. Example of deprived social housing estates in Rome. Chapter 7
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2) If you received funds to renovate the
whole building, what are the first three
major aspects you would like to spend
money on?
3) If you knew about a social rented
housing block that was built nearby,
would you pay higher rent for a dwelling
in that block being larger than yours and
in very good conditions?
4) Assume ATER decides to renovate your
block and you are elected by sitting tenants as
a consultant for ATER itself. How would you
prioritize the following items?
Building aesthetics (like façade, loggias,
ground floor, entrances and roof)
Energy consumption (electricity, heating and
cooling)
Floor plan of dwellings (different size and
location of rooms)
1. Building façade
(against fall of cladding,
corrosion of steel bars and
thermal insulation)
2. Roof
3. (water infiltration within the
dwellings) and elevators (a few
do not obey the law for
accessibility of disabled)
4. Green
(not only self-maintenance of
green nearby single blocks but
extended maintenance
1. Change management model
(focus on open spaces);
2. Return to the urban tissue
(make the neighborhood more
similar to the traditional city:
life in the street);
3. Commercial centers instead
of shops on local level
Absolutely not In principle yes, but prefers to
move its studio
1. Energy consumption and
building aesthetics
2. Floor plan of dwellings
7.2.4 MAINTENANCE IN LAURENTINO 38
Combination of energy
consumption, building
aesthetics and floor plan of
dwellings
In Rome, as well as in Laurentino38, interventions to improve the physical quality of
deprived large housing estates do not compare to the Dutch practice. As explained in
Chapter 4 (see section 3.2) current practice in Italy, and particularly Rome, are merely
dominated by maintenance. Major interventions and repairs seldom occur.
To gain more insights into the ‘maintenance’ practice of ATER and Laurentino38, the
following questions were posed to architects employed at the Technical Department of ATER:
How is the maintenance process in Laurentino38 managed?
What physical measures are usually applied to improve the quality of the blocks?
Are there any measures to be recommended for future implementations or factors
that might deserve further attention?
The parties involved in the ‘maintenance’ process of Laurentino38 are technical experts
employed by ATER, private enterprises (by means of tender) and the association of
residents. However, residents rarely have a say. The Technical Department is the main body
driving implementation of maintenance.
Like all other large housing estates, ATER does not employ a standardized procedure to
define their intervention strategy. Basic solutions are usually implemented to get a minimum
result at minimum costs.
The approach, so-called ’standard maintenance’, is based on ‘state of emergency’. Single
interventions and their priority are listed on base of notifications by residents. Whenever
there is a problem, people make a phone call to the office charged with collection of
complains. Afterwards, according to the relevance of the problem itself, ATER will order to fix
the problem as soon as possible. Indeed, this is the standard procedure adopted in all the
neighbourhoods managed by ATER.
Ecological objectives are not implemented in the neighbourhood. A Sub-Department for
Sustainable Buildings is charged with implementation of green measures, but it is focused on
circumstanced cases. With this respect, there are no examples in Laurentino38. Standards
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MAINTENANCE PROCESS
IN L38