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The research set up Chapter 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To meet the aim of this research, three research questions are formulated: RQ 1) What solutions to improve renovation of social housing estates in Rome could be identified in the Dutch housing management model? RQ 2) What envelope directed physical measures have been applied in good examples practices of renovation of social housing estates in the Netherlands? RQ 3) What might be strengths and weaknesses of implementing Dutch physical measures for renovation in the Roman context? This research does not adhere to the idea of physical determinism often claimed by people and architects in particular: ‘technical improvements to the dwellings will automatically make the residents happier’ (Priemus, 2005). Rather, the fundamental assumption is that physical renovation alone (technical and functional) cannot succeed in improving the quality of deprived social housing estates. To be successful in renovation, physical, social and economic factors have to be integrated. With this in mind, this study mainly focuses on physical and managerial problems. 1.2.3) CONTENTS AND PURPOSE As said in the previous section, the aim of this study is to recommend on directions to improve the intervention strategy of ATER Roma. To provide these directions the Netherlands is taken as a reference country. Two types of investigations will be considered: insights into the Dutch managerial model and into good examples and best practices of renovation. Both investigations are considered relevant to recommend on the possibilities and limitations of transferring Dutch practices to particularly Roma, and the Italian context in general. Therefore, this research combines design and managerial aspects. However, ATER Roma is not an isolated case in Italy, and therefore the output of this research might be of use for other housing institutions as well. This could be particularly true for all of those institutes investing more money maintenance and renovation.. Information collected in this research might be seen as a reference for managers of housing associations and other institutions dealing with renovation of social housing in Italy. However, since it also based on physical aspects of renovation, is directed to architects as well. Numerous floor plans and pictures of Dutch renovations projects are provided in two of the eight chapters. The research intends to integrate best practices of renovation in the Italian context. Often, in fact, parties involved in the process ignore the range of solutions they could think about and do not sufficiently discuss how to put these solutions into practice. Knowing that physical actions have been actually realized in other countries could serve as a stimulus to go beyond standard approaches. Plans and pictures comparing initial and final situation of the blocks are considered an effective tool for communication because the measures will be visualized. Visualization should be among the first steps in re-stimulating experimentation in the social housing sector and will raise interest and debate on ways to deal with housing shortage and decaying conditions of the social housing stock. The lack of Italian scientific and non-scientific publications on this subject might pinpoint at a decreased interest. With few exceptions, in fact, the country does not contribute to international research on social housing renovation. This research also has an historical dimension. Both the background of Dutch and Italian local context will be described to explain the initial conditions of the deprived large social housing estates. This will enhance understanding of current renovation approaches in the Netherlands and Italy and partially determine final recommendations on implementation. 8. A
The research set up Chapter 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More in general, this study is but one first step in a longer process contributing to the improvement of renovation practice in Italy and in Rome in particular. Furthermore, it is expected that investigations within the Dutch practice might identify factors to be improved in the Netherlands as well, since innovative energy saving measures will be considered as well. This could be the beginning of further research into a new perspective on social housing renovation. 1.3) THE STRUCTURE of the RESEARCH and THE METHODOLOGY The structure of the present research is based on three thematic packages (P1, P2 and P3) corresponding to the three main questions (RQ1, RQ2 and RQ3) (see table below). THEMATIC PACKAGE P 1 P 2 P 3 SUBJECT QUESTION METHOD SOCIAL HOUSING RENOVATION: ITALY NETHERLANDS EXAMPLES OF RENOVATION: NETHERLANDS TRANSFERABILITY RQ 1) What solutions to improve renovation of social housing estates in Rome could be identified in the Dutch housing management model? RQ 2) What envelope directed physical measures have been applied in good examples practices of renovation of social housing estates in the Netherlands? RQ 3) What might be strengths and weaknesses of implementing Dutch physical measures for renovation in the R oman context? Tools: interviews, questionnaires, scientific literature and site inspections. Case study: ATER Roma Tool: interviews, questionnaires, site inspections, plan analysis Case studies: 10 Dutch renovation projects; Florijn Noord, Amsterdam - Rochdale housing association. Case study: Laurentino38, Roma Expert meetings A case study is a method used to get insights into the current practice implemented in both countries. The Dutch case study has been selected in Amsterdam Zuidoost (the renovation of the Florijn Noord managed by the housing association Rochdale in Amsterdam South-East). The Italian case study has been selected from Rome (the current approach in Laurentino38 by the housing association ATER Roma). An overview on renovation practices in the Netherlands is provided in the analysis of 11 additional projects. The tools used to gather information about the two main case studies are interviews and questionnaires with the parties involved in the process (director of housing association, architects, and, in the case of Rome the municipality and some inhabitants as well). Information on details about the 11 renovation projects stem from the site of the NRP, the European funded research project Cost 16 and additional material provided by architects. Two major sources were consulted to identify relevant literature on the subject (texts and conference papers) and European and national internet sites (European funded research projects and architecture bureaus). The physical measures extrapolated from the 11 Dutch renovation projects have been structured into a matrix. The matrix qualitatively addresses strengths and weaknesses of each measure with respect to four items: physical aspects (technical and functional), appearance, social aspects and feasibility. The evaluation is based on the personal comments 9. A
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