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Conclusions and recommendations. Chapter 9<br />

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CHAPTER 9<br />

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS<br />

INTRODUCTION to this chapter<br />

This research originates from the following problem: How to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> the postwar<br />

<strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> stock in Rome considering the actual context? The aim is to provide a<br />

framework <strong>of</strong> physical measures <strong>for</strong> <strong>renovation</strong> directed to the building envelope to support<br />

the decision making process <strong>of</strong> the <strong>housing</strong> institution and draw directions <strong>for</strong> improvement<br />

<strong>of</strong> its <strong>intervention</strong> strategy. Both directions and physical measures could be extended to<br />

other Italian <strong>housing</strong> institutions as well.<br />

To meet the aim <strong>of</strong> this research, three main research questions are <strong>for</strong>mulated. The<br />

conclusions are assembled in this chapter.<br />

R.Q.1) What solutions to improve <strong>renovation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> <strong>estates</strong> in Rome can be found<br />

in the Dutch <strong>housing</strong> management model?<br />

R.Q.2) What envelope directed physical measures have been applied in good examples <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>renovation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> <strong>estates</strong> in the Netherlands?<br />

R.Q.3) What might be strengths and weakness <strong>of</strong> implementing Dutch physical measures <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>renovation</strong> in the Roman context?<br />

Accordingly, Section 9.1 presents the main conclusions <strong>of</strong> this study following each research<br />

question and its respective conclusions. Section 9.2 provides a number <strong>of</strong> recommendations<br />

distinguished into recommendations <strong>for</strong> the practice and <strong>for</strong> further research (Section 9.2.1<br />

and 9.2.2).<br />

9.1) MAIN CONCLUSIONS<br />

In this section conclusions to each <strong>of</strong> the three main research questions are provided.<br />

9.1.1) RESEARCH QUESTION 1<br />

RQ 1) What solutions to improve <strong>renovation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> <strong>estates</strong> in Rome<br />

could be identified in the Dutch <strong>housing</strong> management model?<br />

Solutions to improve <strong>renovation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>social</strong> <strong>housing</strong> <strong>estates</strong> in Rome are provided<br />

distinguishing two groups <strong>of</strong> indicators: related to the management model <strong>of</strong> the <strong>housing</strong><br />

association and to the implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>renovation</strong>.<br />

The first group is discussed in Chapter 3 and is defined elaborating on those elements <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Dutch <strong>housing</strong> model that might be transferred to ATER Roma. As a result <strong>of</strong> a qualitative<br />

investigation, in fact, it emerged that a restructuring <strong>of</strong> the company is unrealistic if the<br />

management model and the organizational structure are not changed.<br />

Indicators <strong>of</strong> the second group are described in Chapter 8 and are assembled considering the<br />

most relevant aspects that emerged from the matrix <strong>of</strong> physical measures <strong>for</strong> <strong>renovation</strong>.<br />

The matrix was developed extrapolating the solutions from a number <strong>of</strong> Dutch examples <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>renovation</strong>.<br />

Since in Section 8.2 <strong>of</strong> Chapter 8 the two groups are already assembled and discussed, in<br />

this chapter a list <strong>of</strong> all the indicators and a brief description is presented.<br />

1. I<br />

RESEARCH<br />

QUESTION 1

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