The reuse of urban voids as the infrastructure of collective use spaces

Abstract

In the context of regeneration and maintenance processes of the built environment, the paper identifies the values of material and immaterial culture as requirements to be respected to guide interventions for the reuse of urban voids as spaces of collective use for the community. Considering the recreational-artistic use as a driver of the transformation of the built environment, the need-performance methodological approach allows to analyze the outcomes of desk research on best practices playground to build, according to a systemic vision of reality, community engagement tools for the regeneration process stages. From the elaboration of the surveys, diversified concerning the tools tracked and international regulation goals, the paper returns a system of requirements to support the transformation processes of the built environment. These outcomes were tested and transferred in the research project ‘Playgrounds and Art for Communities in Transition: a pact of care for cities’, funded by the University of Naples Federico II.

Keywords: reuse, need-performance approach, collective space infrastructure, urban voids, transgible value