Reuse and Spatial Regeneration

Design, governance and community engagement

Italian and European cities host millions of unused buildings. Italy’s built environment grew over 400% in seventy years, and disused properties represent both an urgent challenge and a regeneration opportunity. The Course in Reuse and Spatial Regeneration equips participants with meta-design tools, community engagement methods, and hybrid governance models to lead complex transformations. They learn to turn vacant buildings and obsolete spaces into drivers of shared value for territories and communities. Here are the program goals:

• Design revitalization strategies and usage scenarios capable of preserving the identity of places through progressive transformation
• Develop social and territorial activation, engaging communities to transform unused spaces into new active places for the area
• Build and manage relationships among public, private, and community actors, understanding key institutional roles in regeneration
• Assess economic opportunities from reuse, structuring sustainable management models and identifying funding resources.