Spatial Tensions in Urban Design: Understanding Contemporary Urban Phenomena

Contents
Part I The Janus-faced Concept of Spatial Tensions
1 A New Vision Regarding Spatial Tensions in Urban Design
	1.1 The Beginning of a Long Research Project
	1.2 What Are Spatial Tensions?
		1.2.1 Lean Conflicts
		1.2.2 About Conflict
		1.2.3 Seasons
		1.2.4 Literature
		1.2.5 The Role of Space
	1.3 What is Tension Today?
		1.3.1 Forces, Balance, and Space
		1.3.2 The Objective and Structure of the Book
	References
Part II Spatial and Design Perspectives
2 Extractivism as a Field of Tensions
	2.1 The Extractivist Discourse
		2.1.1 Places
	2.2 Industrial Mines, Filament Systems and Spatial Enclaves
	2.3 ‘Artisanal’ Mines, Stratified Spaces
	2.4 Baroque Textures
	References
3 Urban Society in Tension: The Santiago’s Commune
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Framing Neoliberalism in Santiago
	3.3 Plaza Baquedano: Landmark, Contestation and Oppression
	3.4 The Commune of Santiago
	3.5 Towards a Destituent Power
	3.6 Conclusion
	References
4 Latent Tensions and Urban Change in Two Milan Neighbourhoods
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Emerging Tensions and Grassroots Activism in Corvetto and Via Padova
	4.3 Tensions and Urban Transformation
	References
5 Fear and Segregation: Anxiety Beyond Gated Communities. The Costa Rican Case
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Fear of Crime and Built Environment
	5.3 Walls and Segregation
	5.4 Recording the Spatial Tensions
	5.5 The Outside: Tensions Beyond the Gate
		5.5.1 Residential Segregation
		5.5.2 Walls and Preconceptions
		5.5.3 Overwhelming Growth, Involuntary Enclosure
		5.5.4 Distribution of Fear of Crime
		5.5.5 A Perspective on the Tensions in Gated Communities of Costa Rica
	References
6 Design as a Tool to Ground Rights in the Case of Cavallerizza Reale in Turin
	6.1 Common(s) Tensions
	6.2 The Cavallerizza Reale: An Urban Riddle
	6.3 Public Property and Common Use
	6.4 As Soon as Possible
	6.5 Ordinary and Site-Specific Rights
	6.6 Conclusions: Urban Design as a Tool to Ground Rights
	References
7 From Tensions to Design: Building Inclusion with Roma Communities in Milan
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Roma Camps, An Italian Phenomenon. What About Roma’s Living Conditions in Milan?
	7.3 A Wicked Problem Requiring a Change of Perspective
	7.4 ERSILIA Lab’s Places: The Camp, The CAT, and The Neighbourhood
	7.5 ERSILIA Lab’s Process
	7.6 A Contradictory Governance
	7.7 Final Remarks
	References
8 “The Beach is Boring”. The Collective Space of Co-living
	8.1 Public–Private Gradient
	8.2 Soviet Oversized Communal Space
	8.3 The Collective Space of Co-living
	References
9 The Two Faces of Matera: Diachronic Narratives of Changing Perspectives on Heritage
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Matera and the Southern Question in the Post-War Period: The Sassi and the Impact on the Public and Disciplinary Debate
	9.3 La Martella as a Manifesto: Policies, Urban Planning, Social Disciplines
	9.4 The “Sassi Redevelopment” Neighborhoods: Architecture and Planning Dialoguing with Social Instances
	9.5 Reconsidering the Sassi: From the 1970s to Nowadays
	9.6 Divergent Ideas of the City and the Heritage
	References
10 Design Experimentation in a Context of Cultural Division: The Case of Ahmedabad
	10.1 The Cultural Background: Ahmedabad and the Reasons for a Disputed Territory
	10.2 Ahmedabad: A Politically Emblematic City
	10.3 Types of Border in the Urban Fabric of Ahmedabad
	10.4 The Historical Nucleus of Ahmedabad: A Sedimented System of Cultural Cohesion
	10.5 The Structure of the Border: The Example of Dariyapur Road
	10.6 Experimental Strategies in Cultural Division Contexts: A Flexible Approach
	10.7 Functional Flexibility and Transformation of the Architectural Structure
	References
11 Resisting Gentrification by Reclaiming a Work–Life Balance. An Exercise of Research by Design in Brussels
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 A Magnet, A Bubble, A Project of Doors
	11.3 Individuals, Beyond Individualism: Spatial and Urban Dimensions of an Emancipatory Approach to Work
	11.4 A Project of Doors
	11.5 Conclusion
	References
12 Reconfiguring the Neoliberal City: Three Stories of Urban Pioneers in Berlin
	12.1 The New Pressure on Land Hinders the Traditional Spontaneity of Berlin\'s Appropriation Initiatives
	12.2 Holzmarkt: The Acquisition of Property as a Means of Emancipation
	12.3 RAW Gelände: Negotiating Common Spaces for Socio-Cultural Uses
	12.4 Haus der Statistik: Public Ownership and Private 174 Initiative Experiment with Cooperative Planning
	12.5 Strategies of Reconfiguration
	References
13 Segregating Infrastructure:  The Nazareth Border-Road
	13.1 Introduction
		13.1.1 Israeli Space Stratification
		13.1.2 The Superior and Inferior Nazareth
		13.1.3 Axis of Separation
	13.2 Axis of Control
		13.2.1 Axis of Encounter
	13.3 Conclusions: Integration and Counter-Integration
	References
Part III Tensions and Urban Projects
14 Out of the Public: The Archipelago Alternative
	14.1 Tension Makes Alternative Governance Models
	14.2 Biella, An Operational Landscape in Tension
	14.3 Alliances in Tension Trigger Spatial Transformations
	References
15 Aging and Space. An Emerging Catalog of Spaces in Tension
	15.1 New Geography of Territories Densely Inhabited by the Elderly
	15.2 The Largest Theme Park in the World
	15.3 Costa del Sol: The Largest European Retirement Resort
	15.4 A Catalog of Spaces
	15.5 Conclusion
	References
16 Spatial Tensions in Architectural Design: Strategies, Projects and Visions
	16.1 The Concept of Tension in Architectural Design
	16.2 Architecture, Tensions and Design: Places, Strategies and Visions
	16.3 Transforming Milan: Stories and Projects with Different Endings and Open Questions
	16.4 Architectural Tensions: A Premise on the Recent Projects in Milan
	16.5 Porta Nuova: Designing a New Public Ground
	16.6 City Life: The Iconic Architectures of a New Future
	16.7 New Perspectives: The Role of Tensions as a Tool for Architectural Design
	References
17 Common Spaces: Collective Practices for Places of Transition
	17.1 Introduction. About commons
		17.1.1 Turin. A City in Transition
	17.2 Apparent Stalemate. Spatial Tensions as a Restarting Point
	17.3 Observing Turin Using Experimental Forms of Construction of Common Assets
	References