TORINO European Dissemination Event Ruda Slaska 05/09/2011 MATTEO TABASSO - SiTI matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 1
The decline of the Industrial Era (Structural Recession of FIAT) End of the one-company town model Unemployment Abandoned urban areas 160.000 140.000 120.000 100.000 Employes - Turin Area (1981-2001) 80.000 60.000 40.000 20.000 0 1981 1991 2001 1.100 sq m 1.101 4000 sq m 4.001-7.200 sq m 7.201-12.500 sq m 12.501-25.000 sq m > 25.000 sq m car industry business & services texile industry Torino Industrial Vacant Areas in 1985
Urban Masterplan 1993-1995 New Urban Masterplan (1995): Strengthening of the Torino railway node SPINA4 Reuse of the adjacent abandoned industrial areas The Spina Centrale (Central Backbone) a North-to-South 15 Km urban boulevard over the railway track. SPINA3 SPINA2 a link among the old industrial areas transformed into mixeduse development areas (3.7 millions of sqm) Porta Nuova The Passante (Underground Cross City Railway Link) SPINA1 The old railway track is increased in capacity and completely underground. Lingotto
Spina 3 From Industry to mixed use matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 4
Spina 3 Brownfield Days Introduction to Backbone 3: Contextualizing Italian environmental regulations: structure and roles Interventions and methods of remediation at municipal level Eco-friendly techniques for remediation of urban soil: results from pilot studies on experimental plots From Brownfield to Greenfield experience: On the spot visit to the experimental yard Round Table: Similarities and differences among partner countries matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 5
Spina 3 From Industry to mixed use Environmental Center Mix of social and traditional Housing Public spaces and industrial memory matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 6
Former FIAT Avio Present Situation matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 7
Fiat Avio Brownfield Days Introduction to the project (methods, subjects...) Environmental impact assessments, transferability and connectivity issues Significant Urban Transformation Experiences of Degraded Areas in partner cities Working Groups on the Transformation of the Fiat AVIO - Lingotto Railway Station area Residences Tower of Regional Administration Plaza Bridge station Offices Green area Conclusions by the Deputy Mayor in charge of City Planning Regional Administration, housing and offices project matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 8
Thank you! Matteo Tabasso matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 9
Fiat Avio and Spina 3 Strategic Recommendations (urban regeneration) Most of the strategic recommendations are about involving citizens and residents in the brownfields requalification. The B-Team partners underline the need to have good instruments in communicating the transformation and a transparent way in publishing data and decisions. They suggest to strengthen the link between cultural event and local identity to increase the sense of belonging and the participation. Furthermore, it is recommended to increase the research and testing on new reclamation methods, and to improve- during the planning process- the relationship between the level of contamination and the new land use, in order to contain costs. matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 10
Fiat Avio and Spina 3 Site Specific Recommendations (urban regeneration) The specific recommendations that can be considered more helpful concern: Public transport access to Lingotto (island situation) Well functioning and safe pedestrian and bicycle routes on the Fiat Avio area, connecting to the surrounding areas and the river Versatile functions on the new Lingotto railway station, including for example exhibition / performance areas, rental space, bicycle parking - establish Lingotto station as a local centre, beyond providing access to regional trains. Better connection to the Olympic Village - new (cultural or public) use of derelict structures More links between decontamination process and educational initiatives, also using existing structure as Museo A come Ambiente Develop specific branding for the sites such as Living on the Backbone to highlight the attractiveness to live there matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 11
Procedures City of Turin: 3 deputy mayors involved Environment Town planning International relations They: collected the recommendations from the partners, considered the proposals and the observations; brought to the city Government a spreadsheet containing the recommendations and the indication about the possible acknowledgment. The structure of the spreadsheet: Recommendations Already (totally or partially) acknowledged Already acknowledged but possibly to be implemented Indication to be acknowledged Difficult to be adopted matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it
Feedback from the City Comments on Recommendations (urban regeneration) Most of the recommendations are pertinent and correct, some of them are already considered in the projects and some are difficult to receive but some others will be considered in the course of the development. The main elements incorporated by the city government in a formal document are: The improvement of the accessibility of the Lingotto railway station More attention in designing the new urban spaces (greenfield, public urban space ) and urban connections (pathways, bikeways, public transport solutions, ) Temporary use of derelict architectures and spaces in brownfields (with some safety problems) Marketing, communication and participation actions (branding ). matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 13
Formal approval by the City Government OBJECT: EUROPEAN PROJECT B-TEAM. STRATEGIC AND SPECIFIC RACCOMENDATIONS FOR THE URBAN RECOVERY AND THE REGENERATION OF THE BROWNFIELD. TRANSPOSITION. [...description of B-Team project and B-Days in Torino...] The city government decides: - To approve all has been described in the above text. - To take note of the recommendations produced by the discussion occurred among the European cities involved in the project B- TEAM BROWNFIELD POLICY IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE, following the workshop held on November 10, 2010 in Turin, dedicated to sustainable planning on the area Spina 3 and the area Ex Fiat Avio Stazione Lingotto. The recommendations are summarized in the Annex1 attached to this resolution. - To take further note that some recommendations have already been implemented by the City in the process of transformation activated since the end of the Nineties through policies and actions taken with specific acts. The City decides to implement and develop the remaining recommendations for the actual and future urban requalification processes, as further specified in the abovementioned annex. matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 14
Example of public branding and participation (in Spina 4 area ) matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 15
Example of public branding and participation (in Spina 4 area ) International Competition for the transformation of a part of the Central Backbone (Spina) matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 16
Examples of temporary use (in Spina 2) matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 17
Spreadsheet Attached to the formal document, containing the level of acknowledgement matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 18
Instructions The workshop leader should give a 5 min introduction of the BD: what was covered and talk about the recommendations/pledge; then 2 or 3 partners should talk about their experience in the BD, capturing the main point of what they learned (that does also apply for the academic partners); once decided who is doing this in which working group those partners should get in contact about what they will report to keep repetitions low. This is followed by a discussion with everybody in the working group A summary of the outcome of the discussion should be presented in the afternoon sessions matteo.tabasso@siti.polito.it 19