San Rocco sustainable residential quarter, ,

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1. Overview San Rocco is an ecological quarter constituted by 13 built blocks and about 300 housings. Faenza municipality owns the area (84.454 mq). The project is financed by Ministry of Infrastructures and by Region with “Quarter agreements II” program – law 8/2/2001 n°21.

2. Activity description Background and objectives: Location: Faenza north-east periphery, between railway Faenza – – and Ravegnana street Problem to solve: Requalification of an existing quarter realized in years '70, by public areas and bicycle and pedestrian paths equipment. Objective of the activity: Quarter of quality construction, on an area of municipal property, with elevated standards of public areas and green belt. Buildings have kept down prices, in order to guarantee social requirements. San Rocco is a residential quarter, but it is also multifunctional with offices, trade activities, handicraft till 30% of the constructible volume; Municipality makes a free cession of a room (mq. 100) at the low ground of a building, for social uses in order to favour the maximum integration between the inhabitants and the city. The urbanization answers to the most modern principles of sustainable urban planning. It can be described like: ƒ a dense typological aggregation, with wiggly conformation. The quarter has a system of public squares and spaces based on contemporary vision of city historical center ƒ an external driveway mobility, a ring way, equipped with spaces and bicycle paths for city connection ƒ a great pedestrian public court bordered by houses. It is a meeting point for San Rocco inhabitants. San Rocco is a sustainable quarter in term of: mobility: the quarter is planned in order to guarantee accessibility to public and private spaces without architectonic obstacles. Pedestrians paths for inner mobility and for the connection with Faenza centre and with Canale Naviglio public linear park are realized.

These are bicycle and pedestrian paths and they are distinguished, separated and protected from vehicle paths. They have protected crosswalks. A great pedestrian court has been planned, with no cars. In this court there are a lot of green belt typologies and paved paths converging on three small places with artistic installations architectonic and urban planning: various building typology have been used in order to avoid the loss of identity generated by a quarter that proposes buildings blocks with a rigid and repeated system. The building blocks are connected by public pedestrian spaces. These spaces wind inside the built area water rational management: meteoric waters are stored in cisterns inside private sites and they are recycled for irrigation. Rain-waters are collected in tanks placed in the green belt. In case of exceptional atmospheric events the tanks gradually realise water in a draining system. energy: there are technological systems (district heating system with gas methane) and measures for energetic saving (mq. 2000 of solar photovoltaic on the roofs) in order to reduce energy consumption in the buildings. There are photovoltaic structures for the feeding of the public lighting quarter system, in the pedestrian court. acoustic protection: The residential quarter is protect from the noises. The compact block with the silent court with no cars, it is silent. The acoustic barriers placed in the critic points (railroad and roads) protect from the noise sources.

Implementation: Planning process: 1998 – Operative Organization Scheme 1999 – buying area by an urban agreement 2001 – Detailed Plan of public initiative 2003 – Definitive project - 1° extract 2005 - carrying out way and allocation criteria 2006 – Definitive Project of urbanization actions: call for bird for 9 blocks allocation; 9 building blocks allocation 2007 – Executive Project about urbanization actions and first 2 blocks 2008 – Works start

Partners involved: Faenza Municipality Hera S.p.A. Measures implemented (target group, conditions for entry; financing, duration, demand etc.) ƒ General economic plan: € 9.400.000 ƒ Co-financing without security State-Emilia Romagna Region: € 1.760.000

ƒ Regulatory frameworks ƒ General Regulatory Plan (PRG) 1996 ƒ Operative Organization Scheme (SIO) “ Opere Pie Area ” (1998) – carrying out norms ƒ Norms for Bio-building interventions application (1999) ƒ Detailed Plan of public initiative (2001) – specific norms ƒ Innovative Program in urban space called “Quarter Agreement II, Centre – north Quarter” ƒ Call for bird for 9 building blocks allocation in S.Rocco residential quarter - (2006)

Conclusions San Rocco sustainable quarter is an example of good practice on a technical level for the realization of urban interventions.

3. Additional Documents / Links www..faenza.ra.it

4. Contact Person Ennio Nonni Comune di Faenza Piazza del Popolo, 31 48018 Faenza (Ravenna) Tel. 0546 691550 mail: [email protected]

5. Author AMI Genova

6. Data origin / sources: Faenza Municipality web site Ermes Ambiente web site Settore Territorio-Servizio Progettazione Urbanistica e Ambientale. arch. Silvia Laghi [email protected]

last update of information: 19/10/2007

San Rocco quarter