Vol. 29 No. 1 (2025): BEYOND DECARBONIZATION toward a Climate Neutral urban environment
Research and Experimentation

Urban Green Regeneration: Design exploration for climate-resilient Streetscapes through NbS

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  • Alessandro Raffa,
  • Monica Moscatelli
Alessandro Raffa
Dipartimento delle Culture Europee e del Mediterraneo: Architettura, Ambiente e Patrimoni Culturali, NatureCityLAB, Università della Basilicata, Italia
Monica Moscatelli
Architecture Department, College of Architecture and Design, SA Lab, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16586

Published 2025-07-31

Keywords

  • Climate resilience,
  • Nature-based Solutions,
  • Streetscapes,
  • Urban regeneration,
  • Design

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Raffa, A., & Moscatelli, M. (2025). Urban Green Regeneration: Design exploration for climate-resilient Streetscapes through NbS. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 29(1), 229–239. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16586

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Abstract

The regeneration of urban streetscapes through Nature-based Solutions is crucial for achieving climate neutrality and resilience. However, design research is limited to date and needs to impact current design and planning practices. Ongoing research attempts to go beyond present gaps to define an operational methodology and guidelines to mainstream streetscape’s climate-resilient nature-based regeneration. The research adopts a Research-by-Design approach, structured in three integrative phases: (i) Research of Design, (ii) Research through Design, (iii) Research for Design. The contribution will go through the first two phases by applying and cross-testing the operational methodology in two neighbourhoods in Matera, Italy and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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