TECHNE: Special Series Vol. 3
Research and Experimentation

Circular & sustainable adaptive reuse of fragile industrial heritage sites. Regenerating Ex SITOCO

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  • Serena Baiani,
  • Paola Altamura
Serena Baiani
Department of Planning Design Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Paola Altamura
Department of Planning Design Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16923

Published 2025-07-31

Keywords

  • Industrial heritage,
  • Circularity,
  • Material stock,
  • Adaptive reuse,
  • Resilience

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Baiani, S., & Altamura, P. (2025). Circular & sustainable adaptive reuse of fragile industrial heritage sites. Regenerating Ex SITOCO. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (3), 130–142. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-16923

Copyright (c) 2025 Serena Baiani, Paola Altamura

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Abstract

In the fluid design boundaries of technological culture engaging with heritage-urban mine, resilient resource-the research explores innovative experimentation in disused industrial sites in fragile areas. Through environmental design and a lifecycle perspective, it proposes balanced landscape integrations aligned with evolving social, economic, and environmental needs, while addressing multiple risks. The research prioritises control actions on biophysical and morphological components, adopting a circular regeneration approach to reduce the embodied and operational energy of buildings, activating passive functioning to support an “ecologically resilient” transition. The operational, replicable, multi-scale methodology was tested in various pilot cases, exemplified in this paper by the Ex SITOCO site in the Orbetello lagoon.

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