TECHNE 14 (2017): Architecture and social innovation
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Environmental design for social inclusion: the role of environmental certification protocols

Erminia Attaianese
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II
Antonio Acierno
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II
TECHNE 14 (2017): Architecture and social innovation

Published 2017-11-27

Keywords

  • social sustainability,
  • human factors,
  • participation,
  • accessibility

How to Cite

Attaianese, E., & Acierno, A. (2017). Environmental design for social inclusion: the role of environmental certification protocols. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (14), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.13128/Techne-20816

Abstract

Architectural and urban design is at the center of a recent scientific and disciplinary debate investigating several limits and contradictions: on one hand, concerns due to modified social practices; on the other hand, regulatory densification, scarcely capable to intercept inconsistencies and varieties of social innovation. Although it is widely accepted that environmental certification protocols at the buildings scale pay little attention to social dimension of sustainability, their recent evolution at the neighborhood scale is leading to a greater integration of human factors issues and participatory practices, able to pursuit aims of social justice, enhancing the design ethical dimension.

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