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Manifesto 04Human resources 05Themes 06Towards the platform “Bassano for sustainability” 08Two experimental projects 10

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The working method of the school of Bassano is based on the principle of creative chatter, open to diversity, in order to address precisely the rapid changes in the social, economic and environmental field.

The development of human resources is the real purpose of our projects. The project is intended as a generative force for new opportunities, a collaboration open to different cultures and to all stakeholders. The students will develop processes to produce creative solutions, designed to overcome the complex challenges they face. The key to managing the diversity of goals and their continuous evolution is the organization of activities through diversified and integrated platforms, consisting of public administration, entrepreneurs, researchers, citizens.

We work in partnership with businesses, nonprofit organizations, public administration: this circular method allows students to understand what it means to design outside the classroom and helps our partners to intensify their innovation strategy. We propose an innovative methodology that combines analytical and creative approaches, and requires collaboration between different disciplines. This process, called “design thinking”, it combines the methods of engineering and of planning, it exploits the ideas of the art world, the tools of the social sciences and the visions of the economy. The student becomes familiar with these processes, customizes them, internalizes them, and applies them to his plans: this means learning by doing.

The student is called to solve a problem, but also to define its nature. He is stimulated towards a strong curiosity and a strong spirit of collaboration, with the aim of overcoming the already assimilated experience. The teachers illustrate different points of view, offering a mix of contributions from different disciplines and problem-solving solutions. Insted of working in groups on the same project, the students address different aspects of innovation, exploiting their own differences as a creative engine. They work in the field, to develop empathy with the users of the project, discovering their real needs. The result is the production of a series of prototypes which will receive a feedback from the population. Each phase of the work explores unexpected visions and solutions. The process of design thinking is the glue that holds together the diversity of stakeholders, allowing students to continuously develop intuitive ideas and lateral thinking.

ManIfeSTo

a creative chatter

Generating innovators

Stimulating a radical creative collaboration between stakeholders

esploring new shared solutions

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HuMan reSourceS

From IUAV University: -Prof. Fabio Peron - scientific boardProf. Giuseppe Longhi - scientific board and organizationArch. Massimo Vallotto - stakeholder engagement

From Architects Association of Vicenza: -Arch. Marisa Fantin - presidentArch. Elisabetta Mioni - advisorArch. Raffaella Reitano - advisor

Arch. Linda Comerlati - design and engagement

Anna Ave anna.ave@hotmail.itLucia Baccara lucia.baccara@iuav.itDiletta Bellina d.bellina@awn.itSara Carciotti saracarciotti@gmail.comMatteo Coletto matthewcolett@gmail.comLaura De Rocco lauraderocco@yahoo.itMaria De Rossi maria.derossi.88@gmail.comMaria Ilaria Di Gaeta imariailariadigaeta@gmail.comMichele Disarò micheledsr@gmail.comGiulia Longhi gllonghi@yahoo.itAndrea Pennisi andrea.pennisi@a-office.orgBeatrice Rizzo b–rizzo@tiscali.itRodighiero Massimo massimo@sra.itNicola Sartori nikfuture@libero.itGiacomo Tomasini g.tomasini@studioalbanese.itFrancesco Zanon francesco.zanon@a-office.orgChiara Zoppi architettochiarazoppi@gmail.comNicola Preti arch.nicolapreti@gmail.com

The course begins with the collaboration between IuaV university and the architects association of Vicenza (Italy)

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The new strategies of building and urban design are experienced through the contents of the document Europe 2020, the objectives of the 8th Framework Program and the application of D.M. 11/04/2013 “Guidelines for sustainable design of school facilities.” These documents and laws allow you to devise innovative proposals, which are basic structures of new prototypes for urban and economic regeneration.

Knowledge is the engine of development because it can increase the capacity of human resources. This is the primary goal of the design. The project will be a generator of several opportunities for the growth of cohesion, resilience, productivity, connecting a local urban area to the world.

The city of Bassano del Grappa has an innovative and entrepreneurial foundation and it is engaged in the experimentation of new forms of knowledge and work. Regarding natural and physical resources it has an important historical and natural heritage; regarding the processes of dematerialization it has a free wi-fi network in the historic center. It houses the Urban Center, a space for shared dialogue and discussion on urban development.

The course is part of a structure subdivided into: the structure of production, the structure of teaching, and the stakeholder forum:

Structure of production: it comprehends all the activities designed to -produce interactive database and automatic design tools;

Structure of teaching: it is divided into online and face-to-face activities. -The activities have tools for distance storage (online databases and folders) and tools for dialogue (blogs, social net, webinars, skype). Through these tools, the dialogue is 24h and students are encouraged to be proactive and creative. The face-to-face activities are focused on the design workshops and integrated with the final presentation of the prjects to the stakeholders;

stakeholder forum: the learning activities are supported by a committee -of partners coming from the public administration and professional associations, with the aim of increasing the feasibility of the projects and generate new ones.

THeMeS

Intelligent School designThe design of knowledge and the application of d.M. 11/04/2013

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Why Bassano del Grappa

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THeMe 1from the classroom crisis to the fabLab The driving forces of the evolution of school design principles

THeMe 2from learning to being industrious Knowledge in European policies and international organizations

THeMe 3from Maria Montessori to Seymour PapertCognitive systems and organizational models

THeMe 4from openspace to the cloud/fablabThe design of the school from the second to the third industrial revolution

THeMe 5a design that promotes metabolic cohesionThe project agenda

THeMe 6The school as a center for urban resilience The executive design of school ecosystem according to D.M. 11/04/2013

THeMe 7a cloud for an interactive designOperative database for school design

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The specialization course “Intelligent school design” aims to develop: innovative engagement opportunities to involve stakeholders; -a platform for local businesses to penetrate new markets; -skilled job opportunities for young people. -

Never before the international market of design and urban regeneration has been so dynamic: Asia has opened the opportunity to build more than 200 new city of 2 million inhabitants each; the EU has launched a campaign for urban regeneration through new smart infrastructures; President Obama launched the “Presidential Climate Action Project”; the Australian Government with the document “State of Australian Cities” is programming the regeneration of the city. These programs are accompanied by strong measures to support innovation, linked to the renewal of knowledge and business. As a matter of fact you can considerate the five-year plan for a metabolic development in China, the program “Clean Revolution” and the smart corridor Mumbai-New Delhi, the EU programs “Europe 2020” and “Horizon 2020” and the “Design Innovation Platform for Europe”, the U.S. program “Brain Initiative”.

The rules of contemporary design have little to do with historical ones. At the end of the last millennium the Wuppertal Institute launched a slogan that changed the way we see economic development: “Make tons kilowatthours redundant and not people.” If the problem is the limit of resources, a consequence of the increase in consumption of raw materials due to the growth of income and population, the strategic variable for industries shifts from the centrality of labor productivity to the saving of raw material and energy production from renewable sources. Industries have to radically innovate and invest in research and dissemination of knowledge, as set out by the agenda of international Conventions (see the following table).

These premises lead to the proposal of an integrated platform “Bassano for Sustainability” whose mission is to:

enhance the operation of the business, administrative, cultural systems, -to extend the connectivity of the enterprises of the Northeast Region; develop big data to support human capital and disseminate the global -potential of the Northeast Region; organize the participation to international design competitions; -begin an action for the redevelopment of the structures of knowledge, in -symmetry with “Horizon 2020” objectives and the D.M. 11.4.2013.

ToWardS THe PLaTforM “BaSSano for SuSTaInaBILITy”

The course as a force for urban innovation

The new dimension of the market

new rules to access new market sectors

The opportunity for the business community of Bassano del Grappa

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The theme of knowledge engages with the issue of economic development thanks to the project “Bassano Start Up City”.This project is an innovative prototype of urban creative development, replicable from the regional to the international scale, based on the proposal of an industrious generative sector. Starting with the new models of school organization the projects integrates them with the knowledge of creative enterprises, increasing the human capacity thanks to new patterns of production value.The project is based on the experience of a local finance institute for the promotion of spin-offs, and intends to expand it further.This project begins with the interpretation of national and international best practices of creative urban planning, in order to subsequently assess the potential application of innovative tools in the school system.The project will develop an operative agenda that will define the actions of the stakeholders involved and the structure of the crowdfunding action to raise financial resources.The project is thought both for professional training and for the regeneration of manufacturing and finance firms.

This project aims to provide the cultural and entrepreneurial system of Bassano del Grappa with an interactive high-capacity memory. The purpose is to give international transparency to the social, environmental and productive city potential. The projects enables urban infrastructure development and is intended to increase the penetration of Bassano on international markets and to lower the cost of production due to the free provision of on-line software. It is intended to be an evolution of the wifi network, adding to this basic infrastructure a new high-capacity.The players involved come from the production and the service system. They intend to implement basic urban infrastructure with high added value.

TWo exPerIMenTaL ProjecTS

Launching the project Bassano Start up city

Launching the project Bassano on the cloud

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construction of the platform for Bassano del Grappa

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June 2014

July2014

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March 2015

VoD Umbrella Think Tank

Public Administration Bassano del Grappa

Urban Center Bassano del Grappa

Platform Bassano for sustainability

India - Clean Revolution

USA - Climate Action Plan

Australia - State of Australian cities

EU Horizon 2020

Bassano start up city

City to city Barcelona

Copenhagen Conference

Bassano on the cloud

Institutional knowledge

Technical knowledge

Professional training

Community building

Institutional knowledge

Promozione culturale

“Dal banco alla nuvola. Materiali per la progettazione di qualità della scuola”

Book

Process

“Intelligent school design” course

MIUR e DPS

Sensi Contemporanei

Qualità Italia Progetti per la qualità dell’architettura

Long Life Learning

Architects Associations Vicenza, Trento, Venezia, Treviso

Imprese

Industrie cotto Possagno

Abitazioni ecologiche

Vibeton

Vimar

Abba

Acqua RisoltaCarpenteria Brotto

Viva Real Estate

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Fabio Peron peron@iuav.itGiuseppe Longhi longhi@iuav.itMassimo Vallotto massimovallottoarch@nsoft.itVoD vod.valueofdifferences@gmail.comVoD http://www.vodblogsite.org/ IUAV http://www.iuav.it/master/

The course is part of the long life learning program of IUAV University - Department for design and planning in complex environments, and of the professional training program of the Architects Association of Vicenza. The course works through the platform VoD - Value of Difference and it is integrated with the social network Facebook (Vod Differences), Linkedin (VoD Umbrella Think Tank), Issuu (vod_group) and VoD blogsite.

The course provides awards of both university and professional credits recognized by the National Council of Architects.

The course will last three months from April to June 2014.

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