Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Densification Strategies: The Kallithea District in Athens as a Pilot Case Study
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Sustainability 2020, 12(22), 9462; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229462
Received: 29 September 2020 / Revised: 8 November 2020 / Accepted: 10 November 2020 / Published: 13 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Toward Smart Cities: Zero Energy Buildings)
The current main issue in the construction sector in Europe concerns the energy refurbishment and the reactivation of investments in existing buildings. Guidance for enhancing energy efficiency and encouraging member states to create a market for deep renovation is provided by a number of European policies. Innovative methods and strategies are required to attract and involve citizens and main stakeholders to undertake buildings’ renovation processes, which actually account for just 1% of the total building stock. This contribution proposes technical and financial solutions for the promotion of energy efficient, safe, and attractive retrofit interventions based on the creation of volumetric additions combined with renewable energy sources. This paper focuses on the urban reality of Athens as being an important example of a degraded urban center with a heavy heat island, a quite important heating demand, and a strong seismic vulnerability. The design solutions presented here demonstrate that the strategy of additions, because of the consequent increased value of the buildings, could represent an effective densification policy for the renovation of existing urban settings. Hence, the aim is to trigger regulatory and market reforms with the aim to boost the revolution towards nearly zero energy buildings for the existing building stocks.
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Keywords:
sustainable urban design; urban densification; urban resilience; integrated architectural design; energy efficient buildings; volumetric additions
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Ferrante, A.; Fotopoulou, A.; Mazzoli, C. Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Densification Strategies: The Kallithea District in Athens as a Pilot Case Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9462. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229462
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Ferrante A, Fotopoulou A, Mazzoli C. Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Densification Strategies: The Kallithea District in Athens as a Pilot Case Study. Sustainability. 2020; 12(22):9462. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229462
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerrante, Annarita, Anastasia Fotopoulou, and Cecilia Mazzoli. 2020. "Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Densification Strategies: The Kallithea District in Athens as a Pilot Case Study" Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9462. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229462
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