The research investigates the Urban Underground Nodes (UUN) as special contemporary urban spaces and architectural entities with a trans-typological essence. Those entities are critical nodes in terms of mobility and connection in the urban fabrics, however there is no connotative image or an identifiable spatial idea about them. Also, the information relative to their typological composition and structure are very limited, with the consequent difficulty of defining a way to depict them. The goal of this research is to decode their invariants in relation with the urban life style through 6 case studies, from three different geographical contexts: Europe, North America and Far East. Thus, the thesis is an experimental one in the conception of diagrams to be able to describe the characters, the perception, the elements of the Urban Underground Nodes as well as their relations with the shape of the cities over ground. This collection of studies is represented in the final matrix showing the contemporary complexity of the Urban Underground Nodes.The methodology is corresponding to the repeatability, controllability and inspectability requirements of the empirical approach, therefore it is shaped up to be an “adaptable method” that can be applied to investigate others case studies.Through this approach, the research demonstrates how the Urban Underground Nodes are shaped and conceived in a strong relation with the over ground cities, which is presented trough the six case studies, representing three different basic models that each corresponds to the hosting context urban lifestyle strategy.

La tesi sviluppa uno studio sui Nodi Urbani Sotterranei - Urban Underground Nodes – (UUN) assunti come quelle entità architettoniche che meglio di altre esprimono, per la loro essenza trans-tipologica, alcune particolari condizioni della spazialità urbana contemporanea. Tali emergenze rappresentano dei nodi cruciali di mobilità e connessioni nei tessuti urbani, tuttavia non ne esiste una immagine connotativa o una idea spaziale identificabile, limitate sono le indicazioni relative alla loro composizione e strutturazione tipologica con la conseguente difficoltà di una specifica modalità di rappresentazione. Attraverso una indagine esplorativa la ricerca si pone l’obiettivo di decodificarne codici e invarianti descrittive in relazione allo stile di vita urbano, prendendo in esame 6 casi studio rappresentativi di tre diverse condizioni geografiche: Nord America, Europa, Asia. La tesi, dunque, trova un particolare campo di sperimentazione nella ideazione di un sistema di diagrammi capaci di descrivere i caratteri, gli elementi percettivi e le loro relazioni con la conformazione della città in superficie. Tale apparato si ricompone in una matrice finale restituendo la complessità dei Nodi Urbani Sotterranei in relazione all’odierna condizione urbana. La struttura metodologica messa a punto, rispondendo ai requisiti di ripetibilità, controllabilità e ispezionabilità della base empirica, si configura come un vero e proprio “dispositivo di ricerca” adottabile per altri casi studio. Tale approccio consente al dottorando di dimostrare come queste entità sono concepite in stretta relazione con la struttura urbana delle città, quindi come le differenze tra i casi studio indagati definiscono tre modelli base, ciascuno corrispondente ai diversi contesti geografici presi in esame.

Urban underground nodes. How UUN spatial compositon can affect the urban lifestyle / Elgharib, Ahmed. - (2019 Apr 16).

Urban underground nodes. How UUN spatial compositon can affect the urban lifestyle

ELGHARIB, Ahmed
2019-04-16

Abstract

The research investigates the Urban Underground Nodes (UUN) as special contemporary urban spaces and architectural entities with a trans-typological essence. Those entities are critical nodes in terms of mobility and connection in the urban fabrics, however there is no connotative image or an identifiable spatial idea about them. Also, the information relative to their typological composition and structure are very limited, with the consequent difficulty of defining a way to depict them. The goal of this research is to decode their invariants in relation with the urban life style through 6 case studies, from three different geographical contexts: Europe, North America and Far East. Thus, the thesis is an experimental one in the conception of diagrams to be able to describe the characters, the perception, the elements of the Urban Underground Nodes as well as their relations with the shape of the cities over ground. This collection of studies is represented in the final matrix showing the contemporary complexity of the Urban Underground Nodes.The methodology is corresponding to the repeatability, controllability and inspectability requirements of the empirical approach, therefore it is shaped up to be an “adaptable method” that can be applied to investigate others case studies.Through this approach, the research demonstrates how the Urban Underground Nodes are shaped and conceived in a strong relation with the over ground cities, which is presented trough the six case studies, representing three different basic models that each corresponds to the hosting context urban lifestyle strategy.
16-apr-2019
TORNATORA, Rosa Marina
NERI, Gianfranco
Doctoral Thesis
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