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Social and Technological Innovation Through Design, in Contexts of Economic, Environmental and Political Scarcity
keywords APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, SCARCITY, SOCIAL INNOVATION
Reference persons FRANCESCA DE FILIPPI, VALERIA FEDERIGHI
External reference persons Roberto Pennacchio; Michele Di Marco (EAHR)
Description The thesis proposal is part of a collaboration aimed at developing some proposals for the "100 Classrooms for Refugee Children" project, formalized by a Memorandum of Understanding between Politecnico di Torino and Emergency Architecture and Human Rights.
The project "100 Classrooms for Refugee Children" aims to analyze and develop social innovation strategies through the design and implementation of buildings and classrooms in contexts of scarcity. The project aims to capitalize on the skills accumulated through the implementation of the Classroom for Refugee Children at the Za'atari camp in Jordan (https://ea-hr.com/zaatari-classroom/), through participation processes and prototyping.
Students will work in direct collaboration with EAHR on one of the following aspects:
- Social Innovation: the theory of project practice, declined with respect to the management of the social innovation process: which agency for the architectural project? what instruments? what objectives and what effects? The project aims to make a complex process replicable through a weak and inclusive protocol. The construction and management of the process can take place through a definition of the social and compositional variables of the project that is as resilient as possible and allows to associate, from time to time, the specific contingencies - (Ref. Valeria Federighi).
- Technological Innovation: The definition of methods and tools for context-based and climate-responsive strategies, able to face the challenges in contexts where resources are scarce, not only in economic terms, but also with regard to the availability of materials and equipment for construction, the development of efficient construction technologies, and technical knowledge and skills of the local workers. The project includes the study of low-cost technologies (low tech/high performance), appropriate and suitable to cope with potential risk conditions due to increasingly frequent cases of "natural disasters", as a result of the climate change. (Ref. Francesca De Filippi, Roberto Pennacchio).
Required skills Oltre alle competenze progettuali normalmente acquisite nel corso di studi è richiesta un’ottima capacità di rappresentazione grafica, una buona padronanza della lingua inglese e predisposizione a lavorare in contesti extra locali.
Notes Per la valutazione della proposta si consiglia la consultazione di:
“Classrooms for Refugee Children: the value of a participatory process”. Giulio Marzullo, tesi magistrale, 2020.
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Maggiori dettagli potranno essere concordati attraverso un colloquio con i docenti.
Deadline 22/03/2021
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