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Research and contributions from the conference "Universities for Cities and Territories" underscore the evolution of university residences beyond their domestic role. The rehabilitation of existing heritage, coupled with urban regeneration concepts, infuses vitality and economic life into cities while providing valuable spaces and services for citizens. Examples include the creation of libraries, fitness centers, cinemas, and restaurants within student residences, contributing to the city's overall amenities.
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University and Right-to-Study Facilities as
a Tool for Urban Regeneration
CHAIR SESSION 1


Adolfo F. L. Baratta

Roma Tre University

adolfo.baratta@uniroma3.it


Law No. 338 of November 14, 2000, is the norm that has changed the
paradigm of student housing more than any other regulatory reference
for any other type of building in the last two decades.
The objectives that the Law, commissioned by former Minister Ortensio
Zecchino, are quantitative and qualitative.
The first objective of a quantitative nature is to increase the number of
housing places, to reduce the difference between demand and supply,1 as
well as the gap with the main European countries; the second objective of
a qualitative nature, is to recover disused or underutilized architectural
heritage so as to constitute a tool for building and urban regeneration.2
To these objectives is added the possibility of intervening for building
energy efficiency, which, combined with the possibility of conferring the
value of the property to cover the costs borne by the proposing party,
favors interventions on the existing and zeroes the financing borne by the
beneficiaries.3
Through multiscalar actions and with a strongly operational character,
the Law has also pursued other objectives, such as the integration of
services, the adaptation of existing residences to the latest demanding
and regulatory frameworks, the openness to public-private partnerships,
and the attitude toward environmentally sustainable solutions. In
relation to this last issue, with the fifth call, the principle of architectural
heritage recovery has been further reinforced: Article 15 of Legislative
Decree 152/2021 adds paragraph 4-bis to Article 1 of the Law, specifying
that according to the European Green Deal and the NRP, "high
environmental standards must be pursued in the implementation and
management of interventions," while Legislative Decree 1257/2021, in
Article 4 (1), specifies that new green-field construction is not


1
  A phenomenon related to the low availability of university residences is that 68 percent of Italian
students live with their parents, in spite of a European average of 34 percent.
2
  The objective was found to be so shared that it accounted for as much as 60% of the total
interventions, committing the prevailing share of available resources.
3
  Adolfo F. L. Baratta and Claudio Piferi, “Le residenze universitarie come strumento di rigenerazione
urbana. L’esperienza del Programma 338/00,” Abitare il futuro. Giornate internazionali di studio.
Napoli: Clean Edizioni (2015): 485-493.


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permissible, unless it is included in existing campuses or in areas
adjoining university settlements.
In the five calls for applications of the Law, equal to the substantial
economic resources allocated by the state and supplemented by private
stakeholders and public administrations, an important social and cultural
impact has emerged.
The latter is evident from the contributions received in the first session of
the conference "Universities for Cities and Territories. Proposals for the
integration of university and urban policies." The Session initiated a
discussion aimed at expanding knowledge on two interconnected topics,
namely, university facilities and services and urban regeneration.
The session, which was attended by researchers and professors from all
over Italy, highlighted how university residence has now gone beyond the
domestic and private dimension to approach a new urban model based
on co-neighborhood i.e. weaving a complex of relationships able to
activate the creation of a sharing system that generates transformations.
Virtually all the papers emphasized how the rehabilitation and renovation
of the existing heritage, introducing a use in which the idea of urban
regeneration is inherent, attributes to the city and the territory on the one
hand the new vital and economic lifeblood that off-site students bring
with them and on the other hand the spaces and services made available
by residence to citizens. In the more than 20 years that the Act has been
in operation, facilities have been built with libraries, fitness centers with
fields and swimming pools, recording rooms, cinemas, restaurants on
scenic terraces, and shopping centers-all of which expand the offerings
for students and help integrate the student residence into the city.
The papers confirmed how the student's quality of life depends mainly on
the type and nature of the shared places i.e., the complementary activities
and support services that are considered not only within the residential
facility but also the relationship with the city.
Finally, all contributions show how important Law 338/2000 still is in
"contributing to the formulation of a thought about cities and territories
based on sustainability, oriented to people's lives and declined on new
lifestyles".4


References

Baratta, Adolfo F. L. and Piferi Claudio “Le residenze universitarie come
strumento di rigenerazione urbana. L’esperienza del Programma 338/00.”
Abitare il futuro. Giornate internazionali di studio. Napoli: Clean Edizioni,
2015.

4
  Nicola Martinelli e Mariavaleria Mininni, “Introduzione. L’Urbanistica italiana di fronte
all’Agenda 2030. Portare territori e comunità sulla strada della sostenibilità e della resilienza.”
Proceedings of the XXII SIU Conference, Matera-Bari June 6-8 2019. Roma Milano: Planum Publisher
(2020): 7.
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Martinelli, Nicola and Mininni, Mariavaleria. “Introduzione.
L’Urbanistica italiana di fronte all’Agenda 2030. Portare territori e
comunità sulla strada della sostenibilità e della resilienza.” Proceedings of
the XXII SIU Conference, Matera-Bari June 6-8 2019. Roma Milano: Planum
Publisher (2020): 7-11.
