Figure 1
Spatial planning for urban regeneration as a co-production process for the commoning.
Spatial planning for urban regeneration should enable a co-production process among different actors (i.e., public authorities, private stakeholders, civil society, third-sector organisations, and local communities) who co-produce rules for collective governance. These rules should aim at fostering practices of commoning, namely the reproduction of both a common resource, i.e., the area being regenerated, according to a collectively defined appropriate use, and its community of reference. Then, the common resource and the community nurture each other, as the community regenerates around the common, and the common is as such only by virtue of collective decision-making and use by the community. The outcomes of commoning, then, should feed back into and inform the spatial planning framework. The final aim is the transformative change of the political, practical, and personal spheres, through new legal and institutional frameworks, tools, and power relations that enable new practices of spatial planning and, in turn, foster new imaginaries of urban regeneration.
Source: Authors’ elaboration.
Figure 2
Aerial view of the ex-Isotta Fraschini site in Saronno.
Credits: CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti.
Figure 3
The interior of one of the collapsing buildings.
Credits: Ph. Riccardo Banfi.
Figure 4
Graffiti art inside one of the abandoned buildings in the area.
Credits: Ph. Riccardo Banfi.
Table 1
Summary of the number of interviewees and related interview format.
| INTERVIEW NO. | INTERVIEWEES (AND NUMBER OF SUBJECTS INVOLVED) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Representative of the Company (1) |
| 2 (group interview) | Former employees (4) |
| 3 (paired interview) | Music festivals organisers (2) |
| 4 | Youth festival organiser (1) |
| 5 | Graffiti writer (1) |
| 6 | Representative A of the Municipality (1) |
| 7 | Representative B of the Municipality (1) |
[i] Source: Authors’ elaboration.
Figure 5
Masterplan for the regeneration project.
Credits: CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti.