S.P.In.A. Spazi e Persone In Attesa. Rigenerare gli spazi aperti in tre comuni periurbani della Città di Torino S.P.In.A./Spaces and People Awaiting. Regenerating Open Spaces in Three Peri-Urban Municipalities of the City of Turin

The eperience described below can be considered the result of a process of knowledge transfer from the university to the world of associationism and social participation. In 0, a collaboration was established between the LaQUP association in Turin and the Florence Accessibility Lab at the Uni- versity of Florence, aimed at applying a method for identifying and interpreting residual spaces in three medium-small peri-urban municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Turin (Chieri, Rivalta di Torino, and Bruino). This contribution describes the outcomes of the mapping and analysis of public space carried out as part of the S.P.In.A. project (Spazi e Persone In Attesa Spaces and People Awaiting), which involved the local community in identifying open spaces to be regenerated and reintegrated into the network of everyday public spaces in the participating municipalities. The project was funded by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation. The project included a critical analysis of the urban spaces in the selected municipalities, with the goal of identifying degraded, neglected, and abandoned spaces where it is possible to imagine interven- tions for the regeneration of urban public places, involving local communities and administrations. The general objectives of the project were primarily focused on raising awareness within communities about the role that residual public spaces can play in micro-urban regeneration, aiming to convey the importance of public space and its potential contribution to collective well-being. By recognizing the value of urban space (or lack thereo) in relation to its characteristics and uses, individual citizens are offered the opportunity to reflect on their relationship with the public spaces of the city and to encourage active civic participation. Observing the functioning of everyday spaces, studying their dynamics, and interpreting their meanings represent a way to define a reading of the city that connects the epert view of the professional with the “epert” view (rooted in daily eperi- ence) of those who live the city every day. It is in this reciprocal echange and interaction between communities and scholars that guiding residents toward a renewed, attentive perspective on everyday spaces becomes meaningful fostering conscious observation of what habit may otherwise obscure.