1. Intervento di
Alessandra Risso
Al convegno
[co.05] Meet the cities: i progetti delle più
importanti città europee verso una human smart
city / Meet the cities: the human-oriented
projects of the most important European cities
di Martedì, 30 ottobre 2012 Consulta il programma di SCE2012

2. Main partners: City of Genova,
Living Lab Villa Pallavicini
Location: Parco di Villa Durazzo
Pallavicini, Genova, Italy.
Key words: living lab, smart park
Villa Pallavicini Living Lab
Participatory co-design
of a monumental
and natural park
more on: http://www.urbancenter.comune.genova.it/node/1088

3. Context: The Villa Durazzo-
Pallavicini and its park are located in Pegli,
in the west end of Genoa.
Attached to the villa there is the Ligurian
Archeology Museum, one of the finest
nationally.
The park and the extraordinary botanical
garden are open daily.

4. Problem: Museum,
Park and Botanical Garden
are perceived by citizens as
a valuable but unsafe place.

5. Strategy: User Centered Design
Users are at the center of the design process.
Early focus on users and tasks:
User and task analysisUsers are involved as
evaluators designers

6. Solutions:
Informal and custom approach thanks to:
Qr-Code and Isaac by Age
by Needs
Managing data in a central database.
(New Tourism Website)
Interaction with many different methodologies
and with the integration of management,
access and data transmission techniques.
Information without charge thanks to Wi-Fi.
A Video vigilance system. (Axis, Mobotics)

7. Reflections:
- Giving an answer to the need of contact between
man and nature.
- Giving an answer to citizens request to make
City’s green areas, parks and villas, a cleaner and
safer place.
- Use new tecnologies for assessing citizens
wishes;
- Involve users and stakeholders in Genova Smart
City action planning with living labs.

8. Alessandra RISSO
EU Project Coordination
Comune di Genova, Italy
a.risso@comune.genova.it
Thank you!
more on: http://www.urbancenter.comune.genova.it/node/1088