README file
Data Set Title: ROCK. Co-design workshops and self-built transformation of public space in Bologna with students and professionals. Urban regeneration of Piazza Scaravilli. The Malerbe experience 
Data Set Authors: Giovanni Leoni (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5724-6410; Danila Longo (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-7556; Andrea Boeri (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture), https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1390-2030; Valentina Gianfrate (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture), https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1529-8041; Alessandra Bonoli (University of Bologna – Dep. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0435-1396; Jacopo Gaspari (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8361-2963; Antonini Ernesto (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9055-6149; Elena Vai (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5953-3256; Marco Pollastri (Centro Antartide); Riccardo Mercuri (Centro Antartide); Sara Branchini (Centro Antartide). 
Data Set Contributors: Amir Djalali (Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University); Nieves Izquierdo (University of Bologna – Dep. of History and Cultures); Martina Mastroldi (University of Bologna – Dep. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering); Eleonora Foschi (University of Bologna – Dep. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering); Giulia Bortoli (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Elena Mucelli (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Stefania Rossl (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Federica Tullio (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Giorgia Ferretti (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture), Lorenzo Indio (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Erica Baronio (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Licia Felicioni (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Roberta Alessandrini (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Marco Marchetti (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Giulia Turci (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Pio Della Vittoria (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Gianluca Bertoli (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Brenda Dall’Osso (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Matteo Manelli (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Mirko Grammatico (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); David Outon Quintas (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Matteo Gambini (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Simona Colitti (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Chiara Sponza (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Maite Nannini (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Anna Solli (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Francesca Pullini (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture); Davide Susca (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture).
Data Set Contact Person: Danila Longo (University of Bologna – Dep. of Architecture), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-7556, danila.longo@unibo.it.
Data Set License: this data set is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 
Publication Year: 2021
Project Info: ROCK (Regeneration and Optimization of Creative and Knowledge cities), funded by European Union, Horizon 2020 Programme, Grant Agreement num. 730280 (https://www.rockproject.eu/).   
Data set Contents
The data set consists of a compressed folder, named ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Co-design_Malerbe_202102_v1.zip, containing the co-design workshop materials:
•	folder 01_ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Malerbe_presentation containing 
1_Malerbe_brief-presentation.pdf
2_Malerbe_guidelines-development-of-project.pdf
•	folder 02_ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Malerbe_studentsprojects containing
3_Malerbe_results.jpg
4_Malerbe_results_II.pdf
•	folder 03_ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Malerbe_follow-up containing
5_Malerbe_followup.pdf
6_Malerbe_followup_II.pdf
•	1 README file saved in .rtf format
ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Co-design_Malerbe_README.rtf

Data set Documentation
Abstract
The dataset contains the presentation and preparatory materials presented within the co-design workshop and self-built transformation of public space “Malerbe” held in June-July 2017 in Bologna, and the project of urban regeneration of Piazza Scaravilli co-developed by students and professionals during this workshop. It is within this experience that ROCK “co-design co-construction workshop and self-built transformation of public space” format has been developed. From this experience several other workshops have then been organized during ROCK project, to develop projects of urban regeneration in Bologna university district, along Via Zamboni. 
Data collected in this dataset contain project proposals developed in a co-design workshop with University of Bologna architecture and design students, University of Bologna researchers, Centro Antartide staff. The projects are meant to be temporary installations to be realized by the same students in Piazza Scaravilli, previously a parking space.
Data can be used by both university researchers (as methodology to be replicated in similar workshops) or by city staff to take inspiration for projects to be realized in similar parts of the city.
Content of the files 
•	folder 01_ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Malerbe_presentation contains the presentation and preparatory materials given to students for the development of the project. In particular,  “1_Malerbe_brief-presentation.pdf” contains a short presentation of the experience, with the identification of some case studies as references; “2_Malerbe_guidelines-development-of-project.pdf” contains the specific guidelines for students for the development of the project: the identification of the area, key information, objectives.
•	folder 02_ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Malerbe_studentsprojects contains two files presenting the two versions of the project (Malerbe and Malerbe plug-in) developed with students. Specifically, “3_Malerbe_results.jpg” presents the first version of the project; “4_Malerbe_results_II.pdf” presents the updated version, which has been realized. 
•	folder 03_ROCK_WP2_T2-4_Malerbe_follow-up contains two files showing the intended follow up of the project developed in collaboration with Centro Antartide. Specifically, file “5_Malerbe_followup.pdf” presents a technical relation made by Centro Antartide on the sustainability in time of the project, and file “6_Malerbe_followup_II.pdf” presents a first concept for the replicability of the experience in other areas in Bologna.
Notes
The workshop “Malerbe” was hold in Bologna in June-July, 2017.
Methodologies 
A co-design and self-building workshop that has the ambition to transform a parking lot into a community-led urban garden hosting various events and performances, for the transformation of the public space of Piazza Scaravilli from a temporary installation (Malerbe) to a permanent garden (Malerbe Plug-In) throught a two-phase project. The first one is the temporary greening set-up, result of a workshop held in June 2017 which involved of students and local stakeholders, coordinated by the Department of Architecture and Centro Antartide, with the collaboration of Viabizzuno srl. Malerbe is not a simple intervention of ornamental greenery but it acts positively, through herbs and plants, on the (bio) diversity of the university area, both in terms of human uses and ecological dynamics. The project combines the transformation of the area with a view to social and cultural use of public space in an environmental and climate mitigation dimension. 
1. Co-design workshop "Malerbe" (June 2017) - in this first part we bring to provision of students for the in-depth study of themes such as self-construction, civic collaboration, participatory and active management, tactical urbanism, temporary and reversible interventions with the aim of transforming Piazza Scaravilli in a "dynamic garden" for biodiversity and sociality. The work groups dealt with four design themes: 1. Mapping and analysis, 2. The design of a permanent layout for the public space, 3. The selection of plants and the design of the green space, 4. The design of a temporary artistic installation to host public performances. The results were returned in a public presentation.
2. Self-construction workshop "Malerbe" (July 2017) - in this second part we bring to provision of students for the self-construction intervention, carried out in less than a week, with the installation of seats and planters built with recovered fruit boxes. The modular and temporary elements occupy part of the square's surface and housed the vegetable species of spontaneous and native varieties - resistant plants that require little maintenance, considered weeds, precisely "malerbe". During the self-construction days, the students moved carioles full of soil’s bag and plants, making themselves manifest of the transformation action in progress. Malerbe was conceived as a temporary and reversible intervention for the experimentation of new forms of public spaces’ use and collaboration between administration, stakeholders, associations and cultural operators. 
3. "Malerbe" events scheduling (July - September 2017) - during the summer, Piazza Scaravilli was the scene of the events of the Zambest review and hosted a calendar of activities, talks, laboratories, lectures, etc. open to citizens, children, families and university students curated by Centro Antartide.