The urban redevelopment project of San Lorenzo district in Rome
The district of San Lorenzo in Rome, so called because of its proximity to the basilica of
the same name, has a historical fabric and particular morphological and environmental
characteristics. Built on farmland belonging to the bourgeoisie at the end of the 1800s,
it attracted migrants who saw a certainty of work in the thriving construction sector. This
created the need to build cheap high-density dwellings for the working class, craftsmen
and the people, taking advan¬tage of the absence, until 1887, of a city building regula-