Ricerc@Sapienza

The themes of reduce, recycle, reuse are at the heart of the challenges that the global society of the XXI century is facing. At the same time, more than two-thirds of the world population lives in cities nominating the latters to play a central role in the near future.

Tornare a interessarsi, ancora una volta, di morfologia dei tessuti urbani, di tipologie edilizie e di tecniche costruttive degli aggregati non è un atteggiamento un po’ retrò, passatista di recidivi morfo-tipologi o di geografi urbani, bensì appare una necessità per chi cerca di definire criteri per una sostenibilità possibile e obiettivi effettivamente raggiungibili per l’edilizia diffusa delle città e in particolare di quelle mediterranee in tempi certi ancorché ardui da conseguire.

The essay proposes a multi-criteria examination of Rome's late 19th century tenement house. After city's annexation to the Italian Kingdom, immediately it began the construction of new "rioni" (the traditional Rome districts). This involved the densification of peripheral parts of the historical city hat mostly were characterized by religious buildings, vine yards, villas and gardens.

Facing with the great problem of the safety of the historic towns of Central Italy, the loss of human lives and the responsibility for the built heritage of the historic urban landscape preservation for future generations, the research group is specifically committed to two objectives considered closely linked.

Nowadays energy and energetic fluxes can be considered as main drivers of building regeneration with a relevant influence on the configuration of transformations. In the same way, the long-history towns of Mediterranean area show strict links between urban morphology and climate conditions.