Open Frameworks. Some steps towards urban design, published in “Europan Norway” – The Norwegian and Cypriot E8 results catalogue, Oslo 2006 pp. 80-81
A short essay about some recent urban design trends starting from the Europan 8 competition experience
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urban design project for the waterfront renewal
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towns, archaeology and planning – themes and references in some recent experiences
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project for the imperial fora museum
new residential development
the spaces of archaeology. themes for urban planning
For a long time, carelessness or renouncement have been the most common ways to afford the relationship between towns and archaeology, as it has been expressed in many master plans and urban design projects in Italy.
Looking for a new connection between archaological remains and urban transformations, it is fundamental trying to link different disciplines and actors to look at the archaeological sites from an integrated poit of view.
A new perspective is necessary, passing from perimeter to context.
In this new vision, urban plannig can represent a very important reference, on condition that different issues and tools can be articulated to redefine in a critical way both contemporary urban areas and the traces of their past.