“Rimesse in
Gioco” was a contest for urban requalification in Rome. An existing tram
deposit had to move from Porta Maggiore area in the city centre and the free
area had to be redesigned for housing, commercial and social use. Also the
raised ring road was planned to be moved underground but the costs of
demolishing the existing one would be too high, so a new use for it was
demanded. High standards for open public spaces and green areas obliged the
maximum use of every square meter.
The project
instead of dividing clearly the edified area from the open one wants to put
them together and to mix them, so every building has a green public roof and
many balconies. In this way the square meters of green spaces are the same as
the whole project-area. The roof of the cinema becomes a cinema-garden, movies
are projected on the palace in front . The ring road becomes a linear garden
which people can use to cross the large rail-way section.
Two main
areas, residential and cultural, are divided by a dig section accommodating
shops, the commercial area. The cinema is placed in the tram reparation hangar
which is used in the project as a covered square. In the middle of the site is
placed a panoramic tower. In the south corner a big parking with sport
facilities on the roof and glass facade behind which trees are a visual filter.
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