Community social characterization
The most represented groups in the Castro Laurenziano area are middle class citizens and university students and workers. Tourists and temporary city users (Tiburtina, Rome’s second railway station), migrants linked to the work of NGOs.
Governance in the pilot case
The Sapienza Department of Architecture and Project co-leading a local Urban Lab with institutional and local stakeholders to represent the local NBS anchors and implement the project.
Motivation of the pilot
Population density, pollution, neighborhood services, green
spaces are all aspects that affect our way of life, health and
well-being. In Rome,many city’s open spaces are in a state
of neglect, especially outside the historic city center.
Local governance profile
DiAPand Rectorate of Sapienza, Rome Municipality II, City
Planning Dept. of Rome and Cultural Heritage Institutions,
schools, local social groups and NGOs.
Target group
Students of all levels, women, elderly people. Unemployed youth and migrants, visitors of archaeological areas.
Existing NBS applications and initiatives
Urban Forestation and NBS for a sustainable future (ISPRA);
Biodiversity Center (CNR), ongoing PNRR research on
Biodiversity, Forestation and creation of Green corridors.
Small scale NBS testing
Tactical urbanism action able to redesign the public space in
a more sustainable way. Increase in sports facilities and accessibility for children, spaces to rest and study in the open air.
Leverage resources for NBS
Local bottom up initiatives emerged during the pandemic
period to request for green and recreational areas.
Challenges raised during the preparatory meetings
During the meeting emerged the need to include experts in
participatory processes in the Sapienza research team.
Environmental Challenges
Mitigation of heat island effects and improvement of air quality; increase the biodiversity and the quality of ecosystem services offered in the urban community; enhancement of the quality of public space; improvement of sustainable mobility, enhancement of archaeological site.
Who owns the land?
Sapienza University-Rome Municipality.
Social Challenges
To facilitate the interaction and exchange between the
different communities of inhabitants: seniors (over 65%)
and children (under 15) (35%). 12% of foreign population.
Related projects to create synergies
Actions from the part of the local schools; enhancement of
archaeological area; investment of the municipality in NBS.
Economic Challenges
Worldwide, universities are engines of urban regeneration.
Knowledge Economy can encourage integrated-sustainable-oriented practice.
Possible local partners, associations, initiatives and champions to be engaged
Sapienza students, Istituto Comprensivo Falcone e Borsellino
(high school), Istituto Comprensivo Fratelli Bandiera (elementary school), Associazione Genitori Fratelli Bandiera (parent association), Associazione gentiori Falcone e Borsellino
(parent association).