Investigating the “Altera Forma Urbis”, the secret structural urban form of ancient Rome, by applying a sustainable innovative architectural design methodology for the challenges of the contemporary built environment

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Crocco, M. and Moneta, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-9125-2806, 2024. Investigating the “Altera Forma Urbis”, the secret structural urban form of ancient Rome, by applying a sustainable innovative architectural design methodology for the challenges of the contemporary built environment. IASTE Working Paper Series: Cities in transformation, 331 (331), pp. 34-55.

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Abstract

The enquiry is based on work by Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Lugli, architect Pier Maria Lugli and Professor Gianfranco Moneta about the “Altera Forma Urbis” of Rome as a hidden, “secret” structural urban form in the shape of a star, to reveal the interconnections with its contemporary form. Through a case study, the paper argues that applying Moneta’s Analysis-Design Interaction methodology (ADI), an historical-morphological process-based analysis to the “Altera Forma Urbis” can be an effective framework to correctly inform the sustainable evolution of the built environment, and consequently, a tool to design architecture which respects the identity of place.

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Journal article

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Paper presented at IASTE 2024: The Dynamism of Tradition, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 5-9 January 2024.

Publication Title:

IASTE Working Paper Series: Cities in transformation

Creators:

Crocco, M. and Moneta, A.

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International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments

Place of Publication:

Eugene, OR