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: https://orcid.org/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.

Item Type:	Journal article
Description:	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.
Publisher:	International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
Place of Publication:	Eugene, OR
Date:	26 January 2024
Volume:	331
Number:	331
Identifiers:	Number Type 1856831 Other
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham School of Art & Design
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	08 Feb 2024 11:04
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2024 11:04
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50827