For an inclusive coastal landscape northwest of Rome

Abstract

Along the Via Aurelia coastal landscapes between Maccarese and Cerveteri, part of a larger coastal geographic area between Fiumicino and Civitavecchia, interact with the agricultural landscapes between the Piane and the inland hills, in an inclusive and dynamic relationship constantly transformed by economic and social development and by infrastructural strengthening.
Until the integral reclamation the configuration of the settlements was defined in continuity with the geomorphological structure. Then , after the Second World War, a gradual divestment of cultivated soils and natural habitats followed (up), towards an increase in building development linked to the real estate market of first and second homes and seaside tourism.
Therefore, a specific territorial scenario is beginning to configure itself in space between densified suburbs and widespread city. In this context, our “La città dell’Agro” research is among Lazio Region Ptpr activities. An essential synthesis of this research is presented here, developed according to a theoretical-methodological perspective of a critical orientation of the transformations underway, through which to recover renewed relations of inclusiveness, especially along the coastal strip. In this part mouths of the ditches make up the natural infrastructure frame consisting of the linear hydrographic and vegetation system and regulating the architectural and formal relationship between built, nature and cultivated.