Trigoria / A Landscape of Connections

The study begins with the everyday use of green space in Trigoria. Interviews with residents identify disconnected green areas, limited places for leisure, poor lighting and maintenance, and an unreliable public connection with Rome. The land-use analysis calls for retaining permeable and agricultural ground while increasing trees and shrubs within the neighbourhood.

The proposal links a piazza, an agritourism area, parking and a belvedere through a continuous public landscape. Paths, shaded seating, a water basin and planted landforms give the piazza places to cross, gather and stay. Freestanding walls offer surfaces for participation, while small installations invite people to look at and use the space in different ways.

The detailed design brings planting and surface drainage into the same plan. Permeable and semi-permeable paving, street sections and runoff calculations are developed alongside a palette of trees, shrubs and groundcover. The existing condition and proposal are also compared through a natural-capital assessment.

Landscape Architecture Studio I, Sapienza, 2020–2021. Collaborative work with Annamaria Magnolfi and Mina Soleimanipour. Design tutor: Fabio Di Carlo; analysis and evaluation: Guarini.