Reproject - social housing stock in Rome, a renovation design process

Italy is among the countries which are facing whit ageing and deteriorating processes. Considering the recent changes in the social structure, the emergency in the housing sector affecting the lower classes and the energy building consumption regulations that will proximately be obligatory, the renewal building task acquire national relevance. These were constructed applying industrialized technologies with low-quality materials and on the basis of urban and building schemes distant from the inhabitants requirements. An approach consists of mutually consider the physical, energetic and social developments as opportunity classes. A special focus can be demanded to new performing building facades and to the internal flexibility. The starting assumption is that the concept of sustainability in social housing renewal means the parallel redefinition of the energy, typology and social liveability of the existing features. Firstly, the paper considers the urban growth of the city of Rome in connection to the social housing changes. This brief introduction is functional to get a general overview on the features of the social complexes. Consequently, as for the innovative solution currently applied in Holland, this study briefly examines project already realized. The solutions transferable in the roman context are considered in the construction of a renovation model. Finally, theoretical renovation models are proposed and verified