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EBENEZER: Sustainability Consulting Via Dei Barbieri 6 Roma, Italia 00186 EBENEZER: Sustainability Consulting Via dei Barbieri 6 Roma, Italia 00186 May 2, 2005 Arch. Daniel Modigliani Assessorato all’Urbanistica Ufficio Pianificazione e Progettazione Generale Comune di Roma Via del Turismo, 30 ROMA Over the course of twelve weeks, Ebenezer Sustainability Consulting thoroughly examined, analyzed and evaluated the long term sustainability of the planned community, Torraccia di San Basilio. In accordance with your requests, Ebenezer examined whether: • Torraccia is a sustainable development that will remain a viable, vibrant contributor to the traditional and changing landscape of Rome; • The design of Torraccia fosters social and cultural engagement, and meets the needs of the community; • The Torraccia model is appropriate for future developments. The physical, social, economic, ecological and cultural character of Torraccia was incorporated in the assessments of the community’s overall successes and failures. The case study of Torraccia began by outlining core infrastructure components of Torraccia – characterized as transportation, demographics, economics, and policy forces – in an attempt to understand the community of Torraccia in the greater context of the City of Rome. The primary objective was to assess the long-term sustainability of Torraccia di San Basilio as Rome’s current model of a planned community. Once the Torraccia model was completely evaluated, core findings, those which spoke to the sustainability of the area, were extracted from the study to develop a sustainable development criterion referred to as the “Nine Criteria of Sustainability.” Based on the Torraccia case study findings, Torraccia does not exemplify a sustainable development. However, the Torraccia model has the potential to be sustainable contingent to replications of its positive assets, fulfillment of current incentives, and implementation of our suggestions. Sincerely, Nicole Eason Tanneasha Gordon Meredith Howell Rebecca Macey Alex Norton Sustainability of Planned Peripheral Communities: A Case Study of Torraccia di San Basilio Submitted by Ebenezer Sustainability Consulting N. Eason • T. Gordon • M. Howell • R. Macey • A. Norton May 2, 2005 For Comune di Roma, Municipio V Via dei Barbieri 6 • 00186 Rome, Italy • 06.686.7070 Executive Summary In last twenty years, the city of Rome has been experiencing a shortage of housing. The city government, Comune di Roma, has been faced with creating alternatives to alleviate this problem. The City has narrowed their alternatives down to two choices: revitalization of abandoned buildings or developing new planned residential communities on the periphery of Rome. This case study assesses the effectiveness and sustainability of the planned community, Torraccia, located on the northeastern periphery of Rome. The report provides an analysis of Torraccia as a model of a planned community which Comune di Roma may replicate for future developments to alleviate housing shortages as well as for new demands for housing. The document examines the sustainability of Torraccia in terms of nine outlined criteria: community stability, connectivity and accessibility, social space and organizations, social engagement, capital flows, residential economic sustainability, commercial economic sustainability, public services, and ecological health. Based on the analysis of the outlined criteria, Torraccia is not currently a sustainable development; however, future developments of planned communities could be sustainable with the replication of the Torraccia model’s positive aspects and implications of connectivity, commercial and public service improvements. Future planned developments that desire to be sustainable should replicate the effective physical layout, demographics and public services of Torraccia, but should also incorporate better intercommunity connectivity, spatial design, commercial incentive, while implementing the provision of public services in initial development stages, and encouraging community participation. Torraccia, although a bedroom community, may flourish for years to come but it does not promote the social and economic stability required in sustainable developments. Aspects of Torraccia do not foster community commitment and thus, can easily fall prey to social degradation and insecurity. In order to alleviate housing shortages and address the demand for housing, while creating a sustainable development Comune di Roma must utilize the suggestions and amendments this case study provides. Table of Contents SUSTAINABILITY OF PLANNED PERIPHERAL COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF TORRACCIA di SAN BASILIO Executive Summary Objective .........................................................................................................3 Definition of Terms .........................................................................................3 Why Sustainable Development? .....................................................................4 Torraccia di San Basilio Profile......................................................................5 The Nine Criteria ...........................................................................................9 Community Stability............................................................................9 Physical Connectivity and Accessibility..............................................10 Social Space and Organizations ..........................................................12 Piazza Gaspare Ambrosini................................................................13 Associazione Culturale di Torraccia .................................................14 Social Engagement...............................................................................15 Interactions Within Torraccia ...........................................................15 Torraccia di San Basilio ...................................................................16 Capital Flows .......................................................................................17 Residential Economic Sustainability...................................................19 Income of Residents .........................................................................19 Desirability of the Community..........................................................20 Commercial Economic Sustainability .................................................21 Ownership of Commercial Businesses..............................................22 Demand in Torraccia .......................................................................22 Public Services .....................................................................................24 Post Offices......................................................................................25 Banks...............................................................................................25 Schools and Recreational Facilities .................................................26 Churches..........................................................................................27 Safety Enforcement ..........................................................................27 Medical Services..............................................................................27 Ecological Health .................................................................................28 Land Use..........................................................................................28 Waste Handling ...............................................................................28 Peace and Quiet...............................................................................29 Recommendations for Future Developments .................................................29 Replicable Components .......................................................................30 Physical Layout ...............................................................................30 Demographics..................................................................................31 Public Services.................................................................................32 Suggestions...........................................................................................33 Piazza Design ..................................................................................33 Connectivity......................................................................................34 Commercial Vitality ..........................................................................35 Prompt Provision of Public Services .................................................36 Participation.....................................................................................36 Figures Figure 1: Economic Activity of Rome.............................................................2 Figure 2: Location of Torraccia in Rome .......................................................6 Figure 3: Layout of Torraccia.........................................................................7 Figure 4: The Commercial Spine of Torraccia ..............................................8 Figure 5: Bus 444 Route Trough Torraccia ...................................................11 Figure 6: Looking Out from Piazza Ambrosini .............................................13 Figure 7: Public Services in Torraccia ...........................................................25 Technical Appendices Research Design ..............................................................................................A Transportation Issues Analysis.......................................................................B
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