About the Cutting-edge Architecture and Contemporary Rome Walk in Rome
When we think of Rome our mind travels immediately back to the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, yet Rome is also alive and living right now. This walk will take us to explore the Flaminio neighborhood: an area of stunning new architecture and ever changing cityscape where we'll learn about exciting challenges in Rome's urban development. Busy traffic routes and towering housing blocks are features common to every world capital, as is the cry for new green areas, cycle routes and the need for open breathing aggregation spaces.
Using public transport we will approach the Auditorium by architect Renzo Piano, Rome's music hall hosting internationally acclaimed concerts and music events. At a short distance, in the area of the former Montello military barracks, is star architect Zaha Hadid's MAXXI, completed in 2010. Designed as a multi-disciplinary and multi-purpose campus of the visual arts, MAXXI creates an urban complex with open city spaces that can be enjoyed by all. The walk will t
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When we think of Rome our mind travels immediately back to the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, yet Rome is also alive and living right now. This walk will take us to explore the Flaminio neighborhood: an area of stunning new architecture and ever changing cityscape where we'll learn about exciting challenges in Rome's urban development. Busy traffic routes and towering housing blocks are features common to every world capital, as is the cry for new green areas, cycle routes and the need for open breathing aggregation spaces.
Using public transport we will approach the Auditorium by architect Renzo Piano, Rome's music hall hosting internationally acclaimed concerts and music events. At a short distance, in the area of the former Montello military barracks, is star architect Zaha Hadid's MAXXI, completed in 2010. Designed as a multi-disciplinary and multi-purpose campus of the visual arts, MAXXI creates an urban complex with open city spaces that can be enjoyed by all. The walk will take us to the Ponte della Musica, bridging right and left banks of the Tiber and inaugurated in 2011 as a cycle-foot bridge.
The focus of the walk is the understanding of the changing cityscape with its array of sensitive issues, such as the ever-evolving needs of Rome's growing and cosmopolitan population and worldwide trends in urban development policies. During the walk, our architecture docent will reflect on how Rome and its extraordinary cultural heritage has recently approached - and continues to do so - contemporary urban challenges, how key issues such as accessibility are being tackled and how the incorporation of sustainability values finds its way in the use and re-use of already existent urban spaces. The conservation of the ancient fabric together with the implementation of innovative, often cutting-edge city designs make Rome a unique place from which to critically view and learn about the growth of the modern European city.
Note: This walk does not include a discussion of the exhibitions currently on show at the MAXXI Museum. If clients would like to visit the collection after the walk, your docent would be happy to provide details on how to purchase tickets at the box office.
