Environmental and bioclimatic urban redevelopment: case study of the ancient Mura Latine area in Rome

The paper illustrates the synthesis of the research entitled "Bioclimatic environmental and energy characteristics of the San Giovanni district in Rome", a research meant to check the applicability of methods of analysis and to evaluate the bioclimatic behavior of an urban tissue characterized by historical and archaeological values near the centre of Rome. The study is also meant to develop the design strategies to be applied to improve the overall bioclimatic, energy and environmental behavior of the area; it is based on bioclimatic simulation programs as tools to develop methods for tuning transition between analysis and design. Such use is also included in the paper from the point of view of the need to know the appropriate issues to be explored through the use of urban environment simulation in the delicate phase of transition between analysis and design, making the calculation time-efficient, with respect also to the great flexibility of the design in its early stages. Another topic in the paper is explanation of bioclimatic analyses and their inclusion in the initial stages of the design process with no need for specific technical support by expert software users, who are rarely involved by designers in the early design stage for the above-mentioned initial flexibility of the project, or for economic and schedule reasons.