Una città nomade e multidimensionale: il caso della reale Aci

Abstract

We live in strange days, periods of rapid acceleration, with stressful social changes and environmental changes, which require cultural solutions. Take the case of Acireale, city of about 50.000 inhabitants, located along the eastern coast of Sicily, between the Ionio sea, Mount Etna and evergreen citrus. The landscape of Aci holds geomorfologie and ancient memories. Over the centuries, communities have identified in this unique building of lava a place healthy where migrate, from South to North. In recent years, the growth of buildings has consumed valuable pieces of agricultural land, causing urban sprawl inland and exposing the Timpa large risks generated by the progressive absence of organic interventions of regional planning. This historical context and landscape is waiting to be crossed, edited and enhanced. The project of the Timpa may be the theme for re-connect the inevitable instances of urban transformation at the sustainable development of the territory.