1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Roma
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Progetto Flaminio
Short description of the intervention
The project was born from the purchasing of an ex-military area in the Flaminio neighbourhood and the decision to build a city of science with a museum, a public park and residential areas that will have green roofs and sustainable, energy-efficient building. The project was proposed to several architectural studios and the Studio 015 Paola Viganò is the one who got assigned the project in 2015 (3).
Due to changes in public administration and financing already found in 2017 (7), the project still has not started (2020), as in 2019 the citizens were once again consulted over the works and the project (7). Initially, the project should end in 2023 (should last 8 years) (4).
Address

Città della Scienza Flaminio
Roma
Italy

Location
The NBS is situated in an area, with clear delineation of boundaries and a specific shape (polygon). The NBS project can also have more than one area location (more than one polygon, situated close by).
Area boundary
POINT (12.466267 41.935014)
POINT (12.474371 41.911229)
POINT (12.461298 41.924789)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
https://divisare.com/projects/292387-studio-015-paola-vigano-progetto-flaminio
Total area
69000.00m²
NBS area
10000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Residential
Cultural Heritage Area
Website of the intervention
http://www.progettoflaminio.it/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2015
End date of the intervention
ongoing
Present stage of the intervention
Ongoing
Please specify "other" stage of the intervention
The project should end in 2023 (should last 8 years) (4).
Goals of the intervention
The project comes in the wake of the acquisition by the Competition Organizer of the Ministry of Defence’s former Precision Electrical Components Factory, situated between Via Guido Reni and Viale del Vignola in Rome.
The agreement reached with the Municipal Government marks the beginnings of an important process of urban transformation aimed at creating an innovative urban structure and an almost completely sustainable energy cycle, in response to the consultation with citizens and organised residents (3).
Quantitative targets
The winner of the Competition has received a commission to develop a project for the urban redesign of a total of 5.1 hectares. The programme includes 35,000 m2 of housing and 10,000 m2 of commercial and leisure facilities, together with 14,000 m2 of public spaces and facilities and the City of Science, the object of a successive competition for a 10,000 m2 site (3).
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Regulation of built environment
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Preservation of natural heritage
Implementation activities
The Competition is structured in two phases. The First Phase asked interested candidates to submit a curriculum of projects describing their approach to the city and public space, together with three A3 pages describing a purely indicative proposal.
A total of six candidates was admitted to the Second Phase, during with they will be asked to develop a proposal, to be discussed with the Jury on three separate occasions. Each of the six finalists will be entitled to reimbursement of costs of 24,000.00 Euro (3).
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Transformation of previously derelict areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature on buildings (external)
Green roofs
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
Parks and urban forests
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Type of Green Roof
Extensive Green Roof: depth 3 - 5 inches; plants: Mosses, Sedums, Succulents, Herbs and few Grasses; Low maintenance and costs
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown number of trees
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Playgrounds
Sports areas and equipment
Complementing infrastructure (bathrooms, café)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Air quality regulation
Noise reduction
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Inspiration for culture, art and design
Recreation
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Young people and children
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
STUDIO 015-PAOLA VIGANÒ is in charge of the project, the client is the Municipality of Rome, which finances the project with the Cassa dei Fondi e Prestiti (2 and 3).
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Dissemination of information and education
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Voluntary renovation of a derelict area (2 and 3).
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
An independent study has been carried out in 2016 showing the impact of green roofs in comparison to conventional roofs. The area under study was the same as the one where the intervention is supposed to take place, so it provides further ground for the implementation of green infrastructures (1).
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
€ 19.985.000 (4).
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Other
Please specify other source of funding
Investment bank (3).
Type of fund(s) used
Loan
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Vacant space model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Private non-for-profit actor (e.g. NGO, foundation)
Type of innovation
Technological
Infrastructural innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Renovation of an ex-military area to be turned into a green space for education, recreational activities and residential buildings (2 and 3).
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Ambiguous (e.g. multiple interpretations)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
The Project has not started yet (7).
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Climate change
Lowered local temperature
Unknown
Description of environmental benefits
Based on an independent study on the area, the expected results are:
- Decrease of the air temperature ranging between a drop in temperature of 0.5°C at the ground level in the morning, and up to 0.3°C at the night time.(1)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Reduce financial cost for urban management
Description of economic benefits
Expected results: Energy saving of about 2.6 kWh/day, that corresponds to a percentage reduction of 2% per building (1).
Social and cultural impacts
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
Unknown
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
Temperature reduction,
Amount of energy saved (1).
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Environmental quality
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown, the project hasn't been implemented yet.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
Yes
Link to monitoring/evaluation reports
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610216313431
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Measured temperatures were used to validate the numerical model implemented in ENVI-met tool and analyse the thermal effects of the application of green roofs. The software is able to
simulate and reproduce the micro-climate and the physical behaviour of urban areas. ENVI-met allows to model the
interactions among buildings, surfaces, vegetation, air and energy flows of an urban area during a time-dependent
simulation. For the case study taken in account, the parameters used are the following: Wind speed 2.5 m/s, which is
the average wind speed in Rome; wind direction 270° (West); specific humidity at 2500 m 7 g water/kg air; relative
humidity at 50%. The validation of the model was made through the comparison of the experimental measurements with the predicted by the model. The monitoring campaign was carried out with a microclimatic station composed by a LSI Lastem MLog
data logger and a psychrometer for the measure of air temperature and relative humidity (1).
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Mode(s) of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
Other
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
The project has not started yet.
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
NBS Impact Study
Website of the intervention
Project website
Project details
Project submitted
Project panels
The Odyssey of the Flaminio Project
List of references
1. Science Direct (2016), NBS Impact Study, Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610216313431 (Accessed 19-10-2020)
2. Flaminio (2015), Website of the intervention, Available at https://divisare.com/projects/292387-studio-015-paola-vigano-progetto-flaminio (Accessed 19-10-2020)
3. Flaminio (2015), Project website, Available at http://www.progettoflaminio.it/ (Accessed 19-10-2020)
4. Flaminio (2015), Project details, Available at http://www.progettoflaminio.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Studio015Vigan%C3%B2_relazione.pdf (Accessed 19-10-2020)
5. Flaminio (2015), Project submitted, Available at http://www.progettoflaminio.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Studio015Vigan%C3%B2_description.pdf (Accessed 19-10-2020)
6. Flaminio (2015) Project panels, Available at http://www.progettoflaminio.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Studio015Vigano%E2%95%A0%C3%87_tavole.pdf (Accessed 19-10-2020)
7. Carte in Regola (2019), The Odyssey of the Flaminio Project, Available at http://www.carteinregola.it/index.php/ex-stabilimenti-militari-via-guido-reni-ii-municipio/ (Accessed 19-10-2020)
Comments and notes
Comments
Due to changes in public administration and financing, it seems that at present the project has not started yet. A meeting is supposed to happen this month (July 2017), but there is no clear idea of what will happen in the area and with the architectural studio that won the project. At present, the area is still in its unused stage (7).
Update 2020: The project still has not started, as in 2019 the citizens were once again consulted over the works and the project (7)
Additional insights
One of the main problems related to the urbanization is the increase of the urban heat island intensity. The urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon related to the temperature differences between an urban area and a rural area. Typically, for a city of one million people, the urban heat island intensity can reach 3°C and, during nighttime, 12°C. The air temperature in urban areas is higher than in rural area caused by the heating of built surfaces. Pavements can reach about 50°C when they are directly exposed by the solar radiation. The air heating have important effects on the energy consumption of buildings in summer due to more cooling, causing a raising of electricity request from the network. Furthermore, tall buildings are obstacles to the wind that inhibits cooling by natural convection (1).
Public Images
Photo 1
https://www.carteinregola.it/index.php/ex-stabilimenti-militari-via-guido-reni-ii-municipio/
Photo 2
https://www.carteinregola.it/index.php/ex-stabilimenti-militari-via-guido-reni-ii-municipio/