La rigenerazione urbana sostenibile per le città resilienti. Il caso di studio del complesso sportivo di “Centi Colella” dell’Aquila. Sustainable urban regeneration for resilient cities. The case study of the “Centi Colella sports complex” of L’Aquila.

The issue of resilience of the built environment has been at scientific debate centre for years. The ability of a system to regenerate and adapt to new functions plays a key-role with respect to different aspects: the need to mitigate environmental impacts due to climate change, the response to calamitous events such as earthquakes, the changing needs of its users. Addressing these three aspects, the aim of the research is to provide a design methodology that, after an in-depth knowledge phase and the new needs plan, develops a series of compatible and organic design strategies and ‘themes’, paying attention to the system of open spaces and pathways, and evaluates their environmental, technological and economic implications. The paper describes the experience of urban regeneration of a peripheral area of the city of L’Aquila, intended as a sports complex, now in state of decay and disuse, central not only for the citizens, but also for the student community. This area could become an attractive centre aimed at sports and social aggregation, as well as environmental wellbeing, by introducing innovative and sustainable technological solutions in order to create a true City of Sport.