Building the “Earth City”. A vision for the suburbs in Reggio Calabria

The state of decay the Italian social housing heritage built in second half 20th century calls for a reflection on prospects contemporary housing. After rapid examination some pivotal regeneration interventions developed European context, two suburban districts city Reggio Calabria, Archi CEEP and Arghillà, are taken as emblematic case studies. Here, design hypothesis is proposed them: following reinterpretation modern theories city, this proposal brings attention back to land, based idea an expanded house that welcomes landscape, ,that is, “earth city”, formal unity countryside, nature, which outlines possible research perspective theme living new urbanity.