Sophia Arbara, Roma Tre University

Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with Balkan Architectural Biennale - BAB 2021 International Conference: Global Village – Shelter for Resilient Living

MOBILITY AS A CULTURAL ENABLER - A reading of Rome through via Appia

Author 1: Sophia Arbara. sarmpara@tudelft.nl, Phd Candidate, Roma Tre University, Department of Architecture & TU Delft, Department of Architecture Engineering and Technology

Abstract Is there a reciprocal relationship between human mobility and the valorization of cultural heritage spaces? Despite the answer might seem simple, the question presents a series of unanswered theoretical questions and methodological challenges. The Roman territory, a place that counts with several thousand years of urbanism can illustrate in a unique way the posed question; the complex relationship between mobility, urban space and cultural heritage. Over the centuries of urbanization, the city has “produced” an extremely rich and extraordinarily conflicting heritage, the interpretation of which goes far beyond local interests and concerns that of western civilization. While it seems easy to comprehend an urban area through its connections, this is rarely the case in the city of Rome, as the place is rather known and experienced in a fragmented way, through its artefacts. We believe that a reading of Rome through its street space can offer both a practical and a symbolic alternative to conflicting questions of urban preservation versus urban development, core - periphery, historic city - modern neighborhoods and focus on the linking ties of the city; its streets as products of mobility and cultural enablers.In this paper we choose Via Appia as the case study to theorize the meaning of street space and the role of routes in enhancing the valorization of cultural heritage spaces. Through this case study, we ask the question whether the creation and reproduction of cultural memory through mobility can illuminate the enduring influence of ancient street networks on the modern cityscape. Since the focus on connectivity and mobility in the roman consular roads was exceeding that of the narrow approaches of the city limits, an analysis of the “Reigna Viarium” allows us to take an approach beyond the “urban age” discourse and tackle the question through a multiplicity of scales and time spans.

Key words: Cultural heritage, mobility, street space, via Appia,

Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with Balkan Architectural Biennale - BAB 2021 International Conference: Global Village – Shelter for Resilient Living

MATCHING COHESION OBJECTIVES WITH TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING PRIORITIES: WESTERN BALKANS AND ‘POST CRISIS’ EU -GREEK STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES

Dr. Ioulia Moraitou1, Prof. John Kiousopoulos2 1Invited Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Post graduate programme on Applied Environmental Protection Policies and Techniques, UNIWA Athens, GR 2 Surveying & Geo informatics Eng. Dept., UNIWA Athens, GR

Abstract The impact of the recent economic - financial and public health crisis in the EU has affected different Member States' capacity (and choices) to invest; in housing programs as well. In parallel, targeted investments in infrastructure renewal or construction have been (and still are) major parts of stimulus and recovery plans at the EU and Member State levels. All these components provide at certain extend the rationale why infrastructures remain by far the main pillars of a long-term process towards Europe's sustainable development, in the context of the global village concept. Modern challenges are identified while existing and future policies are also highlighted (e.g. Green Deal, Recovery fund etc.); furthermore, planning instruments and review mechanisms are equally approached through policy analysis, and targeted bibliographic review, synthetically. The main aim is to highlight the crucial need of adequate networks, would connecting all of high-density human concentrations.Concretely, in the light of the EC new ‘green deal’ adopted in January 2020 and the opening of the new programming period (over 2021 – 2027 and post COVID-19 pandemic) this work attempts to build on and better explore the possibility to bridge the “cohesion gap” (which is dominating among the contemporary shelters’ groups) and meet the “sustainable development” goals in Europe and Greece, by 2030, further calibrating cohesion and competitiveness objectives (criteria).Moreover, this paper will also focus on the potential shared opportunities and challenges of an enhanced Western Balkans engagement with the EU, targeting resilience and connectivity with the global village.The proposed overview of available EC/Academic Bibliography and Data assist us at reaching a realistic conclusion through selected ‘applied’ thematic topics focused. To do so, this paper underlines the particular role of resilient transport infrastructures and connectivity, within in a process of encouraging synergies and various “investments”, “post-crises”, in Greece and in a forthcoming Western Balkans - EU perspective. Keywords Cohesion, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport, Resilience, Regional Policies, “New Green Deal”, Recovery, COVID -19 pandemic impacts, RESTART Europe

Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with Balkan Architectural Biennale - BAB 2021 International Conference: Global Village – Shelter for Resilient Living

Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with Balkan Architectural Biennale - BAB 2021 International Conference: Global Village – Shelter for Resilient Living

THEMATIC SESSION 1II:

ORGANIZING AND ARRANGING THE GLOBAL VILLAGE: DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENTS AND MODELS