282-1 Regeneration Program of Urban Areas along Internal Paths Case Study: Historical Central Area of Tirana

Abstract

This project-oriented paper aims to identify the characteristics of the urban tissue, geometry, social behavior and moral, cultural heritage of the historical arof Tirana, based on a series of analysis and investigations in site. The main topic is the analysis of the revitalization strategies of the historical area, by intervening along an internal path, modifying properly a very special and delicate urban tissue and adopting the suitable housing typology. This tries to bring to life a methodological contribution to the maintenance and development of dynamisms of life in the old crusts of Tirana, becoming so, an unforgettable experience in both projecting and let it being projected. In accordance with the urban tissue and social behavior of the area, this work gives opportunity to new approaches to regeneration of public spaces in old cores of poor (most of the cases destructive) condition, for meeting the needs of people for happiness, relax and social interaction. The paper aims to represent the role of the housing discipline (density concept), and the street (mainly internal paths of the habituated blocks), in regenerating public spaces of a strong contextual form and history, as a celebration of the public social life.