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Urbanistica Cover n.126/2005

The routes of color

architecture, riqualificazione, rehabilitation,
centro storico, genova, genoa, historic centre,
architettura, old town, facciate, facade,
plans & policies

Edda Ricagno

During recent years the city administration has promoted the restoration of approximately a hundred of facades, to the point that the historic center of Genoa has totally changed its image. Suddenly there was this ‘unveiling’ of one of its most important ‘secrets’, revealing a richness and variety never imagined. Needless to say, this activity has encouraged other studies and further research.

This article appears in issue 126 of Urbanistica (pag. 76).