Rigenerazione urbana sostenibile della città ricostruita attraverso l'ausilio dei documenti del passato. La riconquista della bellezza

Within the framework of the Sustainable Urban Regeneration (SUR), this paper addresses the issue of sustainable maintenance of the historic city of Reggio Calabria rebuilt after the earthquake of 1908. The goal is to get a higher construction and architectural quality of the building stock and set new standards in the field of energy retrofit to answer the general demand for beauty expressed at the national level. Particular attention is devoted to the historical archival documentation and to the detailed methodology to estimate the cost of use by developing a Case Study. The methodological approach proposed, supported by dedicated tools for Data Base Management System and GIS, wishes to be the benchmark for similar initiatives that will be carried out on buildings in the same area and the starting point for the SUR of the historic center.