It started there demolition of theformer Alitalia headquarters in Muratella, in Rome, in Municipality XI. The redevelopment project of the entire area, approximately 106,756.00 m2, involves the demolition of four buildings abandoned for years and the construction of approximately 1,300 residential unitsof which 320 intended for rent at controlled rent for social housing; a school complex (primary and secondary) with auditorium; a supermarket and neighborhood businesses; a mobility system that encourages the use of public transport and the sharing of means of transport (bikesharing, car-pooling and car-sharing). We will also proceed with the environmental valorisation of the places, with the creation of new green areas, pedestrian and cycle paths, in close connection with the Tenuta dei Massimi Regional Nature Reserve.
The operations for the demolition of the BCDE buildings of theformer Alitalia headquarters they will last approximately 18 monthswhile the investment for the construction of homes, schools and services involves an investment of the value of approximately 300 million euros in total.
Gualtieri: “The urban regeneration process of Muratella creates quality buildings”
The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, explained: “Here in Muratella we have implemented another very significant urban regeneration process which does not consume new land, but eliminates an ‘urban wreck’ and creates quality buildings with all energy standards and more advanced environmental ones, combining them with a context of services: a school, an auditorium, a square, cycle/pedestrian paths, urban greenery”.
Veloccia: “350 apartments will be rented at 5 euros per square meter”
The Urban Planning councilor, Maurizio Veloccia, specified: “This is an overall regeneration operation of the quadrant which takes place after the possibility given to the inhabitants of Muratella to transform their houses into home ownership. The neighborhood is changing its skin from many points of view. Furthermore, 350 apartments will be rented at 5 euros per square meter: a choice with a great social impact to accommodate young couples and those people who cannot afford to buy a house on the free market. The demolition will be controlled: cement and iron will be partly reused, in the name of the circular economy”.
What does the project involve?
The project includes the creation of a building sector And of public areas. In detail, the project relating to the building sector involves the construction of residential and commercial buildings and secondary urbanization public works (school complex with auditorium); the project relating to the public areas to be redeveloped includes interventions on green areas, road infrastructures and car parks (primary urbanization works).
As explained by a note, the construction sector it will be structured around a pedestrian square: it will be crossed by a central cycle-pedestrian path that winds along the service area (school complex and auditorium), will serve the free and social residential housing units and will reach the square which hosts neighborhood shops , public businesses and recreational-sports spaces.
The history of the former Alitalia headquarters
The former Alitalia business center was inaugurated in 1991. At the time it was a cutting-edge business center with five buildings connected to each other by a series of tunnels, thanks to which it was possible to move from one building to another while remaining always within the structures. Inside there were also two auditoriums, a press room, a canteen for over 1000 people, parking for over 3000 cars and the partial reconstruction of an airplane cabin and the flight simulator of a B747 with external control panel.
The former headquarters of the old national airline Alitalia has been in a state of abandonment for fifteen years. Following the crisis that hit it, in 2002 Alitalia sold the complex to a real estate holding company, remaining rented until the end of 2008, when the management center was completely decommissioned, with the exception of building A which was reused as an office location by some multinationals. The center today is in a state of complete abandonment and degradation also due to the fires that affected some buildings in the complex between 2019 and 2020.
