Le ultime frontiere del recupero e della valorizzazione del patrimonio urbano: gli usi temporanei

Nowadays, the city is a laboratory of architectural, social, economic and urban transformation processes, based on a dynamic society, whose effectiveness de- pends on the definition of an adequate legal framework. Such legal framework is aimed at directing the urban planning function towards the environmental and territorial sustainability.
Among the processes that make the city more liveable, the paper analyses the most recent regulation for the recycling and valorisation of the unused urban heritage, in order to identify a change of use. Particularly, the research is focus on a specific rule that has been adopted by some regional laws and, more recently, by the National Parliament: the temporary use of unused buildings.
In addition to some considerations on the applicative potential and executive limits of the temporary use, the Author explains the reasons why it is necessary to legislatively define how much time the temporary use should last, considering also that the current legislation does not always regulate this aspect.