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The New Pedestrian Walkway and the museum installation at the Markets of Trajan , in the heart of Rome, are part of a broader strategy aimed at transforming the monumental complex into an open and integrated museum system connected to the city.
The suspended walkway connects Via dei Fori Imperiali to the Salita del Grillo, while the tabernae along Via Biberatica house the museum display, creating a cultural infrastructure in which architecture, landscape and historical memory dialogue in continuity.
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Urban vision and regeneration
Spatial dynamics and visitor perception
The New Pedestrian Walkway and museum display at the Markets of Trajan are part of an urban strategy that transforms the monumental complex into an open and accessible cultural system. The intervention redesigns the relationship between the city and archaeology, generating a public walkway that enhances the monumentality of Trajan’s Markets and offers citizens and visitors an immersive and widespread experience of historical memory.
The Campo Carleo walkway guides the visitor through the site without interrupting the overall perception of the ruins.The Campo Carleo walkway guides the visitor through the site without interrupting the overall perception of the ruins. Its folded and deformed surfaces create a visual rhythm that amplifies the spatiality of the site, while the suspended trajectory connects Via Alessandrina (Via dei Fori Imperiali) and the Salita del Grillo with continuity, offering a sequence of perspectives that make monumental fruition open, fluid and urban.
Technology, materials and sustainability
The intervention combines technical innovation and design sensitivity: Corten steel surfaces, bent and shaped in two different geometries, harmonize with the stereometric and massive character of the monument, preserving the legibility of the historic masonry.
Materials are left in their authentic state, emphasizing visual and tactile consistency while establishing a powerful yet respectful dialogue between contemporary architecture and heritage. The design exploits the dynamism of the signs to make each path a unique visual, spatial, and sensory experience.
Architecture between history and contemporaneity
The project enhances Roman-era masonry equipment, integrating contemporary architecture, urban landscape, and historical memory. The walkway hovers above the monumental remains, almost denying its own tectonicity, fully restoring the texture of the historic masonry. Materials, light and space become narrative tools, emphasizing the relationship between monument and urban infrastructure.
Widespread museum route
The arrangement of the tabernae along Via Biberatica transforms the urban axis into a linear and coherent cultural route. The spaces are designed to host permanent and temporary exhibitions dedicated to the architecture of the imperial age, with a fruition that integrates the visit of the monument with a pedagogical and immersive experience.
The intervention enhances the relationship between historical memory, accessibility and the archaeological landscape, transforming each stage of the route into a moment of contemplation and discovery.
