PIAZZA DELLA MORETTA

ROMA (IT) 2020 Team: Arch. Tom Rankin with Brian Smith The site has long been the focus of architectural proposals, especially since its partial demolition during the fascist period. Most recently a parking garage has been partially constructed but left incomplete before the garden designed by Diener and Diener was carried out. This short sketch project considers the area beyond the garden as a site for placemaking interventions. 

LUDUS MAGNUS

ROMA (IT) 2020 Team: Arch. Tom Rankin with Brian Smith This project was produced as a workshop with University of Minnesota intern Brian Smith during the pandemic lockdown of 2020. The site next to the Colosseum has long been undervalued and often been the site for academic proposals such as the Cal Poly Rome Program design studios I directed in 2013 and 2014. This proposal takes a minimal approach of …

TRASTEVERE EAST URBAN REGENERATION

ROMA (IT) 2020 Team: Arch. Tom Rankin with Brian Smith This hypothetical project presents a comprehensive urban strategy for a site along the Tiber riverfront at the southern edge of Rome’s historic center. The proposal envisions the creation of of an institutional building for the International Society for Art, Architecture and Archaeology of Rome (ISAR), an international non-profit organization dedicated to education about Rome’s cultural heritage. In coordination with the …

Circo Testaccio Project

This project was produced by Tom Rankin together with architect Andrew Kranis and the mentorship and contribution of engineer Antonio Tamburrino. It was submitted to the competition launched by Rome’s first Municipio “il PROGETTO PUBBLICO UNITARIO DELL’AMBITO COMPRESO TRA VIA MARMORATA, VIA GALVANI, VIA ZABAGLIA, VIA CAIO CESTIO E PROGETTO DEFINITIVO DEL SUB-AMBITO DI VIA PAOLO CASELLI PER ARTIGIANATO DI SERVIZIO E STUDI DI ARTISTA”

Borgo Abruzzo Project

2008-2016 The Borgo Abruzzo Project for Castelvecchio Calvisio is an ongoing initiative to investigate, preserve and promote the town of Castelvecchio Calvisio, in the province of L’Aquila, and its surrounding region. Download Pdf.