Towards Sustainable Urban Proximities
International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities
4th – 5th September 2025
Paris City Hall / Sorbonne University
Paris, France
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Provisions and amendments to the Consolidated Text on Draft Laws No. 29, 761, 863, 903, 1028, 42, 1122, 1131, proposed by the CNAPPC to the 8th Committee of the Senate of the Republic
Provisions and amendments to the Consolidated Text proposed by the CNAPPC to the 8th Committee of the Senate of the Republic of Italy.
Consolidated Text on Draft Laws No. 29, 761, 863, 903, 1028, 42, 1122, 1131
“Provisions on Urban Regeneration”, the urban regeneration law aiming to promote the recovery and redevelopment of the existing urban real estate heritage.
The main goals include:
- Urban Regeneration as a central tool: the law promotes the recovery and redevelopment of degraded buildings and urban areas, overcoming the traditional model of functional zoning and encouraging access to services, sustainable mobility, climate resilience, and social cohesion.
- Limiting land consumption: urban regeneration is a priority tool for achieving the European objective of net zero land consumption by 2050.
- Governance and Planning: the introduction of the Interministerial Committee for Urban Policies (CIPU) in order to define the National Urban Regeneration Plan. This plan will include five-year objectives and criteria for resource allocation.
- Incentives and simplification measures: economic and fiscal incentives for urban regeneration interventions, including exemptions from extraordinary contributions and procedural simplifications.
- Participation and involvement: promotion of structured participatory processes aimed at involving local communities in the definition of urban regeneration strategies.
- Environmental remediation and requalification: incentives are provided for the remediation and reuse of contaminated sites, including reductions in construction contributions and deductions from urbanization charges.
These provisions represent an integrated approach to enhance urban quality of life, environmental sustainability, and social cohesion.
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> Senate of the Republic, September 24th, 2024 / Consolidated Text on Draft Laws N. 29, 761, 863, 903, 1028, 42, 1122, 1131 “Provisions on Urban Regeneration”
> CNAPPC – October 2024 / Provisions and amendments to the Consolidated Text on Draft Laws No. 29, 761, 863, 903, 1028, 42, 1122, 1131, proposed by the CNAPPC to the 8th Committee of the Senate of the Republic
> Senate of the Republic – August 5th, 2025 / Consolidated Text on Draft Laws N. 29, 761, 863, 903, 1028, 42, 1122, 1131 “Provisions on Urban Regeneration”
An agorà to rethink urban and territorial spaces in Italy
Presentation of the new CNAPPC’s website dedicated to territorial governance
July 3rd, 2025 / ROMA
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The CNAPPC continues its commitment to urban regeneration with a new website, promoted by the Urban Reform Department headed by Giuseppe Cappochin. The project, supported by a scientific committee chaired by Carlos Moreno, is a veritable agora for rethinking urban and territorial spaces in our country and for promoting discussions, in-depth analyses and debates at national and international level, as well as formulating new proposals. Studies and initiatives in Italy and abroad have been presented, involving personalities such as the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Paul Krugman. The website, launched on July 3rd in Rome, represents a space for discussion and proposals on a national and international scale.
At the same time, there has been a positive change in the regulatory framework, with the establishment of a national fund and a unified draft law. The CNAPPC has proposed amendments for a more systemic regeneration, overcoming fragmentary approaches. The initiative promotes innovative, sustainable urban planning focused on human well-being.
International Relations: CNAPPC’s Global Initiatives
November 2024 marked a month rich in international engagements for the CNAPPC, which was prominently involved in several key events abroad.
At the beginning of the month, the “Exploring Proximity – for the Future of Urban and Territorial Development” event, held in Cairo during the 12th World Urban Forum organized by UN-Habitat – where President Massimo Crusi and Councillor Giuseppe Cappochin participated – provided an opportunity for the presentation of the “Italy in Proximity: The Future of Urban and Territorial Planning” publication.
The publication, developed by the CNAPPC’s Scientific Committee under the scientific direction of Professor Carlos Moreno — creator of the “15-minute city” model — was presented to an international audience as a declaration of the Architects PPC’s commitment to realise a vision of urban regeneration in our cities, imagining other ways of living, moving and working, based on innovative paradigms of territorial governance centred on the principle of “sustainable proximity”.
Participating in the UIA International Forum held in Kuala Lumpur, which focused on the theme “DIVERSECITY” allowed President Massimo Crusi, along with Councillors Lilia Cannarella, Marcello Rossi, and Diego Zoppi, to take part in a global collective dialogue on the role of architects within current economic, social, and environmental contexts, emphasizing the importance of architecture, urban planning, and design perspectives.
Taking Kuala Lumpur as a starting point, as a multicultural Asian city through the lens of cultural identity, the Forum examined an updated interpretation of the notion of cultural identity in cities, that has gained visibility and expression with the rise of modernism and the beginning of a globalized architectural communication culture throughout the 20th century.
After the Forum, the two-day UIA General Assembly brought many issues relating to the new governance of this important international body to the attention of the Delegates’ Assembly.
The CNAPPC also contributed to the “New European Bauhaus: Heritage & Transformation” European Conference, organized by ACE-CAE in collaboration with Europa Nostra, the European Heritage Hub, and other associations.
In Kraków, Councillor Diego Zoppi delivered a talk on “Innovation for the City and Historical Building: the relationship between technology and historic cities, and between new technologies and the restoration of historic buildings.” This topic is particularly sensitive, as, on an urban level, historic urban centres are often subject to mono-functional uses oriented toward tourism and leisure — the result of mass communication tools that reduce the urban dimension to a commercial one. At the same time, historic building heritage — realised with techniques and principles vastly different from those used today — risks being seriously altered or simplified when approached through contemporary methods rooted in digital tools, increasingly industrialized interventions, and standardized procedures.
It is worth emphasizing that our country is universally recognized as a cultural reference point for its approach to the conservation and enhancement of historic buildings, and their integration into the fabric of contemporary cities, preserving not only their testimonial value, but also the identity of our cities.
