Microclimatic monitoring as basis of a project process: an experimentation in Rome

The monitoring and analysis of outdoor climatic factors is one of the basic operations for a correct design intervention at different scales. A prudent intervention cannot ignore this type of anamnesis which is added to the investigations and assessments already more consolidated at an operational level in the design process. Timing, tools, and operational methodologies are elements on which to reflect and experiment to improve the operational process that from data collection leads to project definition, as part of a cognitive path. Understanding climatic or rather micro-climatic factors must not be the exclusive prerogative of disciplines 'other' than that of the designer, but must become part of the training course, so that the professional knows how to correctly dialogue with the specialists in the sector and draw from this dialogue a design reading of the problem. Starting from the experimentation of an expeditious microclimatic monitoring campaign in the historic city of Rome, the work presented here attempts to answer some of the questions that have emerged, proposing a calibration of collection and investigation tools and methodologies aimed at the design action.