Enabling drivers for long-term sustainability of socio-cultural hybrid spaces: the case of “Il Giardino di Torricola” in Rome

This paper explores how participation, procedural flexibility, and non-intentionality can operate as generative devices for long term social and economic sustainability within socio-cultural hybrid spaces. The case study of Il Giardino di Torricola - a multifunctional, self-managed community ecosystem that arose in a green area of Rome - shows how these principles act interdependently to foster adaptation, inclusion, and resilience. The paper, through a review of the literature and the analysis of this case study, concludes by proposing a critical operational framework capable of linking the theory of socio cultural hybrid spaces, situated design, and urban pluralism, thereby contributing to a rethinking of the enabling conditions for the self-organized regeneration of complex urban spaces.