TRANSFORMING ROME: STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR DEVELOPING A SMART CITY

Several activities have characterized in the last years the Capitoline municipality to transform Rome in a smart city. Thework opens a multidisciplinary discussion on the potentiality of the digital transformation for an effective enhancement ofcity life in Rome, in view of 2025 Jubilee. The results of two initiatives are presented related to the architecture of urbanpavements designed by a multi-scale digital method and to the use of the Digital Twin of Marcus Aurelius’ Hall in themanagement of a complex museum. In the first case, themes related to innovative design guidelines are introduced, whilethe second case permits a discussion on the technology effectiveness of embedding IoT technology directly in the BIM ofan important architectural realization immersed in a cultural heritage site dense of historic masterpiece. The interactionbetween different sources of data coming by advanced monitoring services and management issues are discussed to promote a useful utilization of the developed technology within the concept of Rome as smart city.