Water and Ruins. Hydric Traces and Underground Morphologies of Rome

This abstract investigates the relationship between water and urban form in Rome through a morphological approach. Moving beyond conventional representations centred on the Tiber and the monumental aqueducts, the research examines visible and hidden hydric infrastructures, including rivers, lakes, canals, cisterns and underground cavities. By integrating archaeological, hydrogeological and cadastral maps, the study develops a critical atlas of Rome’s water system and interprets water as a tool for revealing latent morphological structures, urban permanences and processes of transformation.