Worker Housing and the Garden City Ideal

Garbatella, the unique and charming 1920s worker-housing district just beyond Rome’s ancient walls, feels like a small village in the heart of the city. Visit this popular housing and hip commercial enclave, along with St. Pauls outside the Walls, the second largest church in Rome, and Rome’s mega-food-Emporium EATALY, housed in a former train station.

An award-winning American architect and professor of design and urbanism, combines his love of cities – public markets, bustling streets, neighborhood pride and storied monuments – with his trained eye for design and how it can transform our perception of place. He engages each new group in a dialogue about how they “read” the city through their own powers of observation, while sharing the historic narratives that have made Rome the world’s most legendary Capital City.