TTLine

The TTLine project proposes realistic projects for numerous underutilised areas of the urban sector. The aim of this programme is to redirect development towards the creation of new infrastructure in the existing city, requalifying without the need to conquer and expand outside the city. 

"The TTLine is a map of the urban voids and areas susceptible to renovation and building replacement that lie along the route of the nefarious tram line 2 in the city of Rome. The same tram line built for the 1990 World Cup, from Piazzale Flaminio to Piazza Mancini, is thoroughly renovated to become a new generation of infrastructure in the built-up city." - Antonio Saggio

When referring to this project, the characteristics inherent to its execution are also mentioned, which include: Multitasking, Green Systems, IT Foam, The slow scape, Gratful Citizenship.

The feature of "The slow scape" is the ability that surface transport gives us to observe the world around us, which is not possible with another faster form of transport, such as the metro. I would like to develop this concept, or perhaps even create a new one, called TIME: time to stop, time to observe and time to arrive.

At a certain point, the subject of time is addressed in Professor Antonino Saggio's book:

"The idea of time - sometimes productive, sometimes leisure, sometimes rest - situated and regulated - has been replaced by the information age and the information city with an interwoven network that overlaps time and makes everything available, always and everywhere. (...) Time in the contemporary city looks more and more like what we experience on a screen, existing only in its immediacy."

Infrastructures must cater for the various needs, as the concept of multitasking suggests. Time is perhaps the greatest bargaining chip we have, we own our time and the choices we make when using it have a direct impact on our lives. If we use our time to work, we make money, but if we use it all up, there's nothing left over to create relationships, to enjoy what we like to do and to give us space to discover new things. The lack of time or the way we use it is a glaring crisis in modern society.

The question arises: what can make us slow down or make the most of our time in a chaotic city or an unstoppable day-to-day life? This is where the TTLine project touches on the issue of time. The creation of these infrastructures in overcrowded areas of the city where everything happens at once, travelling in all kinds of ways, whether by car, metro, tram, bicycle, scooter or on foot, should create a moment when all these people can effectively use their time to move around, whether it's as fast as possible or so slow that it includes stopping or even perhaps having a meal halfway.

I therefore propose an infrastructure that corresponds to three speeds: slow, where it is possible to wander or even stop while enjoying the space and the city; medium, via a cycle path or tram where it is still possible to observe the surroundings; and fast, using a car or metro that fulfils the unique need for objective travel.