Architecture, Landscape, Urban forestry

The relationship among tree-space-body is at the core of the research project “RightTT, the Right Tree in the right Town. Urban Forestry for People, in Naples and Palermo”, funded within the framework of the National Research Projects PRIN PNRR 2022. The study explores urban forestry initiatives financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan PNRR (Mission 2 - "Green Revolution and Ecological Transition", Component 4, investment line 3.1- "Protection and enhancement of urban and suburban green areas"). The PNRR allocates a funding of €330 million for planting 6.6 million trees over an area of 6,600 hectares (based on the principle of 1000 trees per hectare) across Italy, with a focus on the southern regions and islands. The research team, comprised of units in Palermo (Principal Investigator Prof. Luciana Macaluso) and Naples (Co-Principal Investigator Prof. Daniela Buonanno), monitors this process by identifying areas for tree planting, in line with the PNRR slogan "the right tree in the right place". They propose guidelines to create living spaces where the vegetation integrates urban environment. The research aims to investigate on the co-presence of nature and artifice, bodies and tree space, and explore new relationships between the environment and the body.