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La rivoluzione digitale appare oggi come la parola d'ordine per garantire la realizzazione del nuovo paradigma per lo sviluppo prossimo venturo delle città: la smart city. Grande protagonista del dibattito scientifico e culturale, sottofondo di ogni pianificazione economica e sociale, immancabile proposta di ogni programma politico il tema delle smart cities oggi rischia di perdere il suo profondo valore innovativo di visione e di progetto e di A Firenze le pensiline intelligenti alle fermate dei mezzi pubblici – progettate dal MIT di Boston – dove è possibile navigare su internet, pianificare il proprio itinerario sulla mappa interattiva o fare acquisti (in alto) Intelligent bus shelters in Florence – designed by MIT in Boston – where you can surf the internet, planning your route on a map or make purchases (above) Bordeaux. Il contributo esistente allo sviluppo di questa parte della città, si avvio dalla storia dei residui industriali e militari. © MVRDV (in basso) Bordeaux. The existing contributes to the development of this part of town, taking the current footprint and the history of the industrial and military remnants as a point of departure. © MVRDV (below) for new levels of efficiency and innovation guide this change, even relative to the sustainability of the environment in which they live. On the political front there are numerous projects that appear to respond to the smart imperative, aimed at restoring large cities and which, though their stories differ, envision systems based on the control of construction development, the regeneration of suburbs or wastelands, and GreenCity models built around an environmentally-friendly concept, where gardens, urban farmsteads, tree corridors to connect the city with its historical centre, are concealed in a blend of energy and IT networks, efficient services, and mobility that is less aggressive than what we have now. We need to look at cities such as Detroit or Chicago, which have been marred by serious deindustrialisation phenomena, to find suggestions for virtuous programs set on clean energy, the environment, sustainability, which can transform the city by adapting to new circumstances, while at the same time preserving the remnants of the past. A solution of great interest was developed by the town council of Barcelona with the project of a vision of the future integrating IT in the city, to connect various areas and sectors, to find synergy and added value and create crosswise connections and cooperative knowledge. Based on an integrated approach, this plan is based on the development of an urban platform offering a model of sustainable growth for the city and improvement of urban services management. On this subject, CNR's [Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche: National Council for Research] Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali [Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage] launched the SmartPolis© project, a proposal for identifying problems and finding solutions beginning from the very definition of its very name, intended as a portal to the complexity of a multidimensional society focused on cultural growth, and not simply as a city environment to "preserve”. A vision where a historical city – from a place of history – can find new life and implement the transformation of new communities, establish a network of innovation, create cooperation, locate financing and launch start-ups. The concept of SmartPolis must go hand in hand with the concept of a businessoriented urban space that, while including the historical city, attracts and values the presence of private businesses and establishes its own growth while respecting its history and identity within a perspective that is inclusive in any case; promotes its tourist image with an intelligent presence on the Internet; virtualises its cultural heritage and its own traditions and offers them online as a common good for its own citizens and visitors; and uses advanced techniques to create paths and thematic mapping of the city and make it user-friendly. The proposed model is based on a new utopian vision of the Sun City in the shape of SmartPolis, intelligent historical cities made of service and infrastructure networks, sustainable mobility and an integrated system that makes the cultural heritage accessible and shareable. 2.2013 paesaggio urbano XXV