Historical centers and urban codes The case of Cavour, Rimini

The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction, overview and atlas about Rimini. Including development history， geographic change and current situation. The second part focus on how urban porosity and urban acupuncture theory can be applied to practice, especially the improvement and regeneration of the compact urban fabric in the city. Through the critical discourse analysis and design case of related theorists, analyzing the project from a theoretical perspective, integrating theory with practice, implemented in Rimini and the residential area Cavour in the center of Rimini. The first chapter explores a series of important theories of scholars, especially on urban morphology, urban environment, urban porosity and urban acupuncture. The second chapter analyzes several architectural and urban references, referring to the concept of urban porosity and urban acupuncture. In the third chapter, the design project takes four blocks in Cavour as the main case study. The theory of urban porosity and acupuncture are used as the method of the compact urban fabric regeneration, and the continuous renewal of the city is promoted through small, precise, and multi-dimensional urban intervention. The final chapter is attempting to draw a wider view on the other parts of the city Rimini which has the same characters, compact urban fabric, as Cavour area, and even more on the other any places out of Rimini.