Dinamiche di crescita di un margine urbano: l'insula dei Gesuiti a Venezia dalle soglie dell'età moderna alla fine della Repubblica

The research focuses on one of the peripheral area of Venice, the insula of Gesuiti, and analyses its long and gradual urban transformations from the late fifteenth century until the end of the eighteenth century. The study uses two different ways of communication: the traditional text and the multimedia processing. This work aims at investigating the entire urban fabric as a nodal site for major trades and economical activities which religious complexes, patricians, and rich citizens were involved in. They gained a leading role in the processes of urban redevelopment which materialized in the end of the sixteenth century when the Fondamente Nuove were carried out. Three sections investigate the insula as a social and cultural construction: the first analyses the gradual process of land reclamation, and the second focuses on the estate, urban and architectural operations. The last section enhances, through different virtual representations, new ways to communicate the urban space.