Added heritage value in making new urban landscapes. Sustainability and accessibility in old barracks in Florence

The paper describes how urban spaces can be transformed and shaped responsibly to respond to people needs; How can we have a view of a sustainable future and, in so doing, trying to making new urban landscapes. The paper identifies the major issues on shaping ecosustainably inner urban spaces in core areas giving effective responses to urban transformation process. The re-development of former barracks in core areas is considered a great challenge for the achievement of urban fabric. A cross-cutting approach can undertake decisions about where new housing, facilities, services, employment and public spaces should be located. Regeneration should be sustainably planned and implemented and good open spaces can achieve and preserve urban environment as well as human well-being. In addition, relationship between old barracks and urban environment has to be considered as a key to understanding the significance of creation of new urban context. Consequently, the acceptance of placemaking and its current vital role in regeneration process has to be considered of great potentiality for urban re-development.